Manufacturing Engineer

A Little About Us: Operating since 1968, Newmar Corporation has been helping customers explore the outdoor lifestyle, enabling extraordinary mobile experiences as they travel, live, work, and play. Newmar has been synonymous in the RV industry with luxury, quality, and innovative motor coaches. In every part of our company, we relentlessly pursue continuous improvement and enhanced productivity, driving out waste, and creating meaningful strategic differentiation. Newmar is part of Winnebago Industries, Inc. a leading U.S. manufacturer of outdoor lifestyle experiences under the Winnebago, Newmar, Grand Design, Chris-Craft, and Barletta brands.

Primary Objective of Position: This role will be a mix of Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering.  Responsible to improve, develop and implement production system design improvements to support safety, quality, and throughput efforts.  From workplace optimization to development of labor standards, this role is a critical part of the Manufacturing Engineering team.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Create processes, equipment, and factory layouts to optimize production and quality.
• Analyze production processes, schedules, and methods to determine current and future manufacturing needs.
• Create a standard process for manufacturing labor content, optimizing model mix and improving flow within operations.
• Support manufacturing transformations utilizing lean thinking and methodologies
• Document the financial justification of implementing new processes
• Evaluate, monitor, and document manufacturing processes and equipment uses.
• Research automation techniques and data to aid in the analyzation of manufacturing processes and identification of improvement opportunities.
• Develop, implement, and improve sustainable manufacturing processes and applicable technologies.
• Use effective methods to communicate new processes and equipment operation methods to end users.
• Analyze expected project costs and how they compare to project budgets.
• Troubleshoot and collaborate with manufacturing leaders to minimize potential issues with new manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Provide reports and data related to projects as requested.
• Perform other tasks or duties as assigned.
• Ensuring that new manufacturing processes are flexible in design to accommodate future production plans

Key Attributes

• Effective interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Teamwork skills.
• Open and Agile thinking
• Able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to work in a fast response environment.
• Strong project management skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Technical and technology skills.
• Knowledge of production and processes.

Education & Experience

• Degree in Manufacturing / Industrial engineering or related field preferred.
• Relevant training in continuous improvement methodology and lean practices
• Prior experience in a manufacturing facility
• Production system design experience
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications and computer-aided design (CAD) platforms.