Sr Engineering Support Specialist

Summary

This position performs a full range of complex engineering support assignments requiring significant knowledge of manufacturing, business and project management processes.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The ability to work independently at a high level on complex engineering support tasks in alignment with business strategies/tactics.


• Identifies and pursues improvement opportunities, develops revised processes, and performs updates and/or maintenance to existing MES factory instructions.


• Create new production routings. Adhere to factory instruction standards. Facilitate reviews with other parties such as Production Control, Quality Engineering, Inspection, Product Engineering and Operations before final release to minimize subsequent changes.


• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to work instructions.


• Interpret design definitions and suggests improvements for function, manufacturability, and cost.  Facilitate reviews with process and quality engineering and production operations.


• Assess utilization of capital equipment in assigned area(s), provides recommendations for improved utilization, and conducts annual inventory and reporting as required.


• Creates documentation for engineering concurrence supporting cost management, generation of Cost Price Estimates (CPEs), risk assessments, and management/tracking against cost and schedule requirements.


• Helps create, maintain, and assess quality documentation required for product acceptance.  


• Perform mentoring responsibilities for engineering support specialist II.

You Must Have

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) or more years of relevant experience is required OR in lieu of degree at least seven (7) years previous experience in general business operations, manufacturing or engineering related administrative activities such as configuration management, financial reporting product testing procedures & data entry.


• Proven ability in decision making, organization & problem solving.


• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.


• Ability to work remote, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and is determined by the needs of the business. 


• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job.


• United States Citizenship


• Ability to obtain and maintain, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance (some positions require additional DOE designations)

We Value

• Strong PC literacy, proficient in MS office products.  


• Effective verbal and written communication skills.  


• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in MES, Matrix, Enterprise Content Management, Computer Aided Design, and others.  


• Ability to interface effectively with support organizations and internal customers such as Manufacturing, next assembly, etc., and exercise judgment to determine appropriate action.  Understanding of KCNSC processes and knowledge of KCNSC product strongly preferred.

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This job description/job posting is not all inclusive and other duties may be assigned