DESIGN ENGINEER

Wyoming, MN

JOB SUMMARY:  Create, design, and develop new innovative products from concept to final manufacturing.  Enhance and redesign existing products to improve quality and production efficiencies.   Determine feasibility of designs considering marketability, cost ratios and time limitations.  Provide cost effective and innovative solutions for product manufacturing.  Perform all aspects of engineering including design engineering, drawing creation, reverse engineering, materials selection, research analysis, documentation, mathematical modeling and trouble shooting.  Interface with customers and vendors on a regular basis to ensure Xccent’s commitment to customers.  Work closely and respectably with all internal teams (production, quality, accounting, shipping, . . .) to ensure and maintain teamwork.    

JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Conceptualize, design, and create innovative new products and product improvement redesign from concept through production.
2. Design, research and build product prototypes ensuring products meet marketing feature requirements, industry and company standards, and develop cost effective innovative solutions/results.
3. Research and analyze designs using stress and tolerance analysis, load calculations, and other statistical methods.  Re-test and redesign through all stages to prepare product for manufacturing.
4. Work with customers and suppliers to research new materials, processes and aggressive technologies to meet new product goals and schedules.
5. Ensure detailed design and process documentation is complete, accurate and imported into Xccent systems on a timely basis.  Including review of ECR and creation of ECO for changes.
6. Provide technical expertise and develop new tooling and fixtures for Xccent and customers use.  Trouble shooting problems as they arise.
7. Review customer and internal prints and quotes; participate in setting up job routers and bill of material.
8. Prepare purchase orders for parts, raw materials and supplies for building molds, fixtures and other parts.
9. Manage and create Bill of Materials.
10. Coordinate priorities to ensure deadlines are met and provide clear and constant communication with internal teams, suppliers, and customers.
11. Comply with all Xccent safety requirements.  Identify and report all safety problems.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
2. A minimum of 3 to 5 years of solid proven experience in the design and development of new products from conception through production.  Non-powered motion experience a plus.
3. Expert working knowledge of 3D CAD software, ideally Solidworks; AutoCAD a plus.  Cosmos or Solidworks Simulation experience also a plus.
4. Experience and thorough understanding of manufacturing operations, preferably PVC molding, coating, powder coating and metal fabrication operations.  Complex sheet metal design and tube bending design experience a plus.
5. Excellent proven technical writing skills used in the development of installation manuals, ISO, and all other detailed engineering required documentation. 
6. ISO 9001 certification and process experience a plus.
7. Ability to install prototype commercial playground equipment.
8. The ability to translate sketches product specifications and requirements into effective product designs, including development, prototyping, costing and documentation, in a timely fashion.
9. Superior communication skills and abilities, including presentation, verbal, and written to communicate at all levels internally and externally in an effective manner.  Working knowledge of communication tools such as emails, spreadsheets, project planners, etc. 

The duties listed above are representative responsibilities of the position and are not all-inclusive.

Shipping/Receiving Team Lead

REPORTS TO:  Plant Manager                         
DIRECT REPORTS:  Material Handlers              GRADE LEVEL:  10

JOB ROLE:  To supervise shipping and warehouse to ensure on-time delivery and accuracy of customer shipments and inventory control.

1. JOB FUNCTIONS:
     Coordinate with production on availability of parts and customer delivery dates.
2. Communicate delivery schedule changes to customers.
3. Ensure all shipments are packaged and loaded properly and arrive in good condition.
4. Set up packaging instructions for all parts, including how parts are palletized, boxed, banded and wrapped.   
5. Coordinate with customers on shipping specifications/needs, including negotiating third party shipping alternatives.
6. Receive, confirm and record all shipments and material transactions.
7. Supervise Material Handlers, conduct performance reviews, disciplinary actions and training.
8. Investigate and pursue freight claims with the assistance of the Quality Manager.
9. Cycle counting, and inventory accuracy & integrity.
10. Continuously study the effectiveness of the shipping department to improve operations.
11. Ensure that safe procedures are used within assigned area.  Report and correct all safety problems and ensure cleanliness of working environment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. A minimum of 5 yrs experience in shipping & receiving within the US and internationally.
2. A minimum of 3 yrs of supervisory experience.
3. Proven ability to process all paperwork associated with freight.
4. Ability to utilize computers, shipping software and system software.
5. Ability to lift 75 pounds and pass Xccent physical and drug screening.
6. Ability to be Xccent certified as a forklift operator