Job Description:

Job Description

• Program management: Plans and formulates project timetable after defining customer needs.

• Communicates directly with customers (Automotive OEMs) and with global teams.

• Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling and resolving engineering design and test problems reporting results and status as needed.

• Innovates creative product solutions to meet customer needs and works with internal patent department.

• Manages and develops suppliers in various fields of manufacturing concerning metal, plastic injection mold makers and rubber industries.

• Forms production, QA and engineering teams dedicated to specific phases or aspects of project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans and product testing.

• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards and customer contract requirements and related specifications.

• Acts as facilitator to ensure commitments to customer are met in a timely manner and within budget.

• Maintains personal knowledge in product, application and processes appropriate to projects undertaken.

• Works with Sales to develop new business opportunities.

• Review drawing changes, deviations, and Engineering Change Notices

• Coordinates parts design and tool design activities per customer specification

• Responsible for financial budget for individual preproduction and development projects

• Follows IATF 16949 procedures if customer required and descriptions per the ITW handbook.

• Interprets engineering specifications

• Authors DFMEA’s, PFMEAs and champions 8D problem solving activities

• Review RFQ package: Identify customer part numbers, create bills of materials, derive part weights, evaluate annual volumes, key dates, assembly plant locations.

• Develop BOM’s (bill of Materials)

• Interpret customer specifications.

• Prepare customer reviews, technical presentations and open issues list.

• Develop design validation test plans.

• Develop and maintain tooling, assembly and test equipment financial plans and documents.

• Participate in regular APQP activities and meetings and AAR events.

• Create FEA reports.

• Lead customer, supplier and ITW tooling and product design signoffs and kick offs.

• Lead RFQ activities with tooling, automation and gauge suppliers.

• Nominate supplier: Tooling/Parts/Gauges/Automation.

• Develop packaging plans per customer requirements.

• Support customer build and launch activities.

• Monitor tooling, gauge and assembly concepts according to ITW standards.

• Maintain customer milestone timing in customer portals.

• Issue molding sample requests.

• Monitor serial part history.

• Monitor release of production to operations.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with an emphasis in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience

• 2+ years of experience in engineering and project management in a manufacturing environment.

• Project management experience preferably Tier 1 automotive. PMI PMP certification preferred.

• Knowledge in Plastic Injection Molding part design, performance, material selection, tooling technology

• Must be adaptable, flexible, organized and act with a sense of urgency and able to operate independently

• Must have demonstrated analytical/problem-solving, project management/task planning, engineering risk assessment, creativity/innovation and technical leadership skills.

• Must be able to make sound, logical judgments using deductive reasoning, attention to detail; understand the cause and effect of such decisions.

• Ability to travel up to 35% to support the customer and launch process.

• Strong organization skills, and ability to take on special projects from concept to implementation and maintaining.

• Fluent in MS Project, and MS Office Suite.

Compensation Information:

$90K-$110K