Sogeclair is looking for a Manufacturing Engineering Technician to join our team based in Kinston, NC.

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive pay, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages. 
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path; as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes; and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:

• Coordinates with engineering, manufacturing, and supply teams to develop, guide and implement manufacturing and tooling plans.
• Ensures the identification and implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies and improves manufacturing processes in support of the type design.
• Uses process engineering principles, established manufacturing principles, plans and techniques to define sequencing of manufacturing.
• Develops, establishes, and guides requirements for assembly, tooling simulations, manufacturing processes and configuration control.
• Communicates with manufacturing and engineering teams to influence and clarify engineering and facilities design concepts to increase manufacturability, improve production flow and optimize processes.
• Has the ability to demonstrate configuration control of the hardware, within the manufacturing build plan.
• Ability to apply knowledge in one or more of the following areas; Composite non- metallic, Electrical/Electronics, Machining, Sheet metal, Systems and Structures.
   

Your Boarding Pass:

• Associates/ Bachelor’s degree from an engineering technology program with 1-5 years of relevant experience .
• Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC) accreditation standard is required
• Ability to apply knowledge in one or more of the following areas;
• Structural Assembly planning
• Tool Planning
• Composite non-metallic
• Electrical/Electronics
• Machining
• Sheet metal
• Systems and/or Structures

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP
• Creating and maintaining manufacturing plans
• CATIA V5
• SAP Visual Enterprise (formerly Right Hemisphere)
• Lean Manufacturing, Root Cause Corrective Action and/or Six Sigma
• Tool Index Planning
• Understanding of the application of time standards
• Enovia V6
• Enovia 3dexperience
• Six Sigma
• Project Management
• Automation Technology
• Liaison support
• Command Media Documentation
• Training Material Creation and execution

Requirements

Physical Requirements:

• Vision: Daily able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.
• Hearing: Daily able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms.
• Speaking:  Daily able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications.
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors):Rarely  able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts.
• Carrying: Weekly able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
• Lifting:  Weekly able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs.
• Pushing / Pulling:  Several times a month able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools.
• Sitting: Daily able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer.
• Squatting / Kneeling:  Daily able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.
• Standing: Daily able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor.
• Travel:  Once or twice a year able to travel independently and at short notice.
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): Daily able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces.
• Personal Protective Equipment required:  Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site
• Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.