Job Description

 What You’ll Be Doing: 

Engage in hands-on process engineering support for the production floor by launching new products, working on production issues, and on process improvements.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.  Other duties as assigned.

• Use engineering principles to provide production operations support with hands on troubleshooting and development.  
• Lead process optimization for facility.
• Act as a technical resource for machine capabilities and product limitations on new parts.
• Improve process control and product quality.
• Maximize operational effectiveness, i.e. bottleneck analysis, set-up time reduction.
• Review tooling, machine, and product drawings with use of 3D CAD software.
• Troubleshoot machine and tooling issues for production and product launches.
• Assist Quality Assurance in qualifying gauges and other measuring devices to be used in or on production processes.
• Customer contact for process related concerns (some travel required)

Schedule: This overtime-exempt and will primarily work ten or more hours per day, four days per week based on business needs. Primary schedule will be 3PM – 1:30AM Monday to Thursday or similar.  You will train on 1st shift for up to 6 months.

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment -  The performance of the position requires exposure to typical office areas and manufacturing areas that require the use of personal protective equipment such as steel toed shoes, safety glasses with side shields and hearing protection.  The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts.   Temperature of work area may be affected by outside temperatures and machining. The employee is occasionally exposed to odors, airborne particles, and vibration.  The noise level in the manufacturing area is usually loud.  

Qualified Applicants Will Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in related technical field of study or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience with metal-forming processes such as roll forming, progressive stamping, tooling, welding, tube bending, CNC machining, and/or laser cutting. 
• Computer skills – MS Office with strong Excel spreadsheet knowledge, CAD and ability to learn new software, including internal manufacturing software.
• Lean manufacturing experience
• US Person as defined by ITAR & EAR (U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident or any individual who is granted status as a “protected person” under 8 U.S.C.) 

Preferred Candidates Will Also Have:

• Engineering degree (Electrical or Mechanical preferred)
• Experience with roll forming or progressive stamping, tryout or R&D
• Experience with lean manufacturing, manual mills & lathes, PLC, Electrical controls programming, PFMEA, SPC, GD&T, quality certification systems.     

Who We Are 

voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation, or RFC as we call it, supplies custom roll formed metal components into several industries including Aerospace, Construction, Material Handling, Off-Highway, Office Furniture, Solar and Transportation. 

In 2000, Roll Forming Corporation was acquired by globally leading technology group voestalpine AG and became part of the Metal Forming, Tubes and Sections division. Today, voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation has seven production facilities across three states with five facilities and headquarters located in Shelby County, Kentucky and one facility each in Pennsylvania and Indiana.

 What We Offer You

• Several great benefit plans, including multiple health insurance options, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability coverage, health-saving accounts, or flexible spending account.
• Paid time off the first year including vacation, personal and sick time.
• 401K or 401K Roth up to 6% Match
• Quarterly Profit-Sharing Bonus 
• Apprenticeship programs & tuition reimbursement opportunities
• Leadership training opportunities
• TogetherWeCare, a philanthropic volunteer program that allows employees to support their community while on company time.
• Countdown to Zero, a global environmental impact initiative that strives to make our work environments more efficient and environmentally friendly.

Learn more at www.rfcorp.com/careers/life-at-rfc

 voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation is an At Will employer.  Employment will be at-will, which means that either the employee or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without prior notice, and with or without cause.

Roll Forming Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, and any other federal, state, or locally protected classifications.  

Please contact us at [email protected] if you require any alternate application form or accommodation during our hiring process due to disability.