Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Are you ready to make a real impact? Looking for a stable, growing company where you can build your career and thrive? Your next opportunity starts here. 

At Trace-A-Matic, our people are our greatest asset. We foster a clean, safe, and supportive work environment where individuals are empowered to grow personally and professionally. Our mission is to deliver excellence in complex precision-machined components while exceeding customer expectations.

We believe in sharing success. Through our Gainsharing program, we split profits with employees—paid out quarterly. 

Trace-A-Matic Offers:

• 10 Paid Holidays
• Serviced Base PTO
• Gainsharing
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance and more!
• On-site Fitness Center & Medical Clinic
• Weekly Pay
• Company Provided Uniforms and Safety Shoe Allowance
• Performance Merit Raises
• Climate Controlled Environment
• Free Employee Coffee

Trace-A-Matic is hiring a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, see below:

Position Overview

 The Project Manager must have strong leadership, accountability, organizational and communication skills. Additionally, he/she must have a fully functional understanding of both traditional machining and the special processes used in manufacturing the complex machined components used in Aerospace, Military, Oil and Gas and Industrial applications. Additionally, a successful individual in the role will have the skills to communicate up and down the supply chain to facilitate meeting the customer’s delivery and quality expectations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

The following essential functions are the critical   duties an employee must be able to perform either unaided or with the   assistance of a reasonable accommodation.

Success is defined by the following bullets points: 

• The New Job Launch group of parts (FAI) must be delivered “on time” based on customer expectation, 
• The New Job Launch group must be conforming to all technical requirements, 
• The New Job Launch group must meet budget from a one-time start-up cost perspective, and 
• The PROCESS used to create the New Job Launch group must have potential to be profitable during ongoing production

Daily Activities:

1.) Gathering, organizing and reporting project status to the commercial customer and all relevant internal customers (ie: executive leadership, plant leadership, outside suppliers)

2.) Leading, both formally and informally across all functional areas of the internal organization.

Constant monitoring of all elements of the New Job Launch project’s implementation including:

• “Hands-on” in New Job Launch activities, from preparation through delivery
• Facilitating resolution of manufacturing issues related to fixturing/tooling/programming  where necessary, while understanding and respecting organizational lines of responsibility and communication. 
• Facilitating resolution of quality/inspection related issues by communicating with quality assurance staff and the customer on when required.
• Driving awareness across the enterprise. 
• Communicating schedule-related items to appropriate people in operation, scheduling, planning/purchasing, supplier management and quality assurance roles
• Identifying needs for special action when standard action is not meeting project goals. Communicating those needs    appropriately.

3.) Solving problems during the NJSU project implementation

• Technical: through drawing and specification interpretation.
• With the customer, in the office and on the shop floor.
• Financial: Seek to prevent cost overruns by monitoring project costs and addressing issues as they appear.
• Schedule: resolve conflicts of limited resources throughout the supply chain

4.) Financial Reporting

• Manage, track, and report NJSU group cost as compared to plan.
• Evaluate and project expected unit cost in production and report to executive management

5.) Supporting high probability “project” quotes based on needed requirements.

• Participate in site visits and teleconferences to help win orders.
• Generate ideas for manufacturing methodologies.
• Gather as much up front data as possible to optimize project start up.

6.) All other duties as reasonably assigned.

7.) Support of the company Core Value and Core Focus

Qualifications and skills

Education: Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as engineering is desirable 

Experience: Must have +10 years of experience in an equivalent role within a manufacturing organization

Skills and competencies: Must have strong manufacturing skills, CADCAM knowledge, blueprint reading skills (including GD&T), and solid communication and leadership skills

Type: Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Full Time, 1st Shift (5am-3:30pm, M-F) 

Company: Trace-A-Matic

Location: Brookfield, WI