Engineering Specialist-Dimensional Control Engineer

About the role

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Scheduling and Time Tracking: Building shifts, handling shift-swapping, managing employee time cards and monitoring hours to manage labor costs.
• Task Delegation: Assigning specific daily duties, CMM room planning and ensuring workers have the tools they require.
• Performance and Coaching: Providing ongoing, actionable feedback to improve speed, accuracy, and customer service.
• Responsible for leading QOS initiatives within the production department.
• Review with production team leaders and Process Coaches quality issues and be the point of contact with other departments such as Machining, Quality and MP&L.
• Care for quality documentation on FTT, 8Ds, Scrap, Dock Holds, Dock Audit, etc.
• Participate in Quality and Contamination audits.
• Prepare standard reports for Quality reviews within the plant and with other areas.
• Review rejected parts for quality integrity and decide next steps.
• Lead cross functional team initiatives in quality to achieve no faults forward / zero defects.
• Lead 8D resolution of Warranty and VO concerns working together with Quality, MP&L, Machining and VO.
• Coordinate Green and Black Belt projects within the department.
• Work with QLSCM, Quality Works, OBL, CDCII and other required systems.
• Document and control error proofing checks, internal checks, and additional containments.
• Participate in interplant benchmarking exercises.
• Actively participate in Simultaneous Engineering meetings, Forward Planning and Product Design to ensure MTC process is followed.
• Apply engineering principles & analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products.
• Implement interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D tool, 6 panel, etc.
• Manage and direct statistical process control activities.
• Knowledge of and ability to execute measurement systems analysis & variable data analysis.
• Establish and monitor quality target levels for each build.
• Provide input for design and assembly concepts which will yield nominal variations.
• Determine inspection equipment and facility requirements.
• Support expedited concern resolution with cross functional teams including the Quality Department, Production and Suppliers.
• Review internal/external suppliers for critical characteristics process compatibility.
• Review incoming quality concerns to maintain quality with assigned area; must have experience with initiating containment, determining root cause and implementing corrective actions.
• Complete PPAP’s and support new model launches.

Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma
• Experience:
  • Experience in manufacturing engineering
  • Demonstrated experience in accomplishing tasks and objectives
  • Proven problem solving ability
  • Six Sigma Green Belt certified
  • Previous production supervision
  • CMM, ATOS Blue Light Scanning, Creaform Hand Scanner, Polyworks basic knowledge
  • Microsoft Office Knowledge (Word/Excel/Outlook)
• Required Behaviors
  • Outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
  • Proven critical thinker and troubleshooter to deliver industry leading quality
  • Highly committed to process improvement and innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset
  • Strong curiosity and passionate about continuous learning
  • Demonstrates inclusion and values diversity
  • Perseveres through setbacks and disappointments to drive results

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Experience: Previous automotive and Quality Engineering experience
• FMEA, PPAP, and DOE experience preferred
• Six Sigma: DMAIC and DMADV (DFSS) Project Methodology experience preferred
• Ergonomic analysis knowledge and experience preferred
• Six Sigma Black Belt certified preferred

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

This position is a salary grade 6- 7 and ranges from $72,480-141,360.