Manufacturing Engineer - Hollywood, United States - Trèves Group

Description

Trèves Group
As a partner of automotive manufacturers throughout the world, Trèves offers extensive expertise in comfort and acoustics. Thanks to its long experience, Trèves can implement unique thermocompression, thermoforming, foaming and assembly technologies. It brings to the market personalized and customized solutions adapted to its clients' specific expectations.

Constantly striving for excellence, Trèves focuses on four soft trim and acoustics product ranges in the cabin, the trunk, the engine bay and the body.

Trèves contributes to the ongoing effort to provide more comfortable and quieter cars, at a fair price.

The Role

As a Manufacturing / Process Engineer at Trèves, you will develop and utilize expertise in industrialization and methods to lead industrial projects into various phases.

You will perform these duties while working out of our Hollywood, AL facility.

You can expect these phases, and their associated responsibilities, to include:
RFQ Phase
Participate in process definition with the RPC (existing or innovating processes)

Summarize process information with process experts for RFQ requests (multi-products/multi-process), taking into account existing industrial equipment and their current load:
process, means, takt time, TRS, investment budgets (equipment & tooling), manpower, material consumption, energy, etc.
Obtain validation of RFQ process hypothesis by the target plant depending on chosen PDI

Integrate Lean manufacturing principles:
flows, ergonomics, flexibility, etc.

Standardize industrial choices:
standards for equipment & tooling
Innovation Phase
Participate in innovative process definition
Validate industrial feasibility with Innovation Engineers
Analyze impacts of technological changes

Participate in prototype validation:
pilot plant, prototype tools, etc.

Benchmark:
process, equipment, tools

Participate in quotes for innovative products

Validate RFQ hypothesis for innovative processes: process, equipment, takt time, TRS, investment budgets, equipment & tools, manpower, material consumption, energy, etc.

Industrialization Phase
Validate & standardize industrial choices for equipment & tools
Participate in Process FMEA
Validate functional & technical requirements for equipment and tools
Evaluate all refurbishment possibilities of existing equipment in the group, or second hand (GMAO database)
Participate in consultations with suppliers and supplier nomination for equipment & tools in collaboration with purchasing department and plant
Participate in validation studies for equipment & tools, follow equipment & tool manufacturing, participate in acceptance & installation in the plant
Participate in layout & flow studies, taking into account plant constraints
Support plants at different project milestones : prototypes, pre-production, off-tools, SOP
Respect RFQ commitments (investment budget for equipment & tools, industrialization planning, cost saving, etc.)
Integrate securitization questions (equipment and tools standardization) and equipment polyvalence

Integrate Lean manufacturing principles:
flows, ergonomics, flexibility, etc.
Coordinate production transfers according to plants requests
Product / Process Expertise Phase
Capitalize industrialization experience and share technical solutions with Engineering Manager
Participate in product design, taking into account process constraints
Support the product / process expertise in RFQ phase, development and serial life
Support Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) and Group purchasing
Technology Watch
Ensure the benchmarking of tools & equipment with suppliers before equipment is brought into the plant & in conjunction with the buying team
Productivity Phase
Participate in brainstorming workshops
Productivity pilots, to support the productivity ideas portfolio, product/process

What would we like to see from you?
A good start would include experience directly related to the roles and responsibilities listed above
Knowledge of Industrial Methods & Lean Manufacturing tools
Knowledge of manufacturing processes
Project management skills
Knowledge & control of continuous improvement tools

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