Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate technical adeptness in the area of manufacturing processes, and a willingness to learn the existing manufacturing processes and equipment, and the associated operation and maintenance.
- Coordinate with project team and process development engineers to ensure a timely and efficient handover of new product and process launches to series production.
- Establish relationships with European colleagues and exchange information about products, processes and customer requirements
- Develop process improvement and analysis mechanisms to improve existing manufacturing processes
- Work with equipment and materials manufacturers as necessary to ensure proper operation and improvement of the equipment and processes to meet stated production and quality goals
- Assist in the production of assembly prototypes based on the manufacturing process and specs provided
- Assure product and process quality by performing and developing testing methods, creating and upkeeping standardized work and machine adjustment instructions, and maintaining existing PFMEAs
- Ensure the reliability of manufacturing and testing processes by performing process/gage capabilities and performing gage R&Rs both with MS Excel and various other statistical software
- Calculate and provide values for machine uptimes; labor, material, and scrap costs; and production rate information in order to establish benchmarks for continuous improvement activities and monitor production.
- Collect, analyze, and evaluate information and trends and have the ability to interpret the information into a beneficial summary, report, or metric.
- Maintains product and company reputation by complying with government regulations
- Keeps equipment operational by developing and facilitating PM procedures in coordination with production management, maintenance, and repair services;
- Maintains and utilizes process data from the various assembly processes and be able to analyze said data when necessary.
- Develop and complete cycle time studies of existing manufacturing process and use this information to keep capacity and value stream information up to date.
- Manage and perform to completion of process related ECRs and deviations for existing equipment and processes
- Willingness to learn and maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and attending training on the various manufacturing processes and procedures.
- Perform Process Audits in accordance with VDA, IATF, and ISO standards.
- Own individual work and personal performance.
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills, Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from accredited institution
- Two (2)+ years of experience in the field of industrial, process and automation engineering. Intern and/or co-op experience a plus.
- Ability to hold a passport and travel within Germany without accompaniment
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
- Some knowledge of the German language and customs are a plus
- Microsoft Office, CAD, Minitab, or other production software experience
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills
- Must possess strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to function in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and handle multiple projects and assignments with proficiency.
Essential Physical/Mental Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential physical demands. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands, arms, and fingers to handle, feel and reach; to lift with arms, flexing elbow; talk or hear; flex hands/wrists/elbows to grip/grasp; see and inspect; bend at knees and waist; and twist at waist. The employee must lift and/or move up to 31 pounds.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to read, understand, and apply written and spoken directions; write; count accurately; use basic math (addition and subtraction.); and identify defective parts or machine malfunctions and report to team leader.
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