Do you enjoy solving real-world engineering problems and making products better, stronger, and more reliable? Join our team as a Sustaining Engineer and play a critical role in keeping our products performing at their best throughout their entire lifecycle. Our Sustaining Engineer is the bridge between design, production, and quality; ensuring our existing products remain dependable, efficient, and competitive in the market. Apply today if you thrive on problem-solving, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Company Overview:

Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company has been based in Grand Rapids for over 125-years. We are a global leader specializing in the design, manufacture and distribution of functional hardware, office and healthcare ergonomics and storage-related components for original equipment manufacturers, specialty distributors, hardware chains and major home centers.

What’s In It For You?

• Benefits including Medical/Dental/Vision plus many more
• Competitive Pay
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 401K with Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount Programs
• Sales Incentive Plan
• Bonus and Merit opportunities

What Will You Get To Do:

• Product Maintenance: Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues with released products to maintain quality and performance standards.
• Engineering Change Management: Manage the ECO process, updating drawings, bills of materials (BOM), and CAD files to reflect design changes.
• Root Cause Analysis: Assist/Perform root cause analysis on failures and manufacturing defects to prevent recurrence.
• Cost Reduction & Improvement: Identify opportunities for cost savings, component obsolescence management, and yield improvements in manufacturing.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with R&D, manufacturing, quality, and marketing to support product changes and ensure compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., ROHS, CE, REACH).
• Provide support to manufacturing to ensure products are fabricated and assembled based on the intended functionality of the design.
• Develop and maintain procedures and processes that support business requirements.
• Generate effective written and oral communication to support, execute, and document project activities

What Will You Bring:

• Work Experience: 5 years previous experience in a manufacturing or design environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering technology or related field
• Computer Skills: Intermediate Skills in Microsoft Office Suite, working experience in 3D Solid Model environment(s), ERP system knowledge