Manufacturing Engineer

Founded and headquartered in the United States, Dayton Parts has for over a century supported the commercial vehicle market to boost driver uptime by combining the largest selection of parts with the deepest levels of service, engineering, and innovation.  Today, we have more than 3,500 employees across 29 different locations, with a family of brands that also includes Dorman and SuperATV. Publicly traded under the stock ticker DORM, reaching a revenue of $2 billion in 2024.

Everyone who works at Dorman is called a Contributor. We need everyone, regardless of role and experience, to contribute to our success. That means everyone has a unique ability to make an impact on the business. We encourage all our Contributors to bring their authentic selves to work. The freedom to pursue new ideas, offer different perspectives, and grow in your career is fundamental to working at Dorman.

Job Summary

Direct supervision of manufacturing employees to achieve overall company goals.

Primary Duties

• Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in shearing, punching, forging, tempering, heating, peening, assembling and painting of leaf springs for automotive industry.
• Scheduling of employees for daily production as determined by production schedulers.
• Trains new workers in job duties.
• Trains all workers in safe operation of equipment.
• Inspects work in progress and finished product.
• Keeps a record of employee attendance, disciplinary issues and general employee information.  Updates records as needed.
• Assists workers with minor maintenance repairs.
• Attends company and departmental meetings as scheduled.
• Reviews production schedules and estimates work requirements for job completion.
• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety/OSHA regulations.
• Completes supervisory reports for work related accidents.
• Analyzes and resolves work/employee problems.
• Recommends or initiates personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, discharges and disciplinary measures.
• Maintains time and production records.
• Completes daily paperwork as assigned.
• Prepares annual employee performance reviews.
• Responsible for general plant housekeeping.
• Performs security function as needed.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees. 
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. 
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent and to draw and interpret graphs. 
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. 
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Education / Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); OR
• One to three months related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience

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Dorman Products is an equal opportunity employer; we value a combination of ideas, perspectives, and cultures at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  EEO/AA Employer M/F/D/V.

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