Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Senior Manufacturing Engineer 
 

We are looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for our Westbury NY facility. In this role you will plan, design and communicate sequence of operations; CNC Programming, required tooling, jigs and fixtures; layout of plant; and necessary equipment utilization and/or modification to machine, form, weld, assemble, test, package and transport component parts and/or final products in support of the total manufacturing process. Setup, prove-out and train personnel on CNC machines. Investigate, identify and implement design and process improvements for better and more cost effective manufacturing.

We offer:

Aside from a dynamic global culture and leading market position, we are proud to offer our employees development opportunities, competitive salary and a robust benefit program ALL available on first day of employment!

The perks and benefits of working at Oerlikon include the following:

• Comprehensive medical and prescription drug plan with low premiums, company sponsored HSA contributions and without cumbersome waiting periods to keep you going strong.  
• Excellent Dental and Vision coverage.
• Employee Assistance, Financial and Wellness programs to help improve all aspects of your life journey. 
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with significant company match and financial planning and education options to help you achieve your retirement goals 
• Tuition reimbursement and internal education resources to satisfy your love of learning so you can continue to grow with us!
• Generous paid time off to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• 12 paid company holidays to occasionally extend your weekends or time off. 
• Flexible hours or remote work environment available for certain positions
• 100% company paid life insurance and disability insurance
• Employee Referral Bonus program because why not to bring your friends to work everyday!

Your Responsibilities:

• Support production activities to achieve shipment schedules through the development and design of methods, processes, specifications, tooling, jigs, fixtures and/or equipment modification in conformance with basic and sound engineering principles, policies and practices.
• Assure most efficient, economic and productive plant layout, material flow and machine and labor utilization by planning the layout of factory machinery, the sequence of manufacturing operations and the specific procedures required for the fabrication, assembly and/or test of Component's Group products. Prepare and carry out plans to change part or material specifications, manufacturing methods, material or product routing, etc. and/or devise holding mechanisms and required tooling to facilitate product manufacture.
• Reduce the cost to manufacture products and increase current efficiencies through research of newer or advanced technologies and development of proposals for automation and/or the redesign of methods, tooling, machine attachments, etc. Also, efficient methodizing will reduce direct labor and, therefore, product cost. Prepare cost estimates involved in the changing from the present to new methods and estimate cost savings as the result of such changes. Recommend or determine the critical make or buy decisions on the basis of the Component's Group technical capabilities, equipment, labor and available capital.
• Assure production of quality parts, components and products by verifying machine, equipment and tool efficiency and performance. Investigate and initiate corrective action of problems or deficiencies.
• Assure timely introduction of new products and/or methods by communicating and documenting required production operations through the preparation of operation sheets, manufacturing data base entries (ERP (Routings), (Setup sheet info.), (AutoDesk/AutoCad), visual aids and CNC programs if required. In additio