Technologist - Production Technology - Automotive

Our Offering

• Eligible for medical and dental benefits the 1st of the month following date of hire;
• Regular increases, dependent upon performance, until top rate is reached;
• Opportunities for advancement into varying positions with higher pay scales;
• Up to 6% in Pension Matching Contributions, effective 60 days from benefits activation;
• An annual Defined Profit-Sharing Plan (dependent upon company performance);
• Employee Discount programs are available for all employees;

Your Key Responsibilities

Development

• Realize new production technologies in the plant.
• Establish and consider the limits of current technologies and their impact on quality and cost.
• Provide requests to advanced development organization

Investment

• Provide requirement specification for new machine or equipment.
• Select equipment and technology from the research of different machine tools/ equipment and their suppliers.  Align with capital expenditure approval and purchasing processes.
• Establish and consider the limits of current technologies and their impact on quality and cost.
• Plan and implement the pre-acceptance of new machine or equipment including a list of correction measures.
• Support final acceptance test.  Provide data and check setup/process operation.

Networking

• Share quality, cost and robustness information for current technology and optimization.  Compare different locations.

New Product

• Analyze challenges for production of new products (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly).
• Analyze production feasibility for new products.  Best process to produce product with cost estimates.
• Provide data and information for production planning and cost calculation.
• Support PFMEA.  Provide all information about risk of production process to PFMEA owner.  Support corrective actions from PFMEA.
• Support sample production by Production or Prototype.

Optimization

• Review/ analyze/ consider current production machines/equipment/ technology performance information (quality, setup time, cycle time, tool cost, etc.) versus performance of new or improved.
• Identify and plan optimization actions and projects to improve current production technology.
• Implement projects to improve quality, cost, and robustness.

Production Support

• Provide setup parameter data (e.g. Setup Sheet).
• Provide operator instruction for the technological tasks of the process.
• Support gap analysis from key figure measurements (e.g. QCD, OEE, capacity)
• Support short term problem solving and troubleshooting.  Provide technological know-how to production for solving problems.
• Support tooling plan.  Provide requirements and machine specs to tool design.
• Support test of tooling.

Qualification

• Assess skill and training level required to achieve qualification regard the technology.
• Suggest training, coaching and experiences required.
• Provide training material (method, presentation, handout, online, etc.)
• Provide training and coaching for operators and other technical support.

Your Qualifications

• Technical degree, diploma or experience.
• Experience in manufacturing or similar environment
• Experience working in functional and cross-functional teams
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical thinking skills
• Goal and results oriented
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
• Experience in ERP, preferably SAP
• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodology for example: Value Streams, MTM, Ergonomics
• Working knowledge of PC's and applicable software
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills