What you'll do:

Job Description: Work directly with direct manufacturing labor to troubleshoot and improve processes, including fabrication, assembly, measuring, and testing of products produced. Establish and maintain departmental expense and capital expenditures with pre-established budget, including the development of the project management requirements and all implementation documentation. Understand and drive facility capability and capacity improvement through Lean Six Sigma (ELSS) tools and other processes to support efficiency improvement and sales growth. Support in Lean transformation efforts. Lead the process for integrating of old/new equipment into an Industry 4.0 (Manufacturing Execution System) environment. This consists of PLC programming standards, error proofing strategy, and data collection/presentation. Assist in performing workload analysis and resources optimization. Collect and analyze manufacturing data and metrics to aid in design and improvement of processes. Support capital planning to optimize capability, capacity, and efficiency to develop new key plant processes in support of sales growth and product line expansion. Assist in the composition of Capital Appropriation Requests (including payback and net present value analysis) for acquisition of equipment to support emerging and existing technologies as required. Provides manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor, and material costs, reviewing production schedules and requirements, estimating future requirements. Manage projects and conducts project reviews to ensure successful and timely completion, within budget. Communicates changes and progress status. Directly supports the site as a liaison between product design, manufacturing, and suppliers. Provides new product development or product transfer support, as required to support plant objectives. Provide leadership and support to those programs that will improve plant productivity goals. Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing.