METHODS & INDUSTRIALIZATION ENGINEER (ST127_02)

Location:

Salem, VA, US, 24153

Desk Designation: Onsite

Job Req ID: 1236

Type of Contract: Permanent Full-Time

Mersen is a global expert in electrical specialties and advanced materials for high-tech industries.

Present in 33 countries with 50 industrial sites and 18 R&D centres, Mersen develops custom solutions and supplies key products to meet the new technological challenges that will shape tomorrow's world.

For more than 130 years, Mersen has been constantly innovating to support and satisfy its customers' needs with the same high standards.

Be it in wind power, solar power, electronics, electric vehicles, aeronautics, space or countless other sectors, wherever technology is progressing, you will always find a bit of Mersen.

Production Engineer

Job Description

At Mersen the production engineer is the key technical interface between purchasing, planning, quality, manufacturing, and the design engineering team. This individual uses their knowledge of engineering and manufacturing to facilitate and support the production of chemical processing equipment.

Key Responsibilities

Creates, updates, and maintains part numbers, bills of materials and routings to reflect design changes or newly developed products.
Develops routings to optimize inventory usage and reduce product lead times.
Leads technical design reviews of customer requirements, specifications, designs, and codes.
Ensures products conform to all applicable Mersen and customer specifications and standards.
Ability to work with various departments to facilitate the orderly execution of a proposed project plan
Account for possible project challenges or constraints and proactively seeks to manage those challenges
Leads or assists in the development and implementation of documented process enhancements to improve the accuracy of BOMs and routings.
Understand cost impacts of changing BOMs and Routings as well as impacts on production capacity & loading, inventory levels, and lead times

Minimum Qualifications

A.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
2 years engineering experience
Proficiency with CAD and Microsoft Office

Preferred Qualifications

B.S.M.E Mechanical Engineering or B.S.E.T. Mechanical Engineering Technology
Proficiency with Microsoft Project
Proficiency with Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks
Strong fabrication/welding knowledge
Understanding of ASME Section VIII Division 1 rules
Understanding of pressure vessel design
Understanding of JD Edwards/Oracle ERP system
Strong CNC machining knowledge
Strong CAM knowledge

Main duties

Directs industrialization of products to meet quality, cost and delivery time requirements..
>> Assessment indicator : Customer claims per year

Is involved in the design, the selection and the location of production facilities within the allocated budget, by defining the equipment and tools specifications as well as the related technical specifications..
>> Assessment indicator : Number of design or redesign technical specifications per year

Guarantees the sustainability and a continuous enhancing of jobs skills related to methods and industrialization, through trainings for instance. Knowledge can come from manager’s own expertise or from other trainings..
>> Assessment indicator : Number of Skill matrix per process worked out or reworked per year ; Number of trainings (or equivalent e.g. coaching sessions) per team member per year

Conducts technical studies on new processes (assembly, machining, special processes, …) through internal & external benchmark and by suggesting industrial improvements..
>> Assessment indicator : Number of technical studies carried out per year

Sets requested technical and human resources to achieve budgeted tasks..
>> Assessment indicator : Work-out of a Budget including financial and HR resources related to budgeted tasks

Masters department budget and develops dashboards to monitor industrialization cost & CAPEX follow-up..
>> Assessment indicator : Actual department expenses compared to budget ; Actual industrialization cost compared to project targets ; CAPEX actual compared to budget

Evaluates upstream safety, quality, supply chain risks related to industrialization processes..
>> Assessment indicator : FR1/FR2/Severity rate related to each manufacturing product within the plant ; Process PFMEA ; Continuity plan

Improves industrialization performance by defining and upgrading industrialization procedures, technical specifications, rules, ….
>> Assessment indicator :

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. The job titles do not mean the male variant but stand for the gender-neutral designation of the profession according to wikipedia. People are welcome regardless of gender, origin, sexual orientation, and religion.