Conveyor Engineer – Automotive Manufacturing

About the role

CrossSafety provides engineering and technical professionals to support large-scale automotive manufacturing, battery production, and new model launch programs across North America. We partner with industry-leading OEMs to deliver safe, efficient, and high-quality project execution.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the master schedule for assigned conveyor projects
• Chair project, engineering, and controls meetings; track open issues to closure
• Collect volume requirements and support conveyor capacity planning
• Prepare engineering estimates, calculations, drawings, and project reports
• Review and direct conveyor approval drawings for compliance with specifications
• Provide mechanical and controls design direction based on process and standards
• Generate specifications for procurement, run-off, and buy-off activities
• Perform conveyor chain pull calculations and buffer min/max analysis
• Conduct structural steel and concrete load analysis (Kip loading)
• Support cycle time development for conveyors and lift equipment
• Apply PFMEA (Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) methodologies
• Coverage of North American and Japanese suppliers
• Support simulation reviews to identify bottlenecks
• Ensure suppliers provide accurate schedules, manpower planning, and progress updates
• Work closely with Toyota Construction Coordinators to ensure high-quality, on-time installations
• Coordinate with Toyota Safety Managers to ensure 100% safe work environments following Toyota Safety Standards and TCSR
• Plan and track installation schedules for steel, pits, building facilities, and conveyor equipment
• Confirm daily subcontractor schedules and progress
• Develop and coordinate confirmation plans with TMMBC Maintenance and Assembly teams
• Oversee conveyor/equipment startup, debug, and system commissioning
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word)
• Experience with AutoCAD and CATIA
• Ability to perform:
• Conveyor chain pull analysis
• Conveyor buffer min/max studies
• Structural and concrete load analysis
• Understanding of conveyor simulation (coordination level OK; direct operation not required)
• Experience developing conveyor and lifter cycle times
• PFMEA experience
• Strong communication, schedule management, and documentation skills
• Ability to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and shutdown periods

Requirements

• Eligible to work in the United States
• Bilingual Spanish/English capability
• Eligible to work in both the U.S. and Mexico
• Automotive conveyor or automotive assembly equipment experience
• Experience with national building codes (BOCA, NEC, OSHA, SMACNA, ANSI)
• Ability to supervise and support subcontractors and vendors during installation
• Experience coordinating with Japanese suppliers

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word)
• Experience with AutoCAD and CATIA
• Ability to perform:
• Conveyor chain pull analysis
• Conveyor buffer min/max studies
• Structural and concrete load analysis
• Understanding of conveyor simulation (coordination level OK; direct operation not required)
• Experience developing conveyor and lifter cycle times
• PFMEA experience

Skills

• Communication skills
• Schedule management skills
• Documentation skills

Benefits

• Grow your technical and leadership skills alongside an established and expanding professional consulting firm
• Join a team of over 150 supportive and safety-focused professionals including Industrial Hygienists, Ergonomists, Safety Engineers, Construction Safety Specialists, and industry-leading engineering teams
• Advance your career by working Fortune 500 companies and in dynamic environments where your leadership truly matters
• Contribute to high-impact industrial and construction projects across the United States

Pay

Competitive hourly rate

Schedule

Overtime may be required based on project demand

Travel

10–25% domestic & international depending on project