POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Process Engineer Department: Manufacturing

Classification: Exempt, Indirect

Job Location: Plymouth, Michigan

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

Position Reports to: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Positions Supervised: None

POSITION PURPOSE

The Process Engineer is a hands-on manufacturing expert responsible for ensuring production efficiency is maintained and all parts produced meet customer quality expectations. This role will also be responsible for early detection and quick action to resolve any non-conformances found. This role will develop and implement manufacturing processes and train assembly team members to perform those processes as intended. This role will also maintain manufacturing equipment and perform process audits, as well as lead root cause analysis for issues found.

The successful candidate will be part of a small team managing a remote manufacturing facility, where a wide scope of work is expected. The role will include a combination of analytical and hands on assignments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES

• Develop and maintain assembly processes for new products.
• Develop Work Instructions for Assembly team members, train and sign-off team members to follow those instructions, and control updates as they become necessary.
• Maintain ongoing processes to ensure adherence to the designs, processes, and quality control measures as they were approved through our formal qualification procedures.
• Review engineering and manufacturing change documents for potential impacts on manufacturing processes, tooling, or acceptance criteria.
• Assure that products meet customers' requirements with minimum variation and ease of inspection.
• Generate and maintain Process Control Plans and FMEAs throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Generate and deploy trend charts, histograms, and other Green Belt tools monitoring health of processes within the Assembly department. Analyze metrics and indicators to determine opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in regular inspection and calibration of tooling and gages and maintain calibration compliance metrics with internal and external sources.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions to resolution, in partnership with internal and external parties.
• Assess test equipment needs and develop plans for further internal test capabilities. This includes supplier management for design, build, delivery, and installation of test equipment.
• Manage fault investigation and troubleshooting of assembly and test equipment, measuring devices and tools.
• Lead/support certain budget and schedule activities as required by programs and management.
• Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior in accordance with company values

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensure a high level of customer service with both internal and external parties.
• Perform job duties in a manner that maintains compliance with environmental, health and safety regulations, policies, and procedures
• All other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 1-3 years of experience in a production/manufacturing environment, preferable final assembly.
• Experience with product/process quality improvement, ISO9001/QMS and audits, data analysis tools/Minitab, failure investigation and corrective actions
• Experience with design and maintenance of assembly fixtures.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical drawings of complex nature
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred

COMPETENCIES

Analytical, Problem Solving, Communication, Managing customer focus, Teamwork, Organization support

SCOPE AND INFLUENCE

Knowledge

Limited use and/or application of technical principles, theories, and concepts.

Problem Solving

Develop solutions to routine technical problems of limited scope.

Discretion/Latitude

Work is indirectly supervised. Follows general instructions and acts independently to execute strategic priorities within the guidelines of operating procedures and applicable approval matrices.

Impact

Contributes to the completion of routine technical tasks. Failure to achieve results can normally be overcome without serious effect on schedules and programs.

Contacts

Contacts are primarily with immediate supervisor, project leaders, and other professionals in the department; as well as with plant manager, operations staff, and assembly employees outside the department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH AND SAFETY

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 sit. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger; handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 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 conditions described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to lasers. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to low light or dark working conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Employee in this role will spend significant time in both office and manufacturing environments.

NOTE: These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job. Individuals assigned to perform tasks defined in this job description that are controlled by the ISO program have the authority, consent and responsibility to carry out those tasks as defined in the program.