The Manufacturing Engineer (M.E) will be responsible for define, design, and follow the building of equipment to support the shop activities. This role will support shop floor personnel from a technical standpoint and drive productivity/manufacturability/cost-out improvements for the business. At the same time M.E. will work to develop procedure, work instruction, methods to support the production as well.
Avenza Aero Alliance is a provider of LM2500/LM6000 (Aero derivative gas turbines) overhaul services.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Provide technical support in the disassembly, repairs and assembly processes for the shop floor
- Define, design, and follow the execution of equipment/devices/machines starting by drafting technical specification till to the commissioning in the workshop. The M.E. will work strictly with:
- Lines leaders/shop leader: to know and satisfy the needs of the shop.
- EHS: to be compliant with internal and by Law requirement.
- Quality team: to respect the product high quality level.
- Lean team: to develop solutions in line with the lean concept.
- Finance dept: to define the expenses and business cases where needed.
- Product engineer dept: to know the product.
- Sourcing Dept: to discuss the requirement asked for the bid phase.
- Develop Work instructions, methods, processes and procedures to give detailed information to the shop. i.e.: Handling, and lifting procedures, assembly, and disassembly procedures, etc. …collaborating with ops and cross-functions team (see previous point)
- Define hours to apply to the shop floor operation routings according to the operation to perform.
- Lead analysis and perform metrics and KPI to monitor shop floor performances in terms of efficiency/ productivity (hours analysis applied on the routings: for instance planned Vs actuals)
- Provide leadership/mentorship for team to lead shop floor improvement projects to resolution
- Share best practices across shop floor to drive consistency, ensure our processes are continuously improving
- Understand and collect the shop depts needs to create the investment plan.
- Track the expense for the fixtures among the depts to respect the budget defined year over year.
- Service Routings Analysis to define equipment/fixture/methods to perform the activities in shopfloor
- Purchase commercial equipment/device to support production.
- Support process improvement initiatives (like AWO, Committee) to reduce waste, cycle time, improve EHS/Quality/Ergonomics.
- Develop a strong partnership with internal and external teams to build continuous process improvement
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to drive a strong culture in Quality and Safety
- Hold self and team accountable to Aero Alliance Compliance and Integrity standards
Qualifications/Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma) or equivalent knowledge or work experience in a manufacturing environment
- Excellent analytical skills
- Proficient skills in PC, Microsoft Office, Excel, Access
- Use of CAD tooling
- Oracle or other ERP system experience
- Fluent in English and Italian
- Be a Solution-oriented problem solver
Desired Characteristics
- Be flexible in a dynamic environment.
- Working experience in FEM
- Strong attention to details and quality.
- Customer-focused mindset
- Experience with Gas Turbines engines, preferably aircraft or aero derivatives
- Ability to interact with all levels and functions of the organization
- Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs and projects
- Lean Manufacturing experience driving process improvements
- Lean, DMS and problem solving processes Knowledge
- Six Sigma certification a plus
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No