ASSA ABLOY Medeco Security Locks Career Opportunities
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Opportunity Snapshot

This is a unique opportunity to join an environment in which your ideas will be welcome, and you will see projects from concept to implementation -- including working with a full on-site tool shop. You will support aggressive continuous improvement goals, developing, evaluating and improving manufacturing methods, including applying modern automation technologies such as robotics, vision, controls, etc. Quick question for you - click here You'll enjoy the entrepreneurial spirit of a smaller company as well as the stability and resources of a $6.78 billion global industry leader. In addition to expanding your skills on a variety of activities and projects, we're proactive about professional development. Your success in this role could set you up to pursue multiple career paths in our organization.

Medeco® is one of the world's leading producers of high security locks with more than 250 employees and 130,000 square-feet of office and manufacturing space in Salem, Virginia. Medeco® is an ASSA ABLOY group company and part of the High Security Aftermarket Group which also includes ASSA Inc., Arrow, ABLOY, and MUL-T-LOCK. ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety and convenience.

Video: the Medeco Maxum Deadbolt holds up against various physical attack much better than the deadbolts you find in the big box stores. For one thing, you'll notice a significant difference in the weight of the product because we use premium grade components and construction to pass the highest testing standards in the industry.

The Requirements

To be a good fit for the Manufacturing Automation Engineer opportunity you should have:
  • A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering
  • Solid experience in manufacturing automation, including robotics, vision, and control
  • Strong design skills and proficiency with Solid Works or equivalent solid modeling CAD Quick question for you - click here
  • The ability to grasp the most current technology quickly
  • The ability to prioritize multiple projects effectively
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
  • An enthusiastic, cooperative, and positive approach
Preferred but not required:
  • Experience with assembly and/or machining
  • Experience with PLC / Controls integration Quick question for you - click here
  • Knowledge of Lean manufacturing concepts

The Role

Reporting to the Manager of Plant Services/Tool Machine Design, you will join a team that includes one other Automation Engineer. We run a medium industrial machining and light assembly operation with a very high mix and low-to-medium volume of SKUs, primarily custom engineered and built to order. We are vertically integrated, with both mechanical and electromechanical solutions.

Your primary responsibility will be to develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods, including optimizing processes, tooling and machinery in order to ultimately produce quality products. Most of your activities will be project related, within the context of ongoing continuous improvement. In addition, you will provide troubleshooting and other day-to-day support for a wide variety of manufacturing and assembly equipment.

At any given time you will be managing multiple projects in what we call a "staggered parallel" approach. A typical project will last three to four months, although that will vary. You will "own" projects from end to end, including design, working with tooling technicians, coordinating with vendors, and leading implementation efforts in partnership with people in different functional areas.

More specifically, you will:
  • Apply modern automation technologies to develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing methods while utilizing knowledge of product design, materials, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, and quality control standards
  • Design optimal processes, tooling and machinery to produce quality products that meet demand, safety, and productivity requirements
  • Strive to continuously improve tooling, machinery and processes resulting in higher productivity, quality and safety
  • Confer with product design staff to develop tooling and processes that ensure efficient production methods
  • Provide project management for cost improvement projects, including establishing specifications, securing quotes, submitting capital expenditures, and working with the Operations Team and Associates to implement the project through Kaizen/Lean methods
  • Provide support to the production floor in solving problems with existing tooling and processes
  • Lead/participate in Kaizen events to drive improvements
  • Track performance metrics and recommend or take action to correct when negative trends occur
Pictured: Medeco locks are used to protect facilities worldwide such as high security government installations, industrial and institutional organizations, airports, hotels, power plants, palaces, museums, universities and schools, and office buildings. Medeco Logic, pictured above, is a complete electronic locking system that provides controlled access, accountability, physical security, and effective system management.

Why Medeco

Visible impact -- we have strong processes and current technologies in place now, but we're always looking to improve. Moreover, you won't just handle assignments; you'll also enjoy a degree of autonomy to identify, recommend and implement your own ideas.

"Kid in a candy store" -- that's how many of our engineers describe working at Medeco, not only because of the tool room, but also because they manage all aspects of projects. We also work to keep you up on the latest technologies, including robotics, such as sending you to trade shows.

Tight-knit team -- we're a small group, which means that every member of the team has to be a true contributor. Everyone has a great attitude and is willing to jump in and help one another. Our team is proud of being truly collaborative, highly functional, and very productive.

Career options -- once you have proven yourself in this role, you will be in a position to pursue promotional opportunities within Medeco, ASSA ABLOY Americas, or even internationally in other areas of ASSA ABLOY.

Stability and growth -- ASSA ABLOY is a focused organization with a goal of becoming the global door security solutions leader, and Medeco's high security lock products are an important part of that focus. Medeco is enjoying strong growth, and we plan to continue growing.

Value-driven environment -- we've created a culture that allows talented, energetic people to flourish. That culture includes a strong belief in the value delivered by our products and solutions, an emphasis on integrity and an appreciation for the power of teamwork. We're a dynamic organization that continues to develop its people. These are just some of the reasons we have low turnover and many of our employees have been here for years; people like working for our company.

Great place to live and work -- the Roanoke Valley region (see video above) is home to over 300,000 people, making it the largest metropolitan area in Western Virginia and the heart of Virginia's Blue Ridge. Whether you prefer a city feel or one of our quaint surrounding small towns, there is something for everyone. Consider these accolades:
  • Expansion Management magazine named Roanoke one of the top 50 hottest cities for expansions and relocations.
  • Expansions Management also named the Roanoke Valley as a Five-Star Community for quality of life. The rating is based on reasonable cost of living, affordable housing, low crime, excellent transportation access, good public schools, proximity to community colleges and universities, an educated workforce, and low taxes.
  • Named by Inc. Magazine as one of the 100 best places for business development.
  • "Cities Ranked and Rated" ranked Roanoke as the 11th best city in the United States.
  • Money Magazine ranked the Roanoke Valley as one of the top three "Best Places to Retire" in the United States.
  • Ranked by Forbes.com as one of the 100 best places for businesses and careers.
Excellent compensation -- in addition to a competitive salary and bonus incentive program, we offer comprehensive benefits including all you would expect plus some pleasant surprises such as a company contribution to your 401K plus a matching program, and tuition reimbursement.

Keys to Success

While you might spend as much as half your time in design work, this is a true operations role and your true "home" will be out on the manufacturing and assembly floors. You'll invest time talking with the Operations Associates and getting hands-on with the equipment so you will understand our operations at a granular level.

This is a fast-paced environment, and to find success here you'll need to be organized, agile and ready to hit the ground running. You won't find success alone, though. You'll need to be a team player, coming to work every day thinking about how we can be more successful. In addition to your technical expertise you'll need the interpersonal and leadership skills, both to lead cross-functional teams and to influence and motivate others to buy into your ideas. We also place a high value on a positive, collaborative attitude.

To truly excel in this role you'll be a highly skilled, very creative thinker who can meet the challenge to do more with less. You'll need to be nimble and flexible, and excited to make a difference.

About Medeco

For more than 40 years, Medeco® has led the security industry in innovation and quality, guarding lives and assets at facilities worldwide. Medeco® locks are made with pride in the U.S.A. The manufacturing facility is located in Salem, Virginia and employs approximately 250 people.

Medeco® locks protect U.S. government and military installations, both here and abroad, as well as schools and universities, hospitals and banks, vending machines and parking meters, homes and offices, and much, much more.

Founded in 1968, Medeco® is a market leader in locks and locking systems for security, safety, and control. The company's customer base includes wholesale and retail security providers, original equipment manufacturers, institutional, commercial, industrial, and residential end-users.

Medeco® is an ASSA ABLOY Group company. ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door-opening solutions -- some you might already use on a daily basis without even thinking about it. The Group offers a more complete range of door opening solutions than any other company on the market. In the fast-growing electromechanical security segment, the Group has a leading position in areas such as access control, identification technology, entrance automation and hotel security. Since its formation in 1994, ASSA ABLOY has grown from a regional company into an international Group with some 43,000 employees operating in more than 70 countries. The Group has sales of around SEK 47 billion (US$ 7 billion).

ASSA ABLOY's mission is to provide complete opening solutions, backed by value-added services, to help people feel safer and more secure, thus creating more freedom in their lives.

We are an equal opportunity employer -- M/F/V/D.

