Job Description

Seeking a hands-on manufacturing engineer to support operations in our production facility. Ideal candidates will be safety-minded and have experience with roll forming, progressive stamping or metal forming process. Must also 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: 

Develop, improves and implements manufacturing processes.  Improve the efficiencies of individual operations and the facility as a whole. Review product designs for compliance with good engineering principles, company standards, and customer specifications. Coordinate activities connected with technical developments.

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

• Process implementation for new and existing products/tools.
• Develop production processes that are capable, sustainable and repeatable. 
• Help with Preventative Maintenance Management.
• Update equipment database.
• Maximization gross rate of all processes on assigned lines and in assigned work centers. 
• Minimization of scrap and waste for all processes on assigned lines and in assigned work centers. 
• Minimize set up time durations for all processes on assigned lines and in assigned work centers. 
• Assist Quality Assurance in qualifying gauges and other measuring devices to be used in or on production processes. 
• Primary troubleshooting interface for production problems and issues on assigned lines and in assigned work cells that cannot be addressed by production and maintenance. 
• Continuous improvement of all processes on assigned lines and in assigned work cells.   
• Collect, manage and report strategic and tactical data for all assigned lines and work cells, as required by CI efforts, New Production Launch process, and RFC Corporate Strategic Metrics. 
• Determine bottleneck for gross and net production rates for all products on assigned lines and work cells and determine requirements to eliminate. 
• Utilize in-house software to create feeder programs for all production processes in assigned lines and work cells. 
• Be directly involved with continuous improvement teams, which may include being facilitator of a team or group of teams. 
• May do industrial engineering work, including time studies. 
• Participate in Continuous Improvement Program.

Schedule: This overtime-exempt and will primarily work eight or more hours per day, five days per week based on business needs. Primary schedule will be 7AM – 4PM Monday to Friday or similar.

 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.
• One to three years related hands-on experience in manufacturing/factory setting. 
• Experience or desire to be in in customer-facing role in support of quality and/or product launches. 
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft office products and CAD software; ability to learn/use manufacturing software Global Shop Solutions.
• US Person or meets ITAR/EAR requirements.
• Ability to travel, up to 10% at times.
• Local candidate or willingness to relocate to within 45 miles of Farrell, PA facility (not a remote-eligible position)

 Preferred Candidates Will Also Have:

• Degree in Engineering (preferred Mechanical)
• Two or more years’ experience in tryout or R&D
• Familiar with:
  1. PFMEA, SPC, GD&T
  2. Metal forming
  3. Lean manufacturing
  4. PLC, electrical controls, programming
  5. Quality certification systems (ISO)

 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.