Manufacturing Engineer

Dover Precision Components Overview: 

Dover Precision Components (‘the Company’) holds market leading positions globally and delivers performance-critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical and general processing markets. Comprising the Waukesha Bearings, Bearings Plus, Inpro/Seal and Cook Compression brands, our portfolio includes hydrodynamic bearings, active magnetic bearings, system and bearing protection, and reciprocating compressor valves, sealing technologies, pistons, rods and more. Each solution is custom-engineered to provide optimum efficiency, reliability and productivity, and backed by comprehensive aftermarket services. Dover Precision Components serves its global customer base through facilities in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as technical sales representatives around the world. Dover Precision Components is part of Dover Corporation’s (‘the Parent Company’) Pumps and Process solutions segment. 

Summary:  

Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, this person will be responsible for the process optimization of all technical manufacturing operations (machining, material movement, etc.), process change management, 5S, standard work instruction creation, auditing, and the capacity planning of one of the five value streams producing one or more of our products. The qualified candidate will have manufacturing process improvement experience, and thoroughly understand fundamental lean manufacturing principles. The Manufacturing Engineer also performs a variety of technical and administrative level duties, as related to the Health, Safety and Environmental policies of the Company. 

Responsibilities: 

• Work with the Operations team to make operational adjustments as necessary, to ensure continued growth in productivity and efficiency, by reviewing KPIs, daily.  

• Initiate, manage, and lead large, complex technical improvement projects. 

• Under general direction, plan and implement the layouts of the plant, and production equipment in order to provide the maximum utilization of facilities, and the efficiency of production. 

• Apply lean principles to optimize work/process flow, to include reducing machine set-up and changeover times (SMED).  

• Investigate, and implement new technologies to digitalize and automate product manufacturing and machine connectivity within the plant. 

• Create and modify work routers and bills of materials.  

• Implement the digital factory process across the organization. 

• Leverage the company’s ERP system (Syteline) to analyze manufacturing data. 

• Document standard work, including creation of work instructions, recording and analyzing cycle times, and value stream mapping. 

• Initiate and lead Kaizen events. 

• Initiate and lead kaizen and value stream mapping events, and apply lean manufacturing principles to optimize work/process flow, to include reducing machine set-up and changeover times (SMED).  

• Positively influence personnel during process changes, and successfully manage that change.   

Minimum Required Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline. 

• Practical knowledge of continuous improvement practices, formal problem solving (Ishikawa Diagram, A3, 5 Why, etc,), and lean manufacturing principles.  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools as needed to create spreadsheets, standard work instructions, and other documents.  

• Proficiency in 2D and 3D CAD.  

• CNC and manual machining experience.  

• Practical knowledge of CNC programming.  

• Experience in creating work routers and bills of material.  

• Experience in successfully leading projects with cross-functional teams. 

• Minimum 2 – 4 years’ professional experience in manufacturing operations within the Oil & Gas industry. 

The ideal candidate possesses the following experience, skills, and abilities: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering.  

• GibbsCAM programing experience. 

• VBA coding experience.  

• Basic understanding of compressors and turbines, and the function of major components. 

• Experience with the manufacturing of bearings and seals for compressors and turbines. 

• Experience with various welding operations.  

• Knowledge and implementation experience of automation technologies for metal and plastic machining operations. 

*Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.