Video: Hear why Medeco's employees are so passionate about the products they make.

Opportunity Snapshot

This is a unique opportunity to join an environment in which your ideas will be welcome, and you will see projects from concept to implementation -- including working with a full on-site tool shop. You will support aggressive continuous improvement goals, developing, evaluating and improving manufacturing methods, including applying modern automation technologies such as robotics, vision, controls, etc. Quick question for you - click here You'll enjoy the entrepreneurial spirit of a smaller company as well as the stability and resources of a $6.78 billion global industry leader. In addition to expanding your skills on a variety of activities and projects, we're proactive about professional development. Your success in this role could set you up to pursue multiple career paths in our organization.

Medeco® is one of the world's leading producers of high security locks with more than 250 employees and 130,000 square-feet of office and manufacturing space in Salem, Virginia. Medeco® is an ASSA ABLOY group company and part of the High Security Aftermarket Group which also includes ASSA Inc., Arrow, ABLOY, and MUL-T-LOCK. ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety and convenience.

Video: the Medeco Maxum Deadbolt holds up against various physical attack much better than the deadbolts you find in the big box stores. For one thing, you'll notice a significant difference in the weight of the product because we use premium grade components and construction to pass the highest testing standards in the industry.

The Requirements

To be a good fit for the Manufacturing Automation Engineer opportunity you should have:
  • A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering
  • Solid experience in manufacturing automation, including robotics, vision, and control
  • Strong design skills and proficiency with Solid Works or equivalent solid modeling CAD Quick question for you - click here
  • The ability to grasp the most current technology quickly
  • The ability to prioritize multiple projects effectively
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
  • An enthusiastic, cooperative, and positive approach
Preferred but not required:
  • Experience with assembly and/or machining
  • Experience with PLC / Controls integration Quick question for you - click here
  • Knowledge of Lean manufacturing concepts

The Role

Reporting to the Manager of Plant Services/Tool Machine Design, you will join a team that includes one other Automation Engineer. We run a medium industrial machining and light assembly operation with a very high mix and low-to-medium volume of SKUs, primarily custom engineered and built to order. We are vertically integrated, with both mechanical and electromechanical solutions.

Your primary responsibility will be to develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods, including optimizing processes, tooling and machinery in order to ultimately produce quality products. Most of your activities will be project related, within the context of ongoing continuous improvement. In addition, you will provide troubleshooting and other day-to-day support for a wide variety of manufacturing and assembly equipment.

At any given time you will be managing multiple projects in what we call a "staggered parallel" approach. A typical project will last three to four months, although that will vary. You will "own" projects from end to end, including design, working with tooling technicians, coordinating with vendors, and leading implementation efforts in partnership with people in different functional areas.

More specifically, you will:
  • Apply modern automation technologies to develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing methods while utilizing knowledge of product design, materials, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, and quality control standards
  • Design optimal processes, tooling and machinery to produce quality products that meet demand, safety, and productivity requirements
  • Strive to continuously improve tooling, machinery and processes resulting in higher productivity, quality and safety
  • Confer with product design staff to develop tooling and processes that ensure efficient production methods
  • Provide project management for cost improvement projects, including establishing specifications, securing quotes, submitting capital expenditures, and working with the Operations Team and Associates to implement the project through Kaizen/Lean methods
  • Provide support to the production floor in solving problems with existing tooling and processes
  • Lead/participate in Kaizen events to drive improvements
  • Track performance metrics and recommend or take action to correct when negative trends occur
Pictured: Medeco locks are used to protect facilities worldwide such as high security government installations, industrial and institutional organizations, airports, hotels, power plants, palaces, museums, universities and schools, and office buildings. Medeco Logic, pictured above, is a complete electronic locking system that provides controlled access, accountability, physical security, and effective system management.

Why Medeco

Visible impact -- we have strong processes and current technologies in place now, but we're always looking to improve. Moreover, you won't just handle assignments; you'll also enjoy a degree of autonomy to identify, recommend and implement your own ideas.

"Kid in a candy store" -- that's how many of our engineers describe working at Medeco, not only because of the tool room, but also because they manage all aspects of projects. We also work to keep you up on the latest technologies, including robotics, such as sending you to trade shows.

