Manufacturing Industrial Engineer II

The anticipated closing date of this job post is 12/31/2026.

Job Summary: 

Principle accountabilities include: 

• Develop technical expertise regarding products and business processes. 
• Establish and perform maintenance on manufacturing bills of material.
• Develop SOPs/WIs and routings for general parts and specific projects.
• Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve products or reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts. 
• Develop and maintain routings to govern work flow. 
• Develop precedence networks and assist with appropriate work scheduling and flow.
• Develop standard labor hours and manning models.
• Development and refinement of factory acceptance documentation.
• Interface with operators (assemblers, receivers, material handlers, field service technicians, etc.) to address issues, develop systems, SOPs and garner buy-in during process change management.
• Interface with logistics to adjust material pulls (systems and timing for individual projects), setting appropriate inventory levels and create flow.
• Interface with procurement and quality to address part supply, quality and inventory level issues.
• Interface with engineering to improve bills of material.
• Interface with engineering to improve manufacturability and assembly.
• Interface with project management regarding development of WBS, status of projects, manufacturing related issues etc. 
• Interface with and support CNC Programmers for program development.
• Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve products or reduce costs using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts.
• Determine root causes of failures recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods.
• Understand detail drawings of components using AutoCAD, SolidWorks and/or other engineering software. Attend and participate in engineering/customer/supplier meetings as appropriate.
• Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
• Maintain project related documents, records and files initiate/create files, archive retrieval. Document daily as needed and required for continuous process improvement.
• Collaborate with personnel at all levels of the organization to address issues and improve processes.
• Develop fixtures to improve assembly practice speed and/or quality.
• Additional responsibilities and duties may be assigned.

Education, knowledge, experience and Skills: 

• Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering or related.
• 2-8 years of experience in manufacturing environment.
• Software skills: Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Project, SharePoint, ERP (IFS, SAP, etc.), Minitab, Quality Companion, VBA.
• Knowledge of manufacturing and assembly practices. GD&T. Assembly tolerance stack. 
• Knowledge of Make-to-Order/Assemble-to-Order factory practices.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing.
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of Quality Control methodologies
• Knowledge of root cause problem solving methods (DMAIC, PDCA, six-sigma, pareto analysis, FTA, etc.)
• Experience in can tooling, and/or other high tolerance large equipment manufacturing environment beneficial. 
• Strong interpersonal and problem solving and critical thinking skills.

Physical/Mental Demands and Working Conditions:

• Use of monitor/personal computer.
• Work schedule generally consists of 40-50 hours per week, which may include on-call status, evenings, and/or weekends.
• Occasional travel may be required. 
• Ability to sit or stand for long periods.
• Ability to lift and maneuver 50lbs.

This position description has been prepared to assist in defining job responsibilities, physical demands, working conditions and skills needed. It is not intended as a complete list of job duties, responsibilities and/or essential functions. Stolle Machinery Co, LLC retains and reserves any or all rights to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any section of this document as it deems, in its judgment, to be proper.
 
 Additionally, Stolle Machinery Co, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.