Process Engineer Automotive Supplier in the Birmingham Al area

About the company

• Leading supplier of automotive glazing for the OEM and aftermarket industries.
• Company has been in business for more than 100 years
• Supplier to the big names in Automotive manufacturing
• Pride in best product and customer service
• Stable, profitable company

What they provide

• Excellent compensation and benefits package including a strong bonus program, extremely cost affordable medical / dental / vision plans, life insurance, 401k, short term disability
• 401k with match
• Health Care Reimbursement and Dependent Care Reimbursement Programs – choice of HSA or FSA
• Business Travel Accident Insurance
• 14 company paid holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Strong opportunity for advancement

The Role you will play:

This position will support all value-added assembly requirements including benchmarking, process development, work cell design, continuous improvement activities, new model launch (NML), and technical support for all assembly lines with a predominant focus on glass encapsulation processes and relate equipment.

• Monitor processes for opportunities to streamline
• Provide support and problem-solving leadership for daily technical and process problems
• Assess processes for technical or capability problems and accurate budgetary numbers
• Leand and participate in multi-task improvement teams
• Analyze data to ensure rood cause is determined. Develop appropriate counter measures to eliminate of significantly reduce the potential for recurrence
• Hands-on during prototype and pre-production builds
• Define process equipment requirements with collaboration with Added value Operations (AVO) sites.
• Follow tooling, gauge, equipment builds, and runoffs to ensure meeting specifications and timing
• Coordination and detailing of work cell installation in AVO sites. Support of preproduction runs and successful SOP + 90 days
• Capital Appropriations spending support and writing to most recent standards
• Some supervisory duties

What the ideal candidate needs:

• BS degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering
• At least 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive, with 5 or more years with injection molding experience with strong process knowledge and experience
• Experience in injection molding, assembly, and/or glass encapsulation
• Experience in a problem-solving discipline such as Six Sigma or Kepnor Tregoe
• Problem solving experience (8D, 5P, RCA)
• Strong Process Skills
• Strong analytical and project Management skills
• AutoCAD
• Understanding of PLCs
• Vision Camera systems
• Basics of Electronics
• Robot Experience (Fanuc, ABB, Motoman)
• SPC experience
• Experience with APQP, Process Flow, PFMEA, Control Plan
• Basic understanding of lean manufacturing concepts
• Basic understanding of GD&T for reviewing product prints
• Experience leading a team
• 3-D modeling software Experience is a plus