Mechanical Process Improvement Engineer

Akkodis is seeking a Mechanical Process Improvement Engineer for a contract to hire position with a client located in Louisville, Kentucky. This position will be responsible for maintaining/improving the physical equipment within a defined production area. Accountable for full technical ownership of assigned areas. As the Manufacturing Engineer you will work with a team of Union skilled trades maintenance technicians, hourly Team Leaders, Process Improvement Engineers, Quality and Business Leaders. In this role you will make critical engineering decisions with regards to equipment and processes needed to meet the goals of the area.

Pay/Salary Range: $50.00 - $65.00 per hour

Mechanical Process Improvement Engineer job responsibilities include:

• Provide technical leadership, program management, and expertise to Plant Operations, to include providing leadership and direction to the maintenance team.

• Be a point of contact for technical changes to assigned area and accountable for decision making process.

• Improve and direct Preventive Maintenance plan for assigned area.

• Root cause-based troubleshooting, schematic reading, PLC's and ladder logic programming, variable frequency drives, Ethernet communications, Vision Systems, and safety procedures such as Lock Out -Tag Out.

• Support all plant objectives in the areas of EHS, Schedule Attainment, Spoilage & Yield, Labor & Overtime, Productivity, Spare Parts cost controls and Lean Manufacturing.

• Execute routine equipment purchases, to include presenting justification for capital expenses or process improvements, design and specification of equipment and standardization of equipment within manufacturing methods and safety requirements.

• First response to our maintenance employees when guidance or assistance is required. This will include some after hours and weekend supervision.

• Establish, develop, implement, and sustain world-class practices in our Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program and drive continuous improvement in the areas of uptime and cost controls.

• Coordinate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (AME) efforts to ensure operational efficiency goals are met.

• Provide support, direction, and training to AMEs, Process Improvement Engineers, maintenance, systems and shop projects with specification, drawings, equipment/process acceptance, and troubleshooting.

• Initiate and integrate activities to resolve repetitive production problems and implement preventive maintenance programs on key pieces of equipment to improve process output reliability.

• Provide leadership to hourly maintenance employees to ensure day-to-day production requirements.

• Establish measured work practices for maintenance employees, to include documentation of work performed and the time required to perform it.

• Provide training and aid in troubleshooting and downtime response in specified area of expertise.

• Drive uptime and equipment reliability improvements through simplification activities.

• Own the 5S in the area and enforce adherence.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineer or similar engineering field.

• Have 5-years of mechanical process improvement engineering experience.

If you are interested in this Mechanical Process Improvement Engineer job in Louisville, Kentucky then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis go to www.akkodis.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit https://www.modis.com/en-us/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.modis.com/en-us/candidate-privacy

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records subject to federal contractor requirements and/or security clearance requirements.