Associate Engineer - Winnetka, United States - Medline Industries

Description

With fifty years of consecutive growth, Medline has more than 25,000 employees worldwide and business in more than 90 countries.

Recently named one of the nation's "Best and Brightest Companies to Work for," this position is based out of our corporate office in Northfield, IL.

To maintain this enviable position and continue our growth, we are looking for new talent, like youThe challenging responsibilities of the position include:
Under supervision, analyze existing processes, develop solutions, and implement new processes to improve efficiencies and labor savings.
Manage multiple projects of small to medium scope.


CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Prepare, perform and conduct protocols (i.e. DOE, Process Validation, etc) for new materials and processes.
Ensure that new products meet the strict quality and performance standards set by the division (i.e. burst testing, tensile testing, impact qualities, etc.)Perform assignments to enhance existing procedures, statistical analysis, inspections, and validation activities. Contribute to the organization's process improvement activities by participating in Kaizen and other lean events.
Support ways to increase operational productivity (i.e. warehouse, manufacturing, reorder buying and production control).Analyze costs related to capital expenditures to determine breakeven points, payback and associated hard and soft savings.
Write functional requirements, test plans, and work with production issues.

Conduct training, when appropriate, on quality assurance and/or engineering concepts and tools, including but not limited to inspection, measurement and test methods.

Analyze operational procedures to develop; validate; and deploy labor standards (manufacturing related areas).Manage bills of materials, routings, and costing for manufactured products.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSBachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline.

Intermediate skill level in computer and systems use (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).Knowledge or interest in plastic injection molding and/or extrusion is a plusBasic AS400 or ERP System knowledge Medline's policy is to employ the best qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, disability, and citizenship status as a veteran with a disability or veteran of the Vietnam Era.