Ofp Assembly Manufacturing Engineer

John Deere John Deere · Industrial · Moline, IL +1 · Factory Engineering (CA)

This role supports daily operations and leads engineering projects to improve safety, quality, and efficiency on a highly automated row unit assembly line. Responsibilities include supporting tools, fixtures, and equipment, implementing continuous improvement projects, and working with manufacturing systems like SAP, MP Planner, and JDAAT.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support daily operations by responding to tactical safety, quality, and efficiency issues while supporting/leading performance improvements for the business unit team
  2. Support uptime of tools, fixtures, and equipment
  3. Support/lead engineering projects to improve safety, quality, and efficiency through torque tooling improvements, capital investment projects, JDAAT expansion/deployment
  4. Identify opportunities & implement continuous improvement projects in support of achieving CI200 target goals for safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency
  5. Work with SAP, MP Planner, and JDAAT to perform engineering functions

Skills

Required

  • Working knowledge of basic assembly tooling and equipment
  • Ability to work flexible hours, including overtime (daily and weekends as needed)
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills with the ability to communicate cross-functionally with both salary and wage workforce
  • Demonstrated ability to initiate and complete multiple, concurrent projects
  • Experience with line and process design, material presentation, cycles of imbalance and visual management tools
  • Experience with Continuous Improvement Engineering Change process
  • Experience working directly with manufacturing engineering systems with process controls (ex: JDAAT as an MES/Quality tool)

Nice to have

  • 1 or more years of experience supporting production/factory floor in a union environment
  • Experience with tooling improvement projects
  • Experience working with manufacturing automation and robotics
  • JDAAT Admin/authoring experience
  • Knowledge and experience applying principles of performance-based pay plans (EX: CIPP)
  • Experience with MPPlanner for SOE and OMS development
  • Experience with Dynamic Line Balancing Tool (DLBT)
  • Experience with torque tooling
  • Experience learning and applying technology, systems, data mining and analysis tools to drive business improvements