Job Description

Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 12,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.

Location: Shelby  
Employment Status: Hourly Full-Time  
Function: Engineering  
Req ID: 26622  

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Summary

Fori Automation, LLC, a Lincoln Electric Company, is a global supplier of welding, assembly, material handling, and testing equipment for automotive and non-automotive customers worldwide. Fori Automation focuses on delivering cost-effective, highly engineered products and systems designed and manufactured globally with localized sales, project management, and service.

We are seeking an experienced Weld Systems Controls Project Engineer for our Shelby Township, MI site. The Weld Systems Controls Project Engineer will support active projects from commission to customer buyoff. This role requires travel to customer sites for equipment installation and customer interaction.

What You Will Do

• Support the engineering team with required process activities throughout the design and build.
• Comprehension of mechanical and control prints.
• Assembly processing capabilities (including layouts and cycle time analysis).
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Develop innovative detailed assembly process solutions, document the process with detailed cycle time charts and provide layouts to match the process.
• Create standards and tools for department.
• Must be capable of processing welding lines (resistance, MIG, projection, drawn arc and mechanical fastening).
• Must be familiar with weld gun selection, specifying weld gun electrode design and spot distribution.
• Use videos to validate, create, modify, and improve process times.
• Provides technical assistance to Mechanical Engineering Department Project Engineers.
• Product and GD&T control (including station assemblies).
• Analyze and validate machine ergonomics.
• Develop and maintain formal cycle time charts.
• Maintain existing process documents.
• Follow up on floor during machine builds & buyoff to evaluate cycle times.
• Utilization of INVENTOR or ACAD for development of tooling concepts and layout drawings.
• Review and respond to customer inquiries and engineering changes.
• Ability to multitask between multiple projects, meetings, and daily priorities within the group
• Willingness to work in the office and occasionally at a customer plant.
• Line up the simulation group at the start of the program and follow thru to completion.
• Follow up on floor during machine builds and buyoff to evaluate cycle times.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required, disciplines such as Electrical or similar are preferred.

• 3 years' experience in Technical, Proposal & Estimating; as well as Engineering and Weld System Design.
• Travel, approximately 30%, weekend and holiday hours may be required based on level of project urgency.
• Know-how in Mechanical and Controls. Demonstrate Engineering, Estimating and Conceptual Designs.
• Working level and competent in Inventor and/or 3D ACAD.

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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