1st Shift Production Engineer

Location: Lebanon

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

* Maintain and continually improve production processes and documentation (i.e. FEMAs, Work Combination tables, Process Flow Charts, Standard work check sheets, Spare parts lists, PM schedules, PFUs, BOMs, WIS, Condition standards, Daily check sheets, PCRs, etc.).

* Support Internal Audits.

* Develop and implement documented corrective actions for customer complaints.

* Analyze scrap and labor inefficiencies, identify root cause and implement countermeasures to reduce. Summarize and report savings.

* Pre-trial evaluation and involvement on new parts and programs.

* Maintain awareness and understand the roles and responsibilities regarding the environmental policies, management system, and objectives and targets by attending the required training. Perform all tasks in accordance with the EMS procedures and practices and minimize the impact of their activities on the environment.

Additional Paint Responsibilities:

* Develop and manage Preventative Maintenance project schedules. Negotiate timing with vendors and production.

* Maintain paint working environment. (i.e. HVAC, Air Handling Equipment, Boilers, Air Compressors, RTO, Palin, Etc.)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Excellent communication skills.

Able to print, read, and identify critical characteristics on a drawing.

Knowledge of Toyota Production System.

Experience in a cross-cultural work environment.

Ability to negotiate and communicate requirements for product/process improvement with production, quality, vendors, and contractors.

Demonstrated Project Management skills

Skilled in visual management and presentations.

Ability to perform PFMEA development/updating and root cause analysis.

Strong analytical skills and interpretation of data.

Skilled in gage or check fixture use and interpretation of data.

Additional Paint

Qualifications:

Able to setup and run hand spray.

Able to relieve production for breaks and lunches on all positions.

Fully capable to clean and rebuild paint guns, mixers, trees and lines.

Capable of programming Kawasaki and Fanuc robots.

Ability to judge color and other key critical quality characteristics.

Additional Injection

Qualifications:

Thorough understanding of injection molding operations with respect to plastic automotive parts.

Thorough understanding of thermoplastic resins.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Associates or Diploma in Industrial Maintenance, BS in Engineering discipline, or 16 years equivalent experience as an engineering technician in paint.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Clear, concise written and verbal skills and problem solving skills required. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of team members.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Excel required, MS Project experience a plus

Skilled in using AutoCAD or other drafting software

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to perform medium level mathematical calculations and to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as data analysis, percentages, flow rates, calibration slopes, etc. Also capable to control variables in an experiment to determine root cause.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, equipment or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand and occasionally required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential…