Uponor · 5 hours ago
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Apple Valley, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$88K/yr - $132K/yr
2+ years expGF Building Flow Solutions, a division of GF, is a leading provider of smart and sustainable solutions for water use in buildings. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will support and optimize manufacturing processes to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals, while collaborating cross-functionally to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Building MaterialCommercialIndustrialManufacturingWater
Responsibilities
Identify safety issues within multiple processes and collaborate with Safety, Process Design & Development, Controls Engineering, Operations and Training to resolve concerns. Understand material & utility usage (air, electricity, water, gas) within multiple processes and be able to quantify potential savings through process changes
Optimize existing manufacturing processes to improve safety, cost, quality, and productivity. Anticipate and identify areas of improvement through observation and data analysis with minimal oversight and guidance. Do so by: knowledge and application of LEAN tools (Kaizen events, FMEAs, value stream mapping, the 8 wastes), collaboration with Operations and Maintenance to select and implement Continuous Improvement (CI) suggestions to improve the operation, fundamental understanding of manufacturing equipment or process, from the perspective of one or more engineering disciplines (Mechanical, Electrical, etc), and application of Six Sigma tools including use of the DMAIC process, and independent proficiency in simple experimental design and statistical analysis
Use good documentation practices, the defined change process, and broad communication, to ensure process changes are made with input from all affected parties and produce consistency across time, machines, and manufacturing sites
Provide daily factory support. Function as a process owner in more than one process area. Know your process capabilities and limitations. Quantify and track process capability to enable continuous improvement
Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Training, etc. to understand causes and develop robust corrective actions to quality and equipment performance issues
Specify, justify, and manage medium sized projects for the installation and qualification of standard or new manufacturing equipment. Collaborate with Process Design & Development and Controls Engineering to improve existing processes through equipment design modifications. Participate in new equipment requirement definition and design reviews. Coordinate qualification of standard or new equipment through use of Uponor qualification procedures (i.e. IQ, Characterization, OQ, & PQA) to demonstrate operational readiness, working with Engineering Technicians and other key stakeholders (Safety, Quality, Maintenance, Training, etc.)
In collaboration with Training, develop work instructions and train operators on the operation and maintenance of manufacturing process and equipment. Modify work instructions as needed to keep documents up to date, achieve safety, quality, delivery and cost goals, and enable continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Manufacturing, Industrial, etc.) required
2 years of manufacturing experience required
Annual OSHA training, as required
Six Sigma Green Belt or willingness to pursue
Lean Manufacturing training/certification or willingness to pursue
Preferred
4 years of manufacturing experience preferred
Experience in manufacturing, supporting manufacturing operations, and manufacturing process improvement utilizing LEAN tools and Six Sigma problem solving methods is preferred
Manufacturing experience that involves conversion packaging processes, packaging materials, and packaging best practices is highly desired
Benefits
Best-in-class health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
160 hours paid time off (combination of PTO and Employee Safe and Sick Time accruals- MN Based Employees)
Company
Uponor
Uponor is a provider of plumbing and indoor climate systems .
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$62.5MKey Investors
Aliaxis Group
2023-04-24Post Ipo Equity
2018-09-05Private Equity· $62.5M
2000-01-28IPO
Leadership Team
Jennifer Hauschildt
Chief Human Resources Officer
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