Careers at AES!

We have an opportunity for an experienced Manufacturing Production Manager to join our team and report to the Director of Operations. The right person will be accountable for the safe, effective and efficient operations of multiple manufacturing departments. They will have the responsibility for providing leadership and direction to our current supervisors and provide the highest standard of quality products to our customers.

Who we are

We are an innovative manufacturing company that focuses on growth and technology and enjoys having fun along the way. We have built an extensive and loyal customer base spanning aerospace, electronics, and automotive with significant involvement in the global expansion of the battery industry. We work with many of the major tech companies as well as brands such as Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, Meta, Google, and Harley Davidson.

Responsibilities:

● Production Management: Oversee execution of the production schedule day-to-day, and provide feedback to adjust the schedule to drive efficiency and accuracy. Escalate and track issues before they become a bottleneck. Coordinate between departments and disciples to ensure smooth and efficient production flow. Navigate production exceptions with a big picture view to limit the impact to the production flow.

● Team Leadership: Supervise and mentor a team of production supervisors, ensuring they have the resources and support needed to drive improvement in their department and individual growth. Lead the team with a quality focused mindset and reinforce lean principles.

● Safety & Quality Standards: Champion and ensure compliance with safety regulations and quality standards. Actively participate in safety meetings and maintain a culture of accountability for safety and quality across all departments. Lead the departments to build quality into the process. Reducing the needs for quality inspections and end of the line rework.

● Process Improvement: Spearhead continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, and production flow, throughput, and cost reduction. Drive lean manufacturing efforts, including the implementation and championing of 5S principles and Visual Manufacturing standards.

● Collaboration with Engineering: Work closely with engineering teams to ensure designs are optimized for manufacturability. Provide input on Bill of Materials (BOM), product design adjustments, and process improvements to enhance manufacturability and reduce production costs.

● Performance Metrics: Develop and implement performance metrics that drive transparency and accountability on the shop floor. Use these metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and lead efforts to optimize process, training, production flow, and elimination of bottlenecks

● Cross-functional Coordination: Act as a liaison between engineering, quality, and manufacturing fostering collaboration to meet company goals and deliver a quality product efficiently and on-time. Streamline communication and handoffs between work centers, including metal fabrication, electrical, refrigeration, assembly, and testing.

● Staff Development & Training: Continue to develop and execute training programs that enhance the skills and competencies of team members, ensuring ongoing professional growth and adherence to best practices.

Education and Experience:

● Experience: Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in production management or a similar leadership role in a manufacturing Experience in a sheet metal or other fabrication environment. Experience with industrial equipment manufacturing including custom products.

● Education: A Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Management, or a related field (preferred but not required).

● Proven Leadership: Strong leadership skills with a track record of successfully managing and motivating production teams to achieve both short-term and long-term goals.

● Process Improvement Expertise: Experience in implementing continuous improvement initiatives (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, etc.) with a deep understanding of modern manufacturing best practices.

● Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with the capacity to analyze data and make decisions that positively impact production outcomes.

● Communication: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey expectations, updates, and feedback to both frontline employees and management.

● Energy & Drive: An energetic, self-motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and is passionate about leading teams to success.

Why Join Us?

● Opportunity to Make an Impact: You will have the opportunity to shape and optimize production processes that directly contribute to the success and growth of the company.

● Culture of Excellence: We are committed to fostering a culture that values continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration. If you are looking to make a real difference, this is the place for you!

● Competitive salary and benefits

● Tuition reimbursement

● A casual dog friendly work environment: with a small company atmosphere! Check out our website and facebook for a look at our company culture and our four legged team members.

Interested?

If you are a results-driven leader with a passion for manufacturing efficiency and a commitment to continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and help us shape the future of manufacturing.

*Applicants must have the ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship, now and in the future.

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We have an opportunity for an ambitious, self motivated person to join our forward thinking team as a SR. Refrigeration Design Engineer. In this role you will be the primary point of contact between Refrigeration and engineering; assisting both our standard production line and our custom manufacturing team, where needed. Your contribution will be pivotal in ensuring projects hit all timing and fiscal benchmarks. You will be expected to develop designs, propose solutions, and generate BOM’s, accurately and efficiently. In this role you will have the opportunity to work on some very interesting projects for industry leading clients. This will all be accomplished with the latest technology and the full support of engineering, manufacturing, and service.

Who we are

We are an innovative manufacturing company that focuses on growth and technology and enjoys having fun along the way. We have built an extensive and loyal customer base spanning aerospace, electronics, and automotive with significant involvement in the global expansion of the battery industry. We work with many of the major tech companies as well as brands such as Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, Meta, Google, and Harley Davidson.

Primary responsibilities

• Perform calculations related to single stage and cascade refrigeration designs

• Appropriately size evaporators, condensers, line sizes, heat exchanges, condensing units, fan blades, and blower wheels

• Create refrigeration state diagrams to calculated desired pressure, temperature, mass flow, and component capacity for the dynamic conditions in environmental chambers,

• Load calculations including forced air convection over a customers product, to ensure systems can achieve customer requirements

• Perform calculation to adequately size open coil & finned sheath heaters

• Perform calculation to achieve set humidity points

• Hands on evaluation of refrigeration system performance in manufacturing test environment.

• Develop solutions aimed at increased efficiency and repeatability.

• Iterate on existing refrigeration designs

• Create all refrigeration schematics in Solidworks electrical, following all ANSI standards.

• Generate and execute engineering change orders.

• Generate a Bill of Material in conjunction with other disciplines

• Help create and maintain work and test validation procedures.

• Ensure compliance with all EPA and EU requirements.

• Troubleshoot existing designs and develop creative improvements for efficiency and surge capability, along with testing and manufacturing throughput.

• Lend support to service with field issues and installations

• Review and comment on supplier data as required.

Skills

• A firm understanding of thermodynamics, required. Including convection heat transfer, plate heat exchange heat transfer and refrigeration mass flow calculations.

• Practical refrigeration experience with an understanding of good plumbing practices including: oil migration, avoiding pressure drop, liquid migration in low temperature systems, and component mounting to ensure safe transit.

• Ability to identify, size, and troubleshoot all traditional refrigeration components.

• Ability to analyze pressure and temperature data of a refrigeration system for troubleshooting and system analysis.

• A four year degree in Mechanical/Refrig. Engineering, preferred.

• Five or more years of Refrigeration engineering experience, preferred.

• Five or more years of designing schematics for refrigeration circuits, preferred.

• Experience designing medium & low temp range systems (R410, R404, R449), preferred.

• Knowledge of 2D CAD software is required, SolidWorks Electrical software preferred.

• Knowledge of ultra low temperature cascade systems (R508), preferred.

• Knowledge of electrical wiring, preferred.

• Understanding of controls circuits & PLC’s, preferred

• Ability to troubleshoot, required.

• Great communication skills, required

• Good mechanical aptitude and knowledge, required.

• Great attention to detail, required

• Familiarity with current refrigeration engineering trends.

• An innovative mindset and positive attitude.

What do we offer:

• A truly collaborative environment with a Senior Management Team that helps to shape the future of the Company.

• Competitive salary and benefits.

• Tuition reimbursement.
• A casual dog friendly work environment with a small company atmosphere! Check out our website and facebook for a look at our company culture and our four legged team members.

*Associated Environmental Systems is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all.

*Applicants must have the ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship, now and in the future.

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