Paint Process Engineer

Paint Process Engineer

Teijin Automotive Technologies is the world leader in the compounding and manufacturing of lightweight composite components for the transportation industries. As an innovative, full-service Tier One supplier, we offer an entrepreneurial environment where you're only limited by your own imagination. In addition to our team-focused environment, we provide industry leading benefits. Called BENEfits4U, our comprehensive offering includes: affordable medical, dental, and vision care;

flexible spending accounts; life insurance; 401k with company match and much, much more.

We are seeking a Paint Process Engineer for our Huntington, Indiana Plant.

Summary:

Responsible for specifying, designing, and implementing robot path programming and paint application.

Main

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Improve the design and process control of the paint department operations.
• Equipment and control panel upgrades.
• Conveyor control integration with paint robots.
• Data acquisition improvements for production reporting.
• Safety device and logic changes for zoned safety.
• Networking and communications upgrades for reliability.
• Allen Bradley PLC logic improvements for uptime and throughput increase.
• Specify, design, implement, and track the improvement of robot path programming and optimization of manipulator, applicator, and fluid delivery process.
• Equipment specification and procurement, including acting as liaison to builders, customers, and production for paint process and fluid delivery process.
• Coordination of trial runs and quality improvement for the paint process.
• Implement cost-reduction improvements for both new and existing equipment/processes.
• Technical support to all Production and Engineering operations for improvement programs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years of experience in controls engineering.
• Working knowledge of paint department processes and principles.
• General knowledge of production control / scheduling systems.
• Good analytical / problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of statistical analysis.
• General MS-Office skills, Excel and Access.
• Fanuc P-250 experience required.
• Able to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of ISO
  14001 and TS16949 requirements.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles.
• Strong knowledge of PLC programming and networking.
• Strong knowledge of paint application process.
• Basic knowledge of machining / tooling; and electrical / schematics

If you enjoy innovation, and an opportunity to learn and contribute to a growing organization, Teijin Automotive Technologies is the place for you!