Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - Farmington, United States - Camaco

Description

Purpose

Plans and designs manufacturing equipment, tooling and processes for a production facility. Analyzes assembly, fabrication, machining, and other processes. Maximizes efficiency by optimization of layout of equipment, workflow, assembly methods, and work force utilization. Determines the parts, equipment, tools, and processes needed to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Ensure manufacturability of engineering designs and engineering changes
Coordinate manufacturing launch for new and revised products across facilities
Identify, qualify, and develop new equipment suppliers. Build relationships to ensure thorough understanding and consistent execution of standards

Maintain and ensure supplier compliance to equipment standards by creating technical specifications and efficient project management through timely design reviews, validation, and installation.

Provide equipment cost estimating for new program customer RFQ's
Support internal and external teams during the concept development process for the industrialization of customer projects
Conduct time and method studies establishing time standards for manufacturing operations.

Develop standards for plant layouts, work instructions, process flow layout, set-up procedures while adhering to safety, quality and productivity procedures and policies.

Conduct line balancing studies, process simulations and material flow studies to achieve optimum balance between man and machine
Develop and manage process FMEA's and other process documentation across all global locations.
Support production teams in ensuring project budgets, quality goals and production targets are met
Refurbish and repurpose equipment based on global program launches and production needs.
Ensure global compliance with IATF16949 and other quality, environmental, manufacturing and customer standard requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering. Master's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Business with a focus in Operations Management highly preferred.
5+ years of work experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.
Metals processing experience such as welding, riveting, and fastening.
Automotive seating structures experience preferred.

Competencies
Root Cause Analysis
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma
Manufacturing / Process / Production Engineering
Process Integration
Rapid Prototyping
Statistical Process Control
Value Engineering and Cost Estimation
Workflow Optimization
Workload Analysis
CAD Software and blueprint reading
Computer Proficiency (MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
Advanced knowledge of safety requirements
Knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC programming and trouble shooting and electronics
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
Setting up processes and BOM's
Automotive specifications
Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel including customers & suppliers
Ability to work autonomously

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works on the plant floor and in an office environment.

Physical 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

Department Manufacturing Engineering Locations P & C Group I, Inc. - Farmington Hills Michigan
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