Manufacturing Process Engineer

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential.

To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

Serve as a Process Engineer responsible for assembly process development and determining the sequence of assembly for new spec parts based upon existing process/parts lay out/process standard time (ST) and/or the maintenance and optimization of established process.

• Use M.O.S.T. To develop balanced processes across manufacturing areas. Work to achieve high process efficiency. Apply lean manufacturing techniques. Design processes that are simple and achieve SQCDM targets.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste within the process and improve efficiency. Apply 5S work methods, workstation design, and set best practices for production.
• Audit big data to ensure accurate information across all operation standards. Mobilize Excel formulas and VBA coding to optimize tasks.
• Support New Model events. Forecast design impact to department. Incorporate change points into process design. Identify concerns and countermeasures before mass production.
• Perform time estimates for assembly line work, equipment loads, and develop operation standards.
• Conduct studies to determine the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow and recommends methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel.
• Regularly lead meetings with other Honda functional groups to develop and launch improvement themes (quality, safety, delivery, production, purchasing, packaging, or logistics)
• Collect feedback from the production floor and address their concerns.
• Evaluate and implement ergonomic countermeasures to prevent associate injury.
• Develop plans and schedules for projects. Set timelines and detailed activities. Hold meetings with cross functional engineering groups to ensure completeness.
• Project support for all items impacting assembly department’s associate process.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (e.g., Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or similar); or 6 years relevant experience required

• 0-6 years’ experience based on education

• Knowledge of:
  Process Data Development and Analysis (PDDA); process engineering (MOST); parts numbers, BOM, and applications;
  Assembly (AF) quality control systems and specification;
  Assembly (AF) techniques and processes;
  New model project development; quality control systems and workflows;
  Assembly (AF) department layout and equipment.
• Skill in:
  Analytical problem solving and decision making; communicating change to others, root cause analysis, collaboration with others, and self-driven.

• Shift schedule is primarily a first shift position but at times require supporting additional shifts/hours
• Position could require some travel to other Honda Development Manufacturing locations or supplier locations
• Position could require daily overtime or Saturday overtime
• Position could require daily production control coverage to the production floor
• 50% Fast-paced high-energy manufacturing environment, 50% office…