Advanced Manufacturing Engineer
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Purpose
Plans and designs manufacturing equipment, tooling and processes for a production facility. Analyzes assembly, fabrication, machining, and other processes. Maximizes efficiency by optimization of layout of equipment, workflow, assembly methods, and work force utilization. Determines the parts, equipment, tools, and processes needed to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specifications.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Ensure manufacturability of engineering designs and engineering changes
- Coordinate manufacturing launch for new and revised products across facilities
- Identify, qualify, and develop new equipment suppliers. Build relationships to ensure thorough understanding and consistent execution of standards
- Maintain and ensure supplier compliance to equipment standards by creating technical specifications and efficient project management through timely design reviews, validation, and installation.
- Provide equipment cost estimating for new program customer RFQ’s
- Support internal and external teams during the concept development process for the industrialization of customer projects
- Conduct time and method studies establishing time standards for manufacturing operations.
- Develop standards for plant layouts, work instructions, process flow layout, set-up procedures while adhering to safety, quality and productivity procedures and policies.
- Conduct line balancing studies, process simulations and material flow studies to achieve optimum balance between man and machine
- Develop and manage process FMEA’s and other process documentation across all global locations.
- Support production teams in ensuring project budgets, quality goals and production targets are met
- Refurbish and repurpose equipment based on global program launches and production needs.
- Ensure global compliance with IATF16949 and other quality, environmental, manufacturing and customer standard requirements.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering. Master’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Business with a focus in Operations Management highly preferred.
- 5+ years of work experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.
- Metals processing experience such as welding, riveting, and fastening.
- Automotive seating structures experience preferred.
Competencies
- Root Cause Analysis
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma
- Manufacturing / Process / Production Engineering
- Process Integration
- Rapid Prototyping
- Statistical Process Control
- Value Engineering and Cost Estimation
- Workflow Optimization
- Workload Analysis
- CAD Software and blueprint reading
- Computer Proficiency (MS Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Advanced knowledge of safety requirements
- Knowledge of Allen Bradley PLC programming and trouble shooting and electronics
- Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
- Setting up processes and BOM’s
- Automotive specifications
- Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel including customers & suppliers
- Ability to work autonomously
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee works on the plant floor and in an office environment.
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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.
- Department
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Locations
- P & C Group I, Inc. - Farmington Hills Michigan
P & C Group I, Inc. - Farmington Hills Michigan
About Camaco, LLC
- Manufacturing Integrated with Detailed Design & Engineering Camaco-Amvian has a proven track record of completion from concept to product launch. Our core business revolves specifically around the metal seat structure with a diverse product and service portfolio including: stamped metal and wire frame seat assemblies, headrest and armrest structures, visor rod and towel bars, complementary metal reinforcement components, in addition to instrument panel and console substrates.
- Unmatched International Manufacturing & Sales Footprint. Our footprint reaches across six countries with eight factories and four sales and engineering offices to include efficient employees and a global floor space of 1.1 million square feet. Camaco-Amvian facilities are strategically located near our customers’ final assembly facilities to ensure timely distribution and successful operations.
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