Manufacturing Engineer

Dover Precision Components

Dover Precision Components ‘DPC’ (‘the Company’) is part of Dover Corporation’s (‘the Parent Company’) Pumps and Process solutions segment. DPC holds market leading positions globally and delivers performance-critical solutions across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical and general processing markets. We design and manufacture mission-critical equipment components to deliver more affordable, cleaner energy solutions and enable manufacturers to operate more efficiently.

WE DELIVER CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Dover Precision Components delivers products and services that enhance performance, improve safety, reduce carbon emissions, and accelerate clean energy adoption, through collaborative customer relationships, expert engineering, and an innovative culture. Our strong Company portfolio is comprised of long products and services offered under Cook Compression, Cook Mechanical Field Services, Waukesha Bearings, Waukesha Magnetic Bearings, Inpro/Seal, Bearings Plus, and FW Murphy Production Controls. Our global footprint reaches more than twelve locations in the Americas and more than six locations in Europe and China.

BUILDING POTENTIAL. SUSTAINING PERFORMANCE. BOOSTING FUTURES.

We are diligent in recognizing our employees’ needs and providing an enriching experience through professional developmental opportunities. Our authentic, collaborative company culture, combined with a competitive suite of health and welfare offerings, emulates who we are. We are Dover Precision Components,

Summary

The Manufacturing Engineer will primarily be responsible for production and shop floor support and improvement projects, resulting in increased throughput of the factory and successful cost reduction projects that deliver a positive impact to the sites P&L.

Responsibilities

• Ensure support to shop floor operators
• Manage production routings to ensure accuracy of system timings to aid in our capacity plan
• Implement improvement projects to reduce cycle times to increase output of the shop floor
• Creation of bills of material for manufactured components.
• Aid Production Management in analysing manufacturing methods to lead to make vs purchasing decisions through our network of outsourced subcontractors
• Protect and improve sites gross margin and P&L results through cost or time reduction projects
• Eliminate hazards through sound engineering practices.
• Attend various operating meetings to support various functions throughout the organization.
• Actively participate in the improvement process with responsibilities of assisting with any preparation work and follow up activities/action items generated from CI events.
• Identifies and implements solutions that lead to cost savings that are recorded within the productivity tracker.
• Create CNC Programs as required in line with routing operations.
  
  

Health And Safety

• Contributes to risk assessments and safe working practices.
• Complies with all safety policies and procedures whilst actively participating in the efforts to create and maintain a Zero Harm workplace culture.
• Support, submit and carry out Electronic Behavioural Based Safety Audits (EBBS) and safety/CI submissions – as required.
• Challenges non-compliant employees on safety policies and procedures. Reporting to senior management if necessary.
• Attends safety training courses as required.
  
  

Quality

• Works with team members to identify issues, troubleshoot and verify product quality
• Implement and support Best in Class (BiC) across all manufacturing departments
• Takes responsibility for quality and functionality of all programs produced
• Adheres to all policies and procedures relating to quality.
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Applies principles of Lean Manufacturing to reduce setup times, improve productivity and increase manufacturing throughput.
• Actively seeks out and identifies Continuous Improvement opportunities.
• Support “Best Practices” to achieve company goals for safety, delivery, cost and quality
• Assisting in the distribution, progression and closure of CI ideas in line with QR process
  
  

Collaboration

• Timely collation and analysis of production data metrics to support CI and identify improvement opportunities.
• Manage and implement CI ideas with team using PDCA.
• Track and report results for ideas submitted.
• When required communicate and work with additional departments
• Actively participates in cross function projects to ensure that goals are achieved, and solutions implemented.
  
  

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Time served in a machining discipline
• Have relevant Health and Safety awareness
• Ideally possess an HNC/HND or equivalent in a relevant discipline
  
  

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

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience within a lean-manufacturing work environment, minimum of 2 years in ME (or equivalent CAD CAM Engineer) position
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Must be fluent in CNC programming and have strong skills in various Microsoft Office packages.
• Able to demonstrate successfully managed projects, from initial data gathering (VSM) through to implementation.
• Customer focused
• Demonstrated examples of significant cost saving projects delivered
• Maintains a positive attitude in order to positively influence the process improvement activities throughout the organization
• Searches for innovative solutions, drives continuous improvement whilst constantly raises the bar to stretch own level of achievement
• Must be self-motivated and possess facilitation skills to be used in a team setting.
• Recognizes and exhibits behaviours of the Dover Values including Integrity and Trust.
• Possesses the ability to clarify complex situations
  
  

We consider several job-related, non-discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position’s responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, a candidate’s education/training, the position’s location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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