Engineering Technician

ANDERSEN CORPORATION SUMMARY

We're focused on bringing more light into people's lives by helping them create healthier, happier spaces to build memories and do what they love. This applies to our team, too. By celebrating our differences and embracing a positive work-life balance, we are recognized as a Yellow Ribbon company, one of Forbes Magazine's 2021 "America's Best Large Employers" and a "Best Employer for Diversity." As a 2021 Energy Star Partner of the Year, Andersen is also committed to environmental health and sustainability. No matter your role, you'll have the opportunity to make a difference.

Andersen is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

PURPOSE:

The Andersen Menomonie Engineering team is seeking an entry level individual with strong organizational skills to support current production lines. Primary focus will be on monitoring, controlling, and improving existing manufacturing processes, and to ensure customer and business needs are met. Secondary focus will be on developing, implementing new processes, and supporting product line extensions.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Introduce new perspectives on existing solutions to continuously improve production and material flow processes.
  
  
• Utilize effective lean process design techniques to optimize overall manufacturing system performance by providing innovative solutions that integrate within the value stream.
  
  
• Exhibit persuasiveness to sell continuous improvement ideas to value stream management and delivery partners.
  
  
• Analyze data; develop proposals focused on improvements and present to management. Improvement areas include safety, quality, delivery, cost, overall customer satisfaction, and reducing process variation.
  
  
• Create training tools, documents and standard operating procedures for production processes ensuring consistent manufacturability.
  
  
• Drive corrective action through root cause identification and structured problem solving.

QUALIFICATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
  
  
• Manufacturing experience preferred with mechanical aptitude
  
  
• Communicate effectively through written, verbal, listening, and presentation skills.
  
  
• Knowledge and experience with quality systems, statistical process control, process capability and lean manufacturing tools.
  
  
• Knowledge of 2D & 3D solid modeling is a plus.
  
  
• 2-year technical degree is a plus but not required
  
  
• Some travel may be required, primary location Menomonie, WI

CULTURE AND BENEFITS:

Our vision is to make the world a better place by living up to the promise that everyone benefits from their association with Andersen. We're committed to making a difference through challenging ourselves each day, recognizing, and rewarding success, taking pride in our work, and honoring a legacy built on doing the right thing. There is great respect for life outside of work so that you can bring your best self to work.

We are committed to demonstrating mutual respect and appreciation of our similarities and differences so that each employee can realize his/her potential and we exceed our customers' expectations.

As an innovative and industry-leading organization, we think of benefits more broadly. From your health care to your work environment, to your development and quality of life, we think beyond basic benefits to provide a total rewards package including, but not limited to:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
  
  
• Health Savings Account contributions
  
  
• Paid holidays plus PTO
  
  
• 401(k) plan & contributions
  
  
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement opportunities
  
  
• A culture that supports work-life balance
  
  
• An environment where collaboration is key
  
  
• Volunteer opportunities - on company time
  
  
• Environmentally conscious business decisions
  
  
• 10,000 employees and career opportunities nationwide

Andersen is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

In 2023, Andersen has set a profit-sharing target of $4,000 per eligible employee, prorated as appropriate. Profit sharing will be paid out in quarterly installments to provide eligible employees with payments throughout the year, with payment amounts tied to quarterly operating profit performance.