Manufacturing Specialist

Job description / Role

Role Summary:

Engineering associated with the manufacturing process. Positions requiring understanding of a concepts, methods and procedures (technical Bachelor's Degree).

Essential Responsibilities:

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for defined work or projects with moderate complexity. In this role you will follow an individual work plan, meet day-to-day short-term objectives, and resolve issues through immediate action or short-term planning. Develop manufacturing processes for New Product Introduction (NPI), documenting process changes, driving process / fixture improvements, driving lead and cycle time improvements, cost of quality (COQ), and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) actions

- Define investment and expense needs, driving from preparing for approvals to completion
- Participate in LEAN initiative, and engage Six Sigma tools for process improvements
- Develop and implement process improvements to reduce costs and cycles
- Design necessary fixtures and tooling for manufacturing NPI's and for process improvements
- Manage multiple projects by providing scheduling, resource management, budget control and EHS compliance
- Bring new ideas and positive support to the current process
- Implement productivity actions in order to improve the process and respect objectives
- Participate in EHS related actions, to improve safety in own area
- Lead and effectively interface with manufacturing, sales, marketing, and other support teams to complete projects to meet EHS, production, quality, cost savings, and new product development goals within schedule and budget
- Interface with vendors and internal contacts in an effective manner to ensure that the technical and EHS perspective is properly conveyed
- Assure that all engineering designs and technical data are complete and accurately documented to provide an accurate technical/historical base for future reference and to meet customer / end user requirements

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in Manufacturing).

Desired Characteristics:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering is preferred
- Prior experience with Lean Manufacturing is preferred
- Corporate Training Program graduate (manufacturing/operations/engineering) is preferred (GE employees only)
- Six Sigma training is preferred
- Ability to analyze problems, identify root causes and provide efficient solutions
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to handle diverse activities simultaneously
- Ability to work in a matrix organization
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and contribute to team projects
- Strong project and team leadership

About Us: GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE's mission and deliver for our customers.

About the Company

GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company, dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and oil and gas, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 300,000 people worldwide.

GE's Oil & Gas business is a leader in the development and delivery of advanced product and service offerings for the global oil and gas industry. As a consequence of the rapid expansion of its technology base, GE's Oil & Gas is capable of addressing the largest and most complex engineering and application challenges entirely from its own worldwide resources. So whether it's the world's largest LNG compression trains, re-injection of high sulfur gas, enhancing the safety and productivity of the world's oil and gas pipelines, or equipment for the production of oil and gas from harsh environments, GE is leading the charge.