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Materials Engineer I - Materials Engineering
KYYBA, Inc
🇨🇦 Canada | 🇺🇸 United States
On-site
2 days ago
- 5S
- SAP
2 days ago
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Location:Waterloo, IA - 50704
Duration:24 Months Contract (possible extension)
Major Purpose:
- This job is for a Materials Engineering lab technician whose everyday assignments and tasks may vary from routine to infrequent.
- Duties are relatively broad in scope and may require evaluations by the position holder.
- The holder of this position will perform materials engineering supporting tasks or complex laboratory analytical functions with limited engineering oversight.
Major Duties:
- Completes tasks involving preparation or analysis of material samples/components/processes with minor engineering oversight for moderately complex activities.
- Develop, recommend and implement analytical or process changes needed to maintain or improve product quality on a tactical or strategic basis.
- Work with maintenance and production personnel to troubleshoot laboratory equipment, process, or analytical problems.
- Participate on project teams to leverage knowledge and experience to improve factory performance in safety, quality, cost and delivery.
- Create and maintain process instructions or develop analytical processes to meet production needs.
- Create and maintain laboratory procedures and processes.
- Maintain "Sustain” level of 5S in the materials engineering lab.
Qualifications:
- Competencies, technical skills, formal educations and relevant work experience critical for successful individual performance of essential functions.
Technical Skills & Knowledge:
- Excellent understanding of part prints, process instructions, and industry standards.
- Basic to moderate knowledge of ferrous machining processes and application to materials analysis.
- Basic knowledge of production and analytical equipment, and maintenance activities needed to produce of verify a quality product.
- Solid mechanical aptitude and a strong drive to grow this skill set.
- Very good verbal and written communication skills.
Education:
- 2 year associate technical degree or equivalent work experience.
Relevant Work Experiences:
- Experience in process control and analytical analysis to be interfaced with this position.
- Experience in manufacturing environment.
- Experience with shop floor or laboratory environment.
- Participation as a contributing team member on substantial process problem solving teams.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.
- Experience with production systems and databases.
- Experience with using Microsoft Office Suite and other electronic engineering software tools.
Specific Job Duties:
- Perform laboratory tasks as requested and support activities in the materials lab as materials engineering work request are received.
- Work with requestors to ensure proper work is being done and parts are being delivered to lab.
- Order and stock lab consumables.
- Track reservation number, IM number, price, order date and delivery date.
- Enter crib reservation in SAP (PDX) transaction.
- Collect parts, perform audits and maintain monthly/quarterly audit spreadsheets.
- Track work request system; maintain all lab equipment.
- Support changeovers and adjustments at S450 crankshaft heat treat.
- Maintain coolant levels in all saws.
- Getting new consumables approved for use.
Materials Engineer I - Materials Engineering · KYYBA, Inc