Sr.Production Process Engineer

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Eagle Ottawa (EO) is the world's largest supplier of premium automotive leather. Since 1865, we've consistently demonstrated our passion for leather making – in skilled craftsmanship, unparalleled artistry and a focus on innovation. Eagle Ottawa Thailand (EOT) Finishing & Cutting plant construction has been newly completed in 2011, which is located in Rayong. There’re more than 600 employees in this plant.

• 1.Cutting Process capability and Improvement.
• 2. New Cutting equipment or Cutting process development in Thailand
• 3. Cost control within budget
• 4. Production layout with lean conception
• 5. Quotation provide on time and Accurately

Activity 1:
Product and Process Development & Validation for new programs

Goal Ensure to meet customer’s timing / quality requirement with validated manufacturing capability.

• 1. Work with Commercial to receive and control customer drawings and math data
• 2. Review customer drawings and math data and create engineering BOM and Process.
• 3. Order tool and validate tool according APQP timeline.
• 4. Conduct pattern layout study to support product and process validation and quotation (for leather utilization study)
• 5. Provide cutting secondary process study including cost, lead time and new process / equipment feasibility study timely to engineering director.
• 6. Arrange functional samples (paperwork) building to support internal/customer validation.
• 7. Work with Quality and production to review PFMEA and Control Plan.
• 8. Define and optimize packaging design.

Activity 2:
Lead process improvement to get an optimized cutting production (including cutting and its secondary operation processes) for mass production programs.

Goal Ensure process capability to meet customer expectation and reduce production cost

• 1. Define and maintain Bill of Material and routine.
• 2. Construct and optimize cutting process flow and production line layout
• 3. Work with IE to calculate production cycle time to define capital investment and direct labor / indirect labor to support commercial team quotation.
• 4. Design and source production tooling, jig and fixture to support mass production need.
• 5. Work with quotation manager and material dept to define and improve package design
• 6. Ensure to work with lean team to implement lean production processes, e.g Standardized work.
• 7. Lead process optimization in term of optimal parameter setting, process capability study, FMEA, DOE, yield analysis and improvement (process yield) and cycle time reduction.
• 8. Flawlessly execute engineering change process to make sure production compliance to updated process
• 9. Overall ensure production follow process definition and control plan.
• 10. Take process yield ownership: set up yield database and track / analyze at least weekly base, resolve top 3 yield loss as continuous improvement initiative.
• 11. Develop and train operator to follow best nesting methodology to get optimal leather utilization.
• 12. Design tooling, jig and fixture, production table for finishing production, purchase and ensure required tooling are available for production

Activity 3:
Establish and update technical documentation

Goal Documentation control compliance of ISO
9000 / IATF
16949 system

• 1. Create and update engineering bill of material, cutting routine
• 2. Create and update process flow chart
• 3. Work with IE to create and update production layout
• 4. Other engineering documents control, e.g. PFMEA, Working Instruction, Flow chart etc.
• 5. Train and ensure production follow the…