Industrial Engineer

Central Power Systems & Services is a privately held company with deep roots going back to 1954. Our internal Mission Statement is fostering a strong family-oriented culture built on a high moral and ethical code.  We are looking for the right individual who shares our passion for the products, our desire for continued growth, and our commitment to build more meaningful relationships founded on trust and integrity.

This engineering position is focused on our Generator Manufacturing Division.  We are looking for talented, creative, and driven manufacturing engineers to drive manufacturing tools and processes, from initial concept development to full-scale production, and will interact regularly with senior leadership during critical design phases. The Industrial Engineer will own the relationship between the engineering development and production teams.

As we are in a time of rapid growth and development, we are looking for candidates to eventually advance and lead others within the organization. It is important that you are a teachable individual, open to learning new systems, receiving feedback, and adapting with us as we continue to grow as a company. We truly value passionate and down-to-earth people who are driven to get things done and find creative solutions to problems.

Job Duties

• Design and implement electro-mechanical assembly and test processes
• Collaborate with the mechanical design team to incorporate design for manufacturability
• Lead prototype builds ensuring incremental milestones for the production development are met
• Ensure manufacturing systems can hit high volume rate, cost, and quality targets
• Lead facilities development, floor layout, headcount requirements, and material flow definition
• Identify tooling and hardware requirements, design and implement them into production processes
• Identify automation opportunities and establish requirements as well as evaluate return on investment for each
• Work with in-house resources or vendors as necessary to develop these solutions and implement on the production line

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment via professional work experience, project/research-based student experience, or a combination of both

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrated experience working in a highly adaptive and iterative environment
• Proven excellence in a high-volume industrial manufacturing environment
• Experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing and scaling to high volume as part of a cross-functional team
• Experience defining production data requirements and SPC
• Ability to design tooling and fixtures for assembly line manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience implementing automation into production processes
• Ability to develop and maintain high-performing suppliers and contract manufacturers
• Experience with Autodesk AutoCAD and Inventor
• Experience working with and defining requirements for ERP, MRP, and MES systems

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• 401k with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Training & Professional Development
• Positive and productive work environment

Work Conditions

Physical Demands/Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close and distance vision.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal to moderate

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

CPS&S is a smoke-free and drug-free work environment.