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Senior Operations LLC Manufacturing Engineer III in Burbank, California
Summary: The Manufacturing Engineer III (ME III) is to work in concert with Design and Project Engineering in reviewing and collaborating to produce design data and perform production implementation activities. Based on design requirements communicated through drawings and specifications, the ME III plans and prepares manufacturing documentation according to Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) practices, including Visual Work Instructions (VWI). The ME III determines equipment, tooling plans, and cellular manufacturing concepts for their assigned area of responsibility. The ME III will originate and develop new manufacturing and tooling concepts. Provides data to Estimating for quoting customer requests. Prepares reports showing areas for improvements, will run improvement projects, show results and initiate endeavors in the development of new manufacturing and production techniques. Applies Lean methods and Six Sigma practices. Determines required resources within the production department. The ME III will work alongside the Quality Engineer, Supervisor and Scheduler on the production cell(s) management team. The Manufacturing Manager will define specific responsibilities for each Manufacturing Engineer in accordance with their area of expertise. These responsibilities shall be reviewed at least once annually preferably near/during the performance review period or as organizational changes occur. **
The ME III plans and carries out policies and procedures for manufacturing operations to optimize production techniques employed in the manufacturing departments.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Under general supervision, must be able to perform a variety of job duties including, but not limited to:
Responsible for and will be the focal point for all technical aspects of assigned project(s) in the following categories:
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Compliance with customer/product procurement specification
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Validate that the manufacturing process meets all customer and internal requirements.
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Product manufacturability
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Concurrence on planning document releases
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Advanced Quality Planning (AQP)
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Tooling requirements
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Visual Work Instructions (VWI)
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Meeting cost targets
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Eliminating waste from the process
Creates and maintains How To Planning. Responsible for clear and concise work instructions of detail parts, sub-assemblies, and top assemblies. Adheres to the AQP required documents.
Apply operation time standards as required, develop Work Combination Sheets (WCS).
Ensure the manufacturability of detail parts, sub-assemblies, top assemblies as applicable to the project(s).
May be assigned as liaison and provide technical assistance between Senior Aerospace SSP manufacturing and customer cognizant engineering.