Job Abstract

With over 8,000 employees and more than a dozen brands, American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designers and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do.

PURPOSE:

The Cost Engineer position will be responsible for providing new product costing, support for ERP related issues/maintenance activity, and cost savings analyses. The successful candidate will be able to navigate through current costing tools in excel, and be able to read and write complex formulas used to update and improve costing functions, as necessary. This position will be required to collaborate with other departments, including Marketing and Operations, and will report directly to the Cost Engineering Manager.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Detail costing for product requests (PRs)
• Cost analyses for VICO projects (Value In, Cost Out)
• VICO: board shuffle, chop shuffle, analyzing data to identify areas for VICO opportunities.
• Costing for development projects
• Budget support
• Other analyses: annual wood analyses
• Admin responsibilities for ERP system
• Facilitate product implementations.
• Miscellaneous requests from internal customers/cost engineering mailbox (i.e. mill support, quick changes from planning, some set up work, etc.)
• Managing reports needed out of ERP
• General gatekeeper for cost system – uploads, implementation, troubleshooting, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (or) Industrial Engineering; Extensive work experience will be considered in lieu of education
• 5 to 6 years experience in a manufacturing or design environment
• Proficient in design engineering tools like Finite Element Analysis, Interference analysis and the ability to use these tools to make improved design decisions
• Proficiency in AutoCAD 2D & Inventor
• Ability to use reverse engineering tools like Coordinate Measurement Machine, Comparators etc.
• Expertise in the assigned product area including process variations of manufacturing processes, vendor processes, competitive trends, related material properties, testing etc.
• Basic understanding of metrology
• Six Sigma Green belt level knowledge with working knowledge of tools like process capability & Gage R & R
• Working knowledge of Design For Manufacturability (DFM) principles
• Understanding of Value Engineering Methodology & Lean manufacturing principles
• Microsoft office products and MS Project

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals and diagrams. Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers/clients and employees in an effort to respond to common inquires or complaints. Ability to develop presentations to be delivered to employee groups and upper management.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as statistical and financial math calculations, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, mathematical or diagram form and develop a plan of action to follow those instructions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit. Must be able to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Typical office environment with testing lab. The noise level is usually moderate. Work hours will not vary much from normal business hours. Occasional weekend work may be required. Occasional travel is required.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The American Woodmark Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, military and veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other legally-protected characteristic; and it will comply with all applicable state discrimination laws. No person shall be denied employment solely because of any disability which is unrelated to the ability to engage in the essential functions involved in the position for which application has been made either with or without reasonable accommodations.