Job Description:
Why Haworth?
When you feel connected to your work, you feel more engaged. At Haworth, you can pursue a career that offers you ample opportunity to build your portfolio and expand your skillset in an exciting and inclusive environment. Join a company that values innovation, inspiration, and you!
HAWORTH is a global leader in office furniture and architectural interiors. As a valued member of our team, you can make your mark on the world and reach your full potential within a culture of connectivity.
Why Haworth? Find out more here!
Here at Haworth, our members enjoy benefits from their first day of employment including:
4 weeks paid time off and an option to purchase an additional week
Priority Health Insurance
Well equipped on-site gym open 24 hours
401k Benefit - If you contribute 6% of your annual salary, Haworth will contribute up to 7%
Annual bonus programs
Company provided Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement program
8 hours of paid volunteer time off
Zero waste to landfill company which provides personal on-site recycling drop-off
Job Overview
We are currently looking for an Associate Product Engineerto join our team onsite in Holland, MI.Posting lists minimum requirements, however, the level hired in at could be higher and will be determined by your experience.
As an Associate Product Engineer, you will:
Perform engineering work in operations, production, or maintenance environments. Responsible for designing and developing new or existing products, components, or assemblies including applying engineering principles to develop products that meet customer technical/functional specifications as well as manufacturing cost/efficiency requirements. Supporting and participating in the design, test, modification, fabrication and assembly of prototypes. May be involved with designing product specific manufacturing production processes and equipment. Requires conceptual knowledge of theories, practices, and procedures within a job discipline. Perform routine assignments using existing procedures. Receives instruction, guidance and direction from more senior level roles. Entry level to a professional career progression.
Job Responsibilities
With limited assistance from senior engineers or manager, works on individually assigned projects to design and/or develop new products, processes, and tooling, or improvements to existing products, processes, or tooling, utilizing engineering principles and experience. Provides documented analyses and recommendations of processes to implement to senior engineer or manager.
Works with Manufacturing Engineering to determine best process to minimize labor, material, and overhead costs, and assure manufacturability to increase market share and profitability. Utilizes engineering principles and tools to calculate and evaluate alternative product designs, tooling, manufacturing processes, or equipment for least possible production costs. Utilizes personal computer (PC) and keyboard/mouse to complete cost analysis; transmits data to accounting for completion of financial analysis.
Participates in investigation of alternate materials to minimize labor and overhead costs. Determines proper material selection, through engineering analysis, with aid of computer-aided design (CAD) and other engineering tools.
Utilizing PC-based spreadsheets for analysis, participates in "make versus buy" feasibility studies. Presents documented analysis of purchased costs versus manufactured costs to senior engineer or manager; makes recommendations for vertical integration.
Creates and processes Engineering Change Orders (ECOs). Prepares documentation for Requests for Quotes for tooling and equipment required to produce parts to specification. Utilizes statistical techniques, tolerance analysis, Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, process potential studies, and other engineering techniques to assure products will meet customer requirements.
During design and building of tooling and equipment, frequently travels to supplier sites to review progress.
Works with Engineering Designers/Detailers to ensure form, fit, and function of product designs, utilizing CAD and PCs, via keyboard/mouse.
Develops engineering detail and assembly documentation to support tooling quotations, manufacturing processes, and cost analysis for final product implementation.
Develops prototypes to be used for engineering performance and reliability testing. Coordinates testing and analysis of materials, processes, and prototypes. Prepares test plans and requests; monitors tests and evaluates test performance to ensure adherence to agency and industry standards.
Analyzes competitive products by evaluating materials, manufacturing processes, product performance, and packaging to determine competitiveness of product offerings.
Using PC-based software, prepares all documentation for and writes Request for Expenditure (RFE) for justification of capital expenditures. Presents RFE for approval to various levels of management.
Works with Quality Assurance to ensure all quality aspects of product design and manufacturing are met, by applying manufacturing engineering principles.
Assures all required International Standards Organization (ISO) and/or Haworth Quality System documentation (i.e., Processes and Method Instructions) is in place and current.
Contacts and occasionally travels to customer and supplier sites,... For full info follow application link.
As an EEO/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected genetic information, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, religion, height, weight, other protected group status, or any other basis protected by the laws where we employ people.
