Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

GRAMMER develops and manufactures components and systems for car interiors as well as driver and passenger seats for off-road vehicles, trucks, buses, and trains. As a global partner to the vehicle manufacturing industry, we are represented around the world by our Automotive and Commercial Vehicles divisions. Our employees develop and produce innovative, flexible solutions to meet today’s competitive global market challenges.

We foster a culture that embraces our Grammer CODE: Collaborate in an inclusive environment, Openness in communication and ideas, Drive for results with energy, and Empower yourself and others by taking ownership of decisions and actions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for all aspects of production from design release forward.
• Accountable for engineering activities in injection molding, drilling operations, heat staking, welding, and assembly line operation to achieve optimum productivity and quality while complying with customer specifications.
• Review process controls, emphasize continuous improvement through Lean Manufacturing methodology and Kaizen activities.
• Participate in the development of cell layouts, set up reduction (SMED), lead time reduction, and improve productivity through waste reduction.
• Achieve product target cost, improved efficiency, and identify possible production problems for existing products.
• Determine project capital needs, launch strategies, project timing, process flows, labor and machine standards.
• Propose plans for changes to the process, equipment, molds, and tooling to ensure reliability and compatibility with existing standards/systems.
• Support and maintain project timelines, participate in identifying open items/issues, and review mold and secondary fixture design.
• Develop workflow, effective layout, and optimize processes; evaluate and implement process/product improvements.
• Work with the team to develop tooling and poke yoke methods; assist with training of technical and production staff in processing standards.
• Develop short- and long-term strategies to support customer requirements.
• Authorize engineering change notices (deviations), process alerts, purchase orders, equipment spare parts inventory, and personnel training requests.
• Support plant safety rules, UAW contract, procedures, and standards.
• Involved with assigned project launch strategies, capital needs, and program timing in support of all APQP, PPAP, and ISO/TS16949 requirements.

Deliverables

• Achieve goals and objectives relating to cost and timing.
• Meet project expectations and requirements for all elements of PPAP, ISO/TS16949 (promotes compliance).
• Provide program status reports (e.g., top five PPM’s, open items, corrective action plans).
• Maintain records for primary tools (molds) and selected secondary equipment.
• Prioritize personnel and resources as activities require.
• Accountable for customer/plant continuous improvement programs.
• Develop and maintain favorable customer relations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related area.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Commercial Vehicle manufacturing experience or experience in a closely related industry, such as automotive.
• Product launch exposure.
• Injection Molding and robotic experience required.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement programs.
• 401(k) match.
• Robust EAP services.
• Developmental opportunities.