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Mechanical Engineer

Jabil
Petersburg, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Mar 2025

About the role

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

JOB SUMMARY
Add value through knowledge about process engineering, Rapid response to operations in technical resolution, failure analysis, complete risk assessments for all new activities. Completes projects within the site or with suppliers / customers.


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Support all production engineering activities within an ESD controlled shop floor environment. Including, but not limited to, equipment fault finding, new product introduction, existing product process verification.
• Complete training in responsibility area, within the time assigned. Training is required for changes and implementation of policies, existing procedures, new functions, etc. Complete retraining required in areas such as Safety and Environment.
• Follow all safety policies of the company and all the safety measures within work area.
• Lead technical projects within manufacturing site or suppliers to improve process capacity capability, yield and maintainability.
• Provide technical support for the resolution of component quality issues.

• Ensures closure to component non-conformance issues with timely corrective action submission and approval of site and/or suppliers control plans.

• Other responsibilities may be assigned and not all responsibilities listed may be assigned

·         Implement documentation and controls for all product processes in line with company, international (AS9100) and customer standards.

·         Produce, sign off and train operators on new processes providing detailed work instructions for each process or product.

·         Complete risk assessments prior to undertaking any activity which is not covered by standard production risk assessment or standard operating procedure (SOP) ensuring that risks and hazards in activities undertaken in the role are acknowledged and conducted in accordance with processes, procedure and measures in place to mitigate risks.

·         Advise Management on progress of jobs, parts availability, delivery targets and any emergent problems to meet targets.

·         Monitor production processes and take appropriate action to ensure they are adhered to and problems are minimized.

·         Take an active part in team training and improvement initiatives.

·         May be expected to work occasional extended hours, including weekends, to meet business needs.

·         Display flexibility and able to work to tight deadlines.

MANAGEMENT & SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Job is NOT directly responsible for managing other employees (e.g., hiring/termination and/or pay decisions, performance management).


JOB QUALIFICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS


• Effective communication, oral, written and for presentations.
• Project management, lead teams located in different areas while executing a Project.
• Product/Process risk evaluation
• Design and validation of proof methods
• Lean and Six Sigma skills
• Process validation
• Company Process and product knowledge
• Quality system knowledge
• Computer skills
• Proficient in Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and database applications.
• Statistical analysis software and machine efficiency data/capture
• Engineering software (FEA, CAD, etc) as it applies.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
• A BSc or BEng degree in engineering, ideally electronics or mechanical
• Equipment/process fault finding
• Production support engineering and factory operational requirements
• Process/Production engineering including process flow, process optimization, lean processing, 5S
• 5 years+ experience of working in a production environment (Ideally within an ESD or electronics sector)

 

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