Application Engineer

Job Title: Application EngineerJob Description

Our client has made a significant investment in their Decatur site, starting up a new brass foundry and introducing a new alloy. They currently manage 172 castings, with plans to increase to about 1,000 different castings over the next couple of years. This department of the machine shop is tasked with re-establishing machining processes for the next 800 castings. This project has high visibility up to the board of directors, indicating the high pressure and urgency involved. This department is primarily composed of lathes—79 lathes and 1 CNC mill. The lathes are horizontal, multi-axis machines. The Engineer will need to program, set up, and run new parts, then complete the documentation of the new process as part of a 30-piece capability study. They will need to modify speeds, feeds, and depths due to the new alloy. Writing the new g-code will be basic, similar to using Notepad on a laptop, and editing g and m codes on the machine. The Engineer must be able to perform these tasks independently as the current team is already stretched thin.

Hard Skills

Programming, setting up, and running parts on a lathe

Experience programming for production machine shop volume

Robotics/automation experience (x, y axis or 6 axis)

Ability to work with metal

Soft Skills

Strong collaboration and teamwork

Sense of urgency

Effective communication

Problem-solving and root cause analysis

Training and mentoring operations staff

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 12 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Decatur, Illinois.

Work Environment

This is a first shift position in a large machine shop. The Engineer will spend 90% of their time on the floor working on the machine and with operations and engineers. They will document new processes in the office. Shifts are as follows: 1st shift: 7am-3pm (most of the team is there until 4), 2nd shift: 3-11 pm, 3rd shift: 11 pm-7 am. There may be occasional overtime, but not excessive hours. Flexibility on shift changes is preferred based on machine and shift requirements.

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