POSITION: Project Engineer REPORTS TO: Engineering Manager STATUS:Full-time, M-F PAY:Competitive pay rate, based on experience

Job Summary:To be responsible for ensuring product feasibility, process and tooling procurement, process development and introduction into production to successful PPAP sign off.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead specification of new tooling, plant and equipment.
• Lead process standardization and development of lessons learnt to ensure right first time tool and process implementation.
• Procure tooling to manufacture stable and repeatable components.
• Work to build strong partnerships with selected key suppliers.
• Work to build strong partnerships with our customers.
• Work with design to drive design for manufacture.
• Implement poke yoke to eliminate concerns before they arise.
• Support and Lead A3 Process Improvement activities.
• Own the APQP process to manage new product introduction in an effective timely manner within assigned budgets
• Lead manufacturing strategy reviews.
• Lead team feasibility reviews.
• Capacity analysis reviews.
• Significant and critical characteristic reviews.
• Capital Equipment Justifications.
• Generating and updating process flow charts.
• Lead team in creation of PFMEA's.
• Production tool run off.
• Generation of manufacturing and standard op's instructions etc.
• Support lean engineers in creation of Line layouts.
• Lead PPAP builds.
• Inter discipline coordination and overall quality control of work.
• Liaison between project manager and technical disciplines.
• Schedule preparation, pre planning and resource forecasting.
• Vendor performance management.
• Managing teams.
• To lead process advancements and to seek and implement new and best practice technologies.
• Actively work to achieve jointly agreed targets that are aligned to departmental and company strategic goals. To ensure Hoshin Kanri deployment.
• Any other duties identified to support the needs of the business.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 3 years' engineering experience within a 1st or 2nd Tier automotive components' supplier with TS16949 quality management system is essential.
• Experience in tubular assemblies / components as well as in depth knowledge of the associated processes - CNC Tube bending, Tube End Forming, Robotic Welding, Robotic Pick and Place, Welding - MIG / TIG / Projection / Spot, Leak Decay Testing, Brazing, Presswork, Assembly, Bespoke Processes is preferred.
• Experience of these processes with a broad range of materials Steel, Stainless and Aluminum is also preferred.
• An understanding of Lean manufacturing processes and tools is advantageous.

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Self-motivated
• Team orientated
• FlexibleLoyal
• Committed
• Proactive
• Attention to detail
• Thorough
• Punctual
• Reliable

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

HOW TO APPLY:

Applicants should register for a Job Seeker's account at

www.ncworks.gov

Applications may be turned intothe following ways: In person at the Macon County NCWorks Career Center, 23 Macon Ave. Franklin, NC 28734, OR by email at

MaconCounty@ncworks.gov

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