Are you a Manufacturing Engineer seeking a fresh career opportunity Knape & Vogt is seeking an ideal candidate who will work fulltime onsite collaborating with manufacturing teams to enhance existing and future automated capabilities. Enjoy excellent pay and incentives at a company where your skills will be recognized and rewarded!
Company Overview:
Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company is a 125yearold company based in Grand Rapids. We are a global leader specializing in the design manufacture and distribution of functional hardware office and healthcare ergonomics and storagerelated components for original equipment manufacturers specialty distributors hardware chains and major home centers.
Whats In It For You
- Benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision plus many more starting Day 1
- Competitive Pay
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 401K with Company Match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Discount Programs
- Bonus and Merit opportunities
What You Will Get To Do:
- Provide daily support to operations to ensure Safety Quality Delivery Cost goals are met
- Troubleshoot and solve manufacturing related process issues
- Evaluate current processes and utilize LEAN principles to identify and implement improvements relating to the utilization of personnel material and utilities
- Identify root cause and implement permanent corrective actions for manufacturing process issues
- Perform cycle time studies maintain and update standard rates
- Assist in maintaining the manufacturing bills of material routings and implementing engineering changes
- Participate in the development of new products or changes related to current products with a focus on the organizations ability to manufacture and meet customer requirements consistently
- Complete documentation including process flow charts PFMEA work instructions visual aids capacity and utilization charts
- Support quoting and acquisition process for new product and engineering changes
- Maintain and update plant layouts
- Work with skilled trades and manufacturing teams on process improvements to deliver consistent and sustainable performance
- Visit equipment suppliers to assist in design reviews machine commissioning and supplier acceptance test
- Other duties as assigned
What Will You Bring:
- At least 3 years of demonstrated work experience in this area with exposure and knowledge of manufacturing industrial engineering and product launch processes
- College degree in Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Process Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite ERP systems AutoCAD or other 2D drafting systems
- Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred
What You Will Bring:
- At least 3 years of demonstrated work experience in this area with exposure and knowledge of manufacturing industrial engineering and product launch processes
- College degree in Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Process Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite ERP systems AutoCAD or other 2D drafting systems
- Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred