SMT Production Engineer II

At Hach (www.hach.com), we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every associate plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team, you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs. You’ll also belong to a respectful and collaborative community that fosters career growth and professional development. You’ll be supported by resources that make a positive difference in your life because, at Hach, we value your authenticity and want your talents to shine.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.  More about us: https://www.hach.com/about-us

Hach is proud to be a Water Quality company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO).  Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today.  Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources.

About the role

The SMT Production Engineer II is responsible for all technical aspects of the SMT production area. This person will lead continuous improvement initiatives and work closely with management to support area +QDIP initiatives through the use of VES tools.

If you have experience with SMT, and strengths in problem solving and change management read on! Make a difference - join us to ensure water quality for people around the world.

Day to day:

• Develop, implement, and maintain procedures for SMT production process

• Program and optimize SMT machinery, including pick-and-place machines, reflow ovens, and stencil printers

• Optimize production workflows to increase efficiency and reduce waste

• Maintain training and documentation for production staff on SMT techniques and best practices

• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in SMT technology

• Identify, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement initiatives through VES framework

• Solve technical issues by identifying root cause(s) and identifying both short-term and long-term countermeasures

• Provide input to product design teams for lean manufacturing production and design for manufacturability during all phases of New Product Introduction

• Create action plans that are used to ensure on-time completion of projects

• Create and updates Manufacturing work instructions and validates manufacturing processes and equipment

• Identify and own capital equipment procurement requirements and projects

• Initiate engineering change orders and documentation changes while meeting corporate quality systems standards.  Ability to coordinate changes cross-functionally with planning, purchasing, supplier quality, development, regulatory, and manufacturing

• Ensure company, industry, and regulatory standards are met

Are you qualified?

• B.S. or equivalent in related Engineering or Technology degree; minimum of 3 years’ equivalent work experience with demonstrated troubleshooting experience

• 1 – 3 years’ experience in related manufacturing environment preferred

• Experience with design change processes (ECO/DCO) required

• Proven experience leading technical projects utilizing knowledge of lean manufacturing required

• CAD (2D/3D) experience preferred

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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collecti