Lead Engineer/Designer Jobs in Milltown,WI,US

Role Description:

This is a full-time, on-site Lead Engineer/Designer role located in Milltown, WI. The Lead Engineer/Designer will be responsible for developing, designing, and optimizing rubber-based products to align with client needs and industry standards. Responsibilities include overseeing and guiding engineering projects, preparing detailed design specifications, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role also involves troubleshooting technical challenges, ensuring product quality, and contributing to innovation efforts to enhance manufacturing processes and product performance. Job Summary We have an exciting opening for a Lead Engineer / Designer who will not only lead our Engineering Department but will also be very hands-on in the design / drafting process.

Essential Functions:

• Create manufacturing drawings based off customer specs using Auto CAD and Inventor software.
• Will lead a team of design engineers who also create technical drawings for manufacturing of our rubber and polyurethane components.
• Checks manufacturing drawings for accuracy and supplies feedback to engineering staff
• Provides insight to engineering team on real-world use and application of our products.
• Delegates various engineering related tasks to the engineering team to create a fully rounded training experience.
• Fields customer requests and questions on the application of our products in the field.
• Creates custom proposal drawings in CAD for customers to visualize what our parts will look like and fit into their equipment.
• Travels with direct sales and distributors on an as needed basis to gather technical information for design purposes and for troubleshooting applications on customer sites.
• Reviews all orders as they come in to ensure all the technical information is accurate prior to going into design or manufacturing.
• Identifies existing parts already in our ERP system that can be used on new orders to reduce the redundancy of designing the same part multiple times.
• Make recommendations to internal staff and outside customers on the best products to use in various applications.
• Drives research and development within the engineering group to create new products and / processes.
• Help trainees become acclimated to the company culture, processes, and procedures.
• Works in parallel with the production team to ensure our designs are creating the most cost-effective components by reducing production times and requirements for new tooling.
• Will oversee high priority and / or large-scale projects to ensure we meet our KPI's and on time deliveries.
• Provides weekly updates to the production staff on the status of various orders currently in engineering and estimated completion dates. Education (Preferred)
• Bachelors or graduates' degree in business, computer science, engineering or equivalent experience in a manufacturing setting with an understanding of manufacturing processes and process improvement.
• Experience with AutoCAD, Microsoft Office and ERP software (JobBoss
• preferred)
• Demonstrated critical thinking and cross-functional team collaboration and development.

Expected Hours of Work:

Full time 1st Shift, Monday•

Friday Job Types:

Full-time, Permanent