Body Weld Engineering Specialist

Brief Role Description

Identify requirements for maintenance and production resources to modify body weld systems to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost; responsible to gain consensus cross-functionally for process improvement opportunities; develop the production process to ensure processes meet safety standards, quality standards, cost targets, environmental and OSHA regulations; coordinate and/or lead projects within the Body Planning team and prioritize activities based upon business needs;

create a continuous improvement environment to develop best-in-class production systems; coordinate production trials for model changes; coordinate team members and develop teamwork; coordinate activities with the maintenance team to minimize production delays due to equipment issues; develop systems to meet KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and analyze data to monitor performance, plan improvements, and identify potential countermeasure activities; monitor safety, quality, cost, and productivity, and develop improvement activities for assigned areas of production;

complete projects on schedule and within the annual administrative, operational, and capital budgets; provide direction and assistance to analyze production issues, propose countermeasures, and resolve issues; collaborate with other production departments, quality, production control, and engineering to provide best-in-class product quality; implement training plans to improve overall organizational capability of production department.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic or Mechatronic Engineering or related field of study and 36 months of experience.
• Experience must have included proprietary PLC and robot programming language; automotive body weld experience; lean manufacturing / visual systems; continuous improvement and project management; ergonomic evaluations; quality circles; engineering drafting and modeling software experience.
• Up to 10% domestic and international travel.

Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.