Manufacturing Engineer

Description:

• Plans, coordinates and performs manufacturing engineering work for a project or process of limited scope.
• May assign, coordinate and review portions of the work to support personnel, including contractors.
• Work plans and decisions are typically made within the established guidelines and reviewed by others.

Duties:

• Provides support and basic trouble shooting for current operations.
• Investigates, gathers and analyzes data for specifically assigned, recurring tasks.
• Establishes routings, methods, layouts, tools, costs, methods documentation, quality plans and labor standards for revisions to current operations and/or new parts or programs of limited scope.
• Identifies and implements cost reduction, quality, safety and ergonomic improvement ideas of limited scope.
• Works with electronic tools to perform engineering functions.
• Develops and implements plans of limited scope to support lean manufacturing through the Deere Production System.
• Designs operations layouts to improve material flow and material presentation.
• Participates in team studies related to capacity, energy, productivity and efficiency.
• Implements new manufacturing processes and technology.
• Modifies existing performance pay plans; assists in development of baseline data for new wage performance pay plans.

Responsibilities :

• Perform project work supporting the Maintenance Engineering team.
• Convert PDF part prints to AutoCAD prints as needed.
• Provide line design support for equipment acquisition and relocations with the Maintenance and Manufacturing Engineering groups
• Develop layout options
• Provide construction drawings for equipment locations and utility needs for bidding and installation purposes.
• Develop concept layouts to support new programs and business initiatives.
• Perform field checks of the items on the shop floor updating the layouts using AutoCAD and FactoryCAD accordingly to the John Deere Waterloo Works standards and best practices.  
• These field checks will include but not be limited to the following:
• Bridge / Jib / Hoist locations with capacities
• Fire Extinguishers
• Hot Work areas
• Material storage racks with labeled capacities and laydown areas
• Aisles - Material travel and pedestrian
• Pedestrian and overhead doors
• Overhead belt conveyor elevations
• Dust collection and HVAC ductwork
• Utilities
• ZES (Lock out/Tag out) locations (power disconnects) for equipment identified on placards.
• Manage the Foundry’s library of facility drawings and develop AutoCAD drawings per John Deere standards and practices.
• Perform periodic layout audits verifying physical locations to AutoCAD object locations.

Skills/Experience :

•2D Layout Experience with AutoCAD Architectural

•3D Modeling experience with PTC/Pro-E

•Primarily looking for Architectural/Mechanical background and/or experience

•Understanding structural design would be preferable

•Having additional Electrical background/experience and the ability to modify and create electrical drawings would be preferable

•Project Management skills: need to be able to balance multiple projects with different timelines and priorities