Associate Manufacturing Engineer

Job Highlights

Title	Associate Manufacturing Engineer
Type	Full Time
Experience	Required
Function	Manufacturing
Location	El Dorado, KS, United States
Company	Valmont Industries

Company Profile

Valmont modernizes vital infrastructure and increases agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. The company galvanizes steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact.

Job Profile

The company is recruiting an Associate Manufacturing Engineer who will handle engineering design and development activities required to meet project requirements as defined by the Maintenance Manager.

Responsible for one or more manufacturing processes or areas and will support the improvement activities in those areas. This will include but not be limited to designing or redesigning process tooling, new production processes, and equipment.

May be directly or indirectly involved in writing project justifications and overseeing approvals.

Work hand in hand with operations, production employees, and maintenance to identify opportunities and lead the groups from concept to full implementation.

May be responsible for leading both internal and external company resources through the duration of projects.

May get involved in other initiatives as needed to support their manufacturing lines or others to support company initiatives.

Must be able to follow standard design and development procedures and recommend updates to design and development procedures as necessary.

Must continually improve his or her knowledge of existing assemblies, and keep up-to-date on manufacturing capabilities.

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Mechanical Engineering

Work Experience

• Previous work experience within the mechanical design field
• Previous work experience managing projects
• 3D computer-aided design experience (ideally AutoCAD)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Follow standard design and development procedures, recommending updates to design procedures when needed
• Participate in technical design review meetings and conference calls and provide mechanical design direction and input
• Provide technical support to other departments as required to meet the needs of our customers
• Responsible for advancing personal technical competence to participate in new design concepts using the latest state-of-the-art technology
• Responsible for coordinating and conducting laboratory or field testing as situations dictate
• Responsible for implementing and sometimes writing project plans and monitoring progress per established schedule and budget targets
• Responsible for maintaining good relationships with customers, field personnel, and other Valmont departments to ensure the most efficient working environment
• Responsible for modifications to existing designs and products to meet changes in manufacturing capabilities, support cost reduction activities, and address reliability and warranty issues
• Responsible for providing creative and innovative engineering solutions that aid in the resolution of field and manufacturing problems and the maintenance and improvement of existing products and processes
• Responsible for providing technical design inputs and technical direction for design reviews
• Responsible for reviewing and providing inputs to the product development procedure to ensure continuous improvement of processes
• Responsible for the detailed project documentation
• Responsible for the engineering design and development of manufacturing tools, equipment, and processes
• Work in design and development activities to meet project requirements as defined by the Maintenance Manager
• Work with individuals from Engineering, production supervisors, and maintenance to ensure design efficiency and manufacturability

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office

For Highly Qualified

• 3+ years of relevant design experience
• Experience with steel metallurgy, welding processes
• Extensive experience developing and improving production machines and processes
• Familiarity with Lean and Lean Tools
• Licensed Professional Engineer certification
• Machine design, production process, or tooling design experience
• Mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical system design

Work Environment

• Requires up to (5%) travel domestically, including overnight stays

Benefits/Perks

• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability
• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)
• Paid time off
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• Voluntary programs
• Work-Life Support

Employer’s Statement

Valmont is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.