Company Description
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here
Job Description
ABOUT THE JOB
As the Manufacturing Engineer, you will work with cross functional teams to design, develop, and validate new processes necessary for existing and new products from concept to launch. You will become a subject matter expert and serve as a mentor for new talent. Your design work will support future state product development and strategic manufacturing roadmap creation.
YOUR ROLE:
- Learn and apply lean process development tools, systematic problem solving and critical thinking to new process-product development and continuous improvement projects.
- Successfully execute the development and implementation of new processes necessary for new product introductions and product changes
- Understand and actively manage process design requirements, conduct system PFMEA’s, design reviews and utilize other robust engineering practices such as DOE’s, tolerance stack-ups, limit testing, FEA, etc.
- Liaison with corporate product design, supply chain, vendors, and manufacturing staff for the specification for equipment development.
- Develop DVP’s, coordinate testing, and provide hands-on troubleshooting to ensure process-product requirements are met.
- Provide manufacturing and operations support throughout product development phases using DFM.
- Work closely with Quality department to address any outstanding internal and external quality and product issues.
- Support cross-functional team members by mentoring on areas of expertise for technical questions and solutions in at least one engineering or product area
- Set examples for excellence in engineering practice and rigor by successfully coaching junior engineers inside and outside of peer reviews as well as design review
- Act as a manufacturing pioneer/visionary/innovation lead, bringing new technology and solutions to the team through online and in person research at other facilities and or trade shows.
Qualifications
- B.S. degree in Engineering (Mechanical preferred) from an accredited university
- Minimum of 5 years process development experience.
- Develops manufacturing processes by studying product requirements, researching testing methods, and conferring with equipment vendors.
- Experience to improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
- Experience with 3-D Parametric Solid Modeling (Solid Edge or Solid Works is a plus), Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Experience in multidisciplinary manufacturing setting
- Significant cross functional experience in interfacing with sourcing, quality, and manufacturing within process & product development
- Management skills with combined internal and external resources
- Experience in equipment specification & design
- Superior written and oral communication skills which can deliver effectively to broad audience
- Strong strategic development skills
- Detailed documentation and reporting experience.
- Desire to work hands-on, prototype and troubleshoot proactively
Additional Information
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $80,000 USD - $126,500 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.
Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.
Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN
Equal Employment Opportunity:
FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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