Manufacturing Engineer II

Job Description
SUMMARY
Traulsen is proud to be known as the premier name in refrigeration for the foodservice market since its founding in 1938. Though we sell to our customers across the globe, every Traulsen product is engineered, fabricated, assembled, and tested at our facility in Fort Worth, Texas. We are a part of ITW Food Equipment Group, a collection of leading food service equipment manufacturers with shared goals for the highest quality commercial kitchen products.
The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for planning and designing manufacturing processes in a commercial plant. This position will coordinate the activities in developing manufacturing methodology relative to operation methods, process, work measurement, tooling, material routing, preparation of estimates and other technical phases involved.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Requests engineering changes, work with the Engineering Department to release and implement changes.
Leads Kaizen blitz projects by participating on teams to integrate technical solutions across multiple disciplines.
Leads Lean Manufacturing projects, including In-Lining, MRD, PLS, and 80/20 evaluations.
Writes, submits, and implements capital requests.
Collaborates with the Engineering Department to change manufacturing processes and designs and write, submit, and implement capital requests.
Creates, modifies, and maintains production floor layouts (AutoCAD/DraftSight).
Resolve technical problems of significant impact to performance, cost, or schedule.
Applies Industrial Engineering concepts, techniques, analysis, and decision tools under general supervision to promote and implement changes in manufacturing, engineering, and service operations.
Develops models, databases, and spreadsheets to analyze data (e.g., hours per unit, operations research, engineering economics), and provides summary analysis and metrics for consultation to customers (e.g., management, departments, suppliers).
Researches, designs, and develops improvements and implementations of processes through application of Lean and other Industrial Engineering concepts.
Under general supervision, manages, defines, negotiates, and controls the scope, cost, and timing of projects.
Performs risk analysis using project management tools.
Utilizes engineering methods to support the development of optimal process designs and efficient utilization of resources.
Analyzes and designs value stream, including capability, capacity, throughput, workflow, and logistics.
Utilizes CAD software to develop solid models and mechanical assemblies.