Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer

Company Overview

Vitro Automotive Glass produces advanced glass products for the world’s most well-known automotive manufacturers. We work collaboratively with our customers to ensure that our glass provides the safety, comfort, and efficiency required for today’s modern vehicles.

Vitro Automotive Glass operates glass manufacturing plants, fabrication facilities, and distribution centers worldwide that are solely focused on the production of automotive glass. This scale allows us to provide the quality and technology required for large‑volume OEM production while bringing the same attention to detail and quality to our automotive replacement glass (ARG) operations.

As the needs of the automotive industry rapidly evolve, Vitro stays ahead of the curve to help automakers, distributors, and installers meet the ever‑changing standards for safety, efficiency, and sustainability. It’s not enough just to meet specifications; we are committed to working collaboratively to deliver whatever comes next.

This position will coordinate the successful design, fabrication, startup, and handover to manufacturing of new value‑add equipment at multiple US Value‑Add locations. It maintains positive relationships with Program Management, Product and Plant engineering, equipment vendors, and OEM customers. Primary project‑management duties include equipment scope definition, cost estimating, vendor management, and budget and timeline management, as well as feasibility assessments for future products as needed.

This position also provides technical and engineering support to both Vitro and Tier 2 value‑added assembly locations to ensure reliability and optimal safe use of facilities, equipment, and resources to meet customer requirements and plant objectives. The incumbent is responsible for assigned projects and supports various areas of the plant’s facilities, ensuring appropriate facilities and equipment are available and ready for product fabrication based on customer specifications and drawings.

• Successfully launch and hand over to the manufacturing plant value‑add equipment meeting OEM customer requirements.
• Provide value‑add process equipment that produces parts within customer specification and achieves quoted cycle time, yield, and uptime.
• Complete PFMEAs, Control Plans, and Process Flow Diagrams for value‑add processes that address all potential quality issues and include a risk reduction plan.
• Provide accurate and timely cost estimates.
• Develop equipment standards for Value‑Add processes across the business and share best practices.
• Develop maintenance recommendations for new or modified equipment.
• Manage equipment vendors to ensure key timing and budget milestones are met over the course of a capital project.
• Interface directly with Program Management, Product Engineering, Process Engineering, and OEM customers to ensure equipment meets all operations and customer specifications.
• Provide technical support on value‑added customer spills to minimize negative effects on the customer.

• The incumbent must be able to assume responsibility for medium‑to‑large sized capital projects, including scope development, funding approval, equipment design, and vendor management, as well as limited supervision of personnel involved in the project.
• Ability to be self‑directed with proven experience in driving the changes needed to meet project goals.
• Ability to provide hands‑on technical support for assigned projects.
• Knowledge of human relations skills and the ability to work with all levels in the organization, as well as vendors and customers.
• Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project).

• Experience with AutoCAD or other design software and mechanical design principles.
• Experience with robotic cells using vision systems.
• The ability to interpret customer specifications and GD&T drawings.
• Experience in the automotive industry and with automotive glass.