Entry Level Manufacturing Engineer and Quality Engineer

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer 

Job Title 2: Quality Engineer 

Location: Waterloo, IA 

Job Duration: 03 years of contract

Client: John Deere 

This position is defined for 3rd shift but will also consider candidates those who are only looking for 1st shift. 

Looking for recent Engineering/Technology graduates, those who are graduating in Dec 2023/ May 2024. 

A training will be provided to perform duties as this is a entry level position. 

For Manufacturing Engineers work duties will be:

MAJOR PURPOSE:

Plans, coordinates, and performs manufacturing engineering work for a project or process. Operates in a team environment within either the enterprise product delivery process or the enterprise order fullment process. At this level, projects are of limited scope and responsibility; work plans and decisions are made within established guidelines and may be reviewed by supervisors and/or managers. May assign coordinate and review portions of the work for support personnel and contractors.

MAJOR DUTIES: Description of the major duties performed in this job.

* Provides support and basic trouble shooting for current operations. Investigates, gathers and analyze data for specifically assigned, recurring tasks.

* Establishes routings, methods, layouts, tools, costs, methods documentation, quality plans and labor standards for revisions to current operations and/or new parts or programs of limited scope.

* Identifies and implements cost reduction, quality, safety and ergonomic improvement ideas of limited scope.

* Works with electronic tools to perform engineering functions.

* Develops and implements plans of limited scope to support lean manufacturing through the Deere Production System. Designs operations layouts to improve material flow and material presentation.

* Participates in team studies related to capacity, energy, productivity and efficiency.

* Implements new manufacturing processes and technology.

* Modifies existing performance pay plans; assists in development of baseline data for new wage performance pay plans.

For Quality Engineers duties will look like:

Duties: 

Learns and uses quality planning tools and analysis to formulate/facilitate quality plans for new products within the product delivery, order fulfillment or customer support processes. 

Learns and uses quality tools consistent with quality processes to enable the focus on prevention by identifying and performing activities to minimize risk. 

Investigates product and process quality related issues and recommends changes to control plans and/or prints. 

Gathers and analyzes data pertinent to quality tools in the Enterprise Order Fulfillment Process (EOFP), Enterprise Product Delivery Process (EPDP) and/or Customer Support Process (CSP). 

Performs quality audits, including supporting International Standards Organization (ISO) audits, and maintains quality manual. 

Inputs and maintains information in factory databases and systems. 

Monitors quality plan tracking system. Assists in reviews and investigations of warranty claim information.