Overview

We are hiring a Manufacturing Engineer in Sterling, Massachusetts. This is your chance to join a dynamic company that strives to provide a workplace where employees feel empowered, valued, stimulated, and connected to the business. So, we’d love for you to explore our opportunities!

ANDERSON POWER PRODUCTS®, a wholly owned subsidiary of IDEAL INDUSTRIES, Inc., is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of electrical power connectors. Anderson Power Products partners with leading edge companies to create innovative connector designs that leverage contact technology and high power expertise to provide superior value to the power electronics industry. Applications include leading edge technology and next generation power requirements in industries such as alternate energy (wind, solar, fuel cell), datacenter and server power supply design and electrical distribution, electric vehicles, LED lighting, and battery charging.

IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. is a global, growing multi-national corporation creating some of the world’s most innovative technology. Our products have been instrumental in helping mankind reach from the South Pole to the Moon by serving technicians and trade professionals across a wide range of industries, from electrical to construction to aerospace to automotive. Yet, at the heart of all of this, we are a family business. This unique balance makes us unlike any other company. It allows us to plan in generations, not quarters. It gives us the patience to let industry-transforming innovations come to fruition. And the ability to invest in our communities, bringing jobs and capital to the places we live.

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for manufacturing services for new and redesigned products including the selection and implementation of lean processes, new equipment, new tooling and new manufacturing techniques into production. This position also determines lean, product, equipment, and process improvements in order to reduce cost, scrap, rework, maintenance, and set‑up. This position will also work closely with the new product development team.

Responsibilities

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES :

Support Manufacturing

• Identify opportunities in manufacturing processes
• Implement corrective actions to identified opportunities
• Provide trouble-shooting support for: tooling, processes and equipment both internally and externally for all assigned products.
• Review existing products and processes, making changes to reduce scrap, rework, direct labor costs, set‑up, quality cost and lead time.

New Product Projects

• Responsible for scheduling, budgeting and completing assigned responsibilities for New Product Projects.
• Responsible for timely and accurate cost information, reviewing the design for manufacturing, concurrent engineering, reviewing the design specifications for completeness and reviewing the impact the product will have on each production department.
• Responsible for the conceptual design, ordering and implementation of tooling in a timely manner.
• Responsible for coordinating the tooling, material, equipment and methods for processing the new product in order to produce the desired quality at the lowest cost.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the Production Documentation Package.

Lean Process Development and Trouble-shooting

• Lead Kaizens implementing lean tool including 5S, Poke Yoke, Visual Management, TPM, Quick Change, Single Piece Flow and Kanban.
• Review existing products and processes making changes to reduce scrap, rework, direct labor costs, set‑up, quality cost and lead time.
• Conduct experiments to determine optimum manufacturing processes.
• Prepare cost analysis for justification of new or reworked tooling.
• Trouble-shoot tooling, processes and equipment both internally and externally for all assigned products.
• Schedule and budgeting process projects.
• Responsible for the conceptual design, ordering and implementation of tooling in a timely manner.

Capital Equipment

• Investigate, specify, and economically justify the purchase of new capital equipment.
• Coordinate installation and introduction of new equipment and processes.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• A B.S. degree in an engineering related field or technology (e.g. BSME, BSGE, or BSIE)
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in related job positions.
• Must have a broad knowledge of a wide range of manufacturing processes, materials, equipment, and tools.
• Able to identify and manage capital and new product projects from concept to implementation and successfully drive project results.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient at Microsoft Office products such as Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Project Management experience preferred.

BENEFITS

• Family-Owned Company
• 401K with Company Match
• Pension Plan
• Healthy Lifestyle Incentives
• DAY ONE Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Generous Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Holidays
• 2 Paid Volunteer Days Annually
• Quarterly Company Events
• Education Enhancement Opportunities
• 10 Weeks Paid Parental Leave