Tight-knit team -- we're a small group, which means that every member of the team has to be a true contributor. Everyone has a great attitude and is willing to jump in and help one another. Our team is proud of being truly collaborative, highly functional, and very productive.

Career options -- once you have proven yourself in this role, you will be in a position to pursue promotional opportunities within Medeco, ASSA ABLOY Americas, or even internationally in other areas of ASSA ABLOY.

Stability and growth -- ASSA ABLOY is a focused organization with a goal of becoming the global door security solutions leader, and Medeco's high security lock products are an important part of that focus. Medeco is enjoying strong growth, and we plan to continue growing.

Value-driven environment -- we've created a culture that allows talented, energetic people to flourish. That culture includes a strong belief in the value delivered by our products and solutions, an emphasis on integrity and an appreciation for the power of teamwork. We're a dynamic organization that continues to develop its people. These are just some of the reasons we have low turnover and many of our employees have been here for years; people like working for our company.

Great place to live and work -- the Roanoke Valley region (see video above) is home to over 300,000 people, making it the largest metropolitan area in Western Virginia and the heart of Virginia's Blue Ridge. Whether you prefer a city feel or one of our quaint surrounding small towns, there is something for everyone. Consider these accolades:
  • Expansion Management magazine named Roanoke one of the top 50 hottest cities for expansions and relocations.
  • Expansions Management also named the Roanoke Valley as a Five-Star Community for quality of life. The rating is based on reasonable cost of living, affordable housing, low crime, excellent transportation access, good public schools, proximity to community colleges and universities, an educated workforce, and low taxes.
  • Named by Inc. Magazine as one of the 100 best places for business development.
  • "Cities Ranked and Rated" ranked Roanoke as the 11th best city in the United States.
  • Money Magazine ranked the Roanoke Valley as one of the top three "Best Places to Retire" in the United States.
  • Ranked by Forbes.com as one of the 100 best places for businesses and careers.
Excellent compensation -- in addition to a competitive salary and bonus incentive program, we offer comprehensive benefits including all you would expect plus some pleasant surprises such as a company contribution to your 401K plus a matching program, and tuition reimbursement.

Keys to Success

While you might spend as much as half your time in design work, this is a true operations role and your true "home" will be out on the manufacturing and assembly floors. You'll invest time talking with the Operations Associates and getting hands-on with the equipment so you will understand our operations at a granular level.

This is a fast-paced environment, and to find success here you'll need to be organized, agile and ready to hit the ground running. You won't find success alone, though. You'll need to be a team player, coming to work every day thinking about how we can be more successful. In addition to your technical expertise you'll need the interpersonal and leadership skills, both to lead cross-functional teams and to influence and motivate others to buy into your ideas. We also place a high value on a positive, collaborative attitude.

To truly excel in this role you'll be a highly skilled, very creative thinker who can meet the challenge to do more with less. You'll need to be nimble and flexible, and excited to make a difference.

About Medeco

For more than 40 years, Medeco® has led the security industry in innovation and quality, guarding lives and assets at facilities worldwide. Medeco® locks are made with pride in the U.S.A. The manufacturing facility is located in Salem, Virginia and employs approximately 250 people.

Medeco® locks protect U.S. government and military installations, both here and abroad, as well as schools and universities, hospitals and banks, vending machines and parking meters, homes and offices, and much, much more.

Founded in 1968, Medeco® is a market leader in locks and locking systems for security, safety, and control. The company's customer base includes wholesale and retail security providers, original equipment manufacturers, institutional, commercial, industrial, and residential end-users.

Medeco® is an ASSA ABLOY Group company. ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door-opening solutions -- some you might already use on a daily basis without even thinking about it. The Group offers a more complete range of door opening solutions than any other company on the market. In the fast-growing electromechanical security segment, the Group has a leading position in areas such as access control, identification technology, entrance automation and hotel security. Since its formation in 1994, ASSA ABLOY has grown from a regional company into an international Group with some 43,000 employees operating in more than 70 countries. The Group has sales of around SEK 47 billion (US$ 7 billion).

ASSA ABLOY's mission is to provide complete opening solutions, backed by value-added services, to help people feel safer and more secure, thus creating more freedom in their lives.

We are an equal opportunity employer -- M/F/V/D.

Video: Hear why Medeco's employees are so passionate about the products they make.
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