Manufacturing Engineer

About ITT:

ITT is a leading manufacturer of critical components for harsh environments that serves fast-growing end markets in flow, aerospace and defense, energy and transportation. Building on our heritage of innovation, we partner with our customers to deliver solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.Headquartered in Stamford, CT, we have more than 11,700 employees globally with operations in ~40 countries and sales in more than 125. At our core is our engineering DNA, with 1,280+ engineers, 1,700+ active global patents and ~51 manufacturing locations.

 

Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA: 

 

Industrial Process: A global leader in centrifugal and twin-screw pumps and engineered valves for chemical, energy, mining, and industrial applications. Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Bornemann, Habonim, Engineered Valves, Rheinhütte Pumpen and Svanehøj. 

 

Motion Technologies: A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands include Friction Technologies, KONI and Axtone.

 

Connect and Control Technologies: A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands include ITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace Controls and kSARIA. 

Position Summary

KONI, an entity of ITT Corporation’s Motion Technologies Division, has been in business for 150 years, involved in automobile dampers since 1932 and has produced adjustable telescopic dampers since 1945. In addition, though known best for cars, KONI also builds shocks for trucks, buses, RVs and railway rolling stock as well. What this adds up to is well-earned design and manufacturing experience. For more information, visit www.koni-na.com.

 

Position Summary:

 

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and improving processes and systems in a production and warehouse environment. The role involves optimizing the efficiency, quality, and safety of manufacturing and warehouse operations while minimizing costs. This position is also responsible for the repair of mechanical or electromechanical machines, equipment, tools, engines, and systems. The role may incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan. In addition, the Manufacturing Engineer is responsible to inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigate and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality. This position is based on site in Hebron, KY USA.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide advice regarding opportunities for improvement for productivity and efficiency.
• Write investment proposals for machines, equipment, and tools.
• Support/advise the R&D Department (implementation and possible production method, production costs and tests) in order to come up with a justified design, including calculating the change of the production costs as a result of a design and/or process modification.
• Manage and coordinate suppliers during the complete process; RFQ, Negotiation, on-site activities, and final inspection of the product or service (FAT and SAT).
• Analyze the project obtained command (production optimization, troubleshooting, product modifications, production deploy quality improvement processes, studies of defects in production parameters realize and correct etc.).
• Collect information and determine the required boundary conditions (product analysis, process analysis, market research production process).
• Formulate and implement plan of approach, program requirements, experiments, purpose and outcome of the project and planning in consultation with senior management, production management, and, if necessary, assembling the project team.
• Lead full scale project management activities including project planning with respect to time, quality and budget.
• Search and analyze potential production technologies.
• Support the Purchasing Department in the assessment of suppliers and purchasing negotiations and guide customer audits.
• Lead change of plant lay-out based on the purchase of new means of production or process changes and/or optimization of production.
• Responsible for the project administration and training.
• Work collaboratively with R&D, Purchasing, Production, Quality, Sales and any external project pa