Manufacturing Engineer

Landscape Structures Inc. has been the leading manufacturer of commercial playground equipment in the world for more than 50 years. Our employee-owned company designs community and school playgrounds that encourage kids of all ages and abilities to learn persistence, leadership, competition, bravery, support, and empathy through play. Landscape Structures pushes the limits-of design, inclusion, and play-to help kids realize there is no limit to what they can do today and in the future. For a better tomorrow, we play today.

The role of the manufacturing engineer is to plan, direct, and coordinate manufacturing processes and improvements for the company. Designing efficiency, cost-effectiveness, environmental and safety controls into a process.

Duties And Responsibilities

Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods.

Providing technical support to production department: Developing metrics, reviewing resources, troubleshooting/problem solving production quality issues, initiating process improvements, training production employees, and providing corrective actions on customer issues.

Development of new products: Involvement with product development on project, provide direction on prototypes/pilot runs/1st articles, interaction with production employees on requirements, and review capital equipment.

Evaluates production equipment capabilities in meeting product requirements.

Develop and maintain production documentation: Initiate and update routings & ECO's, controlled documents, etc.

Plan and implement preventive and corrective actions for reducing scrap, rework and down time.

Contribute to creation and continuous improvement of manufacturing work instructions, process control plans and other documentation required for production release.

Support operations performance in meeting quality, safety, morale, cost, productivity and delivery objectives.

Understand and support ISO and quality.

Work may be directed by others (supervisor, production supervisors, product development, etc.)

Attributes

Process Optimization - Improve efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.

Technical Expertise - Strong understanding of manufacturing methods, equipment, and materials.

Problem-Solving - Identify root causes and implement effective solutions.

Quality Control - Apply standards, testing, and continuous improvement.

Project Management - Plan, prioritize, and deliver on time.

Data Analysis - Use metrics and statistical tools to drive decisions.

Collaboration - Work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Safety Awareness - Ensure compliance with safety regulations and best practices.

Qualifications

B.S degree in engineering or related field 4-year degree from an accredited university and 4+ years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience with lean manufacturing principals and tools

CAD experience (AutoCAD, Solidworks, Inventor) desired but not required.

This position is not eligible for immigration/visa sponsorship.

Landscape Structures is an equal opportunity employer.