Job Description

Voted 2023 Manufacturer of the Year by Kentucky Association of Manufacturers for mid-sized companies! Seeking a hands-on manufacturing engineering to support operations in our newly-constructed production facility. Ideal candidates will be safety-minded and have experience with metal forming, machining and/or welding processes and will be strongly skilled with machine troubleshooting. Do you enjoy leading efforts in improving existing processes or working on developing processes for new products? Apply now!

What You’ll Be Doing: 

Provide hands-on process engineering support on the production floor a minimum 50% of time. Estimate costs. Develop, improve and implement manufacturing processes required in the manufacture of all products, improving the efficiencies of individual operations and the facility as a whole. Assist tryout and development of associated new tooling projects and develop sustainable, repeatable processes that produce at maximum rates with minimum scrap. 

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Others 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 as needed (some travel required)

Schedule:  This exempt-level role will primarily work eight or more hours per day, five days per week based on business needs and will primarily be day-time hours but may occasionally work or travel nights or weekends as needed.

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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly 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 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to drive or ride for extended trips. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 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. Domestic and international travel may be required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications  

• Experience with metal-forming processes such as roll forming, progressive stamping, tool 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

Preferred 

• Engineering degree (Electrical or Mechanical preferred)
• Experience with welding and/or robotic welding
• 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.