The Baker Company

Engineer

• Create detailed work instructions and visual aids to maintain acceptable production productivity and quality standards
• Estimate production set up and run times, material costs, and perform time studies to provide cost analysis
• Propose, sponsor and lead projects that will improve manufacturing performance, reduce costs, improve yields, or reduce cycle time using Lean tools. (analyzing work flow, space requirements and equipment layout)
• Setup cell manufacturing to minimize setup time and to facilitate increased assembly reaction time to meet customer needs.
• Assist in designing testing methods to determine process capabilities, standards, and validate process requirements.
• Participate in value stream mapping exercises to determine and define business improvement areas.
• Work with plant safety and engineering groups to ensure all concepts meet plant safety requirements.
• Create and maintain production data and Routings (Bills of Operations)
• Assist in the setup of machines and equipment within production areas. To include: selection, set-up, start-up (including programming)
• Assist with SMED activities; may include designing jigs or fixtures for equipment.
• Train supervisors and team leaders in required tasks to new products and/or modifications.
• Support continuous improvement and shop cleanliness utilizing 5S.
• Coordinate TPM activities such as: preventive maintenance; collection of data through PM’s, participate in maintenance planning, coordinating planned work outages, and continuously improving the maintenance planning and execution process.
• Assists with Behavior Based Safety Program.
• Make every effort to focus on doing-it-right to make sure the customer is happy or satisfied with our units
• Provide value to our customers by using Lean tools and concepts to identify and eliminate waste in all forms (scrap/rework, transportation, motion, waiting, inventory, over production, over processing, and under-utilization of people).
• Uses systemic thinking by seeing processes from end to end and works to challenge the status quo to eliminate the root cause of problems.
• Is involved in individual and/or team activities that involve using Lean tools and concepts to improve the flow of information and material.
• Other duties as required

Process Engineer