Manufacturing Engineer II

Description:

MAJOR PURPOSE:
Plans, coordinates, and performs manufacturing engineering work for a project
or process. Operates in a team environment within either the enterprise
product delivery process or the enterprise order fulfillment process. At this
level, projects are of moderate scope and responsibility or may be a
significant portion of a major and diverse project or process; decisions are
made within established guidelines and may be reviewed by supervisors and/or
managers. May assign, coordinate and review portions of the work for support
personnel, contractors and suppliers.

MAJOR DUTIES: Description of the major duties performed in this job.

* Establishes routings, methods, layouts, tools, costs, methods
documentation, quality plans and labor standards for revisions to current
operations and/or new parts or programs of moderate scope.

* Provides support and trouble shooting for current operations. Investigates,
gathers and analyze data and implement solutions.

* Innovates and implements cost reduction, quality, safety and ergonomic
improvement ideas of moderate scope.

* Applies electronic tools across a broad range of applications, including
e-builds, modeling and simulations.

* Develops and implements plans to support lean manufacturing through the
Deere Production System of moderate scope. Designs operations layouts.
Improves material flow and material presentation.

* Leads team studies related to capacity, energy, productivity and efficiency
of moderate scope.

* Leads analysis, development and implementation of new manufacturing
processes and technology.

* Analyzes and makes modifications to existing performance pay plans; assists
in development of baseline data for new performance pay plans.