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Regional Process Engineer

United States - MI - Holland

Job Description

The Regional Support Process Engineer will work  closely will the NA operations team to
understand top issues and top projects.  They
will align with the plants to understand top needs that will help the plants
meet their financial commitments.  The
Regional Process Engineer will provide assistance and leadership to the NA
operations team. The Process Engineer
will help plants resolve top scrap and efficiency issues, drive process
methodology change, evaluate technical talent. 
The Regional Process Engineer will
travel extensively (75%) to support all NA facilities. They
will work to support the injection molding facilities through hands on floor
support activities.  At the same time
they will work towards developing the people, processes, and procedures used in
our operations as it relates to the injection molding process.  In addition the Regional Process Engineer
will help develop and implement best business
practices  and training for the injection
molding operations.

Training;

• The Regional PE will be responsible
  for working closely with the Lead Process Engineer and corporate trainer to
  develop appropriate training material for the injection molding operations.

Processing :

• The PE will be expected to
  work closely with the technical development 
  team to implement  and sustain a
  common processing strategy.  The PE will
  need to be fluent  with scientific
  molding principles, eDART, pressure transfer, and 2 /3 stage molding
  techniques.

• The
  Process Engineer will work with the plants to evaluate processing issues,
  determine appropriate corrective action, advise on the action plan, and execute
  when necessary.  The Process Engineer
  will be able to setup experiments and analyze the results of the DOE's in order
  to resolve issues at their root.

• The
  PE will also be responsible for issue resolution at the plant level.  Specific projects will be assigned at a plant
  level with the expectation that the PE will manage the plant contacts, collect
  appropriate data, spend time on the floor with the processes to understand the
  issue, and ultimately come to a resolution.

• The
  PE will be responsible to be a root cause problem solver.  When solving processing issues the PE will
  apply a logical methodology and will use data where possible to make the best
  decisions.

• The
  PE will be required to develop, implement, and roll out YFAI best business
  practices to all NA facilities.

• The
  PE must have strong documentation and communication skills.  Upon completion of a regional level project
  the PE will be expected to document project findings and prepare a report that
  will share lessons learned with the plant technical staff and when applicable
  share these findings with all NA plants.

Automation:

• The PE will have extensive experience
  with a wide range of robotic part handling systems. The PE will be required to perform robot
  optimization through hands on programming. The PE will also be responsible for assessing the NA operations and make
  recommendations for process improvements and training requirements as it
  relates to automation. 

• Training
  will be provided to the Process Engineer in this area as needed.

Tooling / Capital:

• The Regional PE will have a working
  knowledge
  of tooling and the requirements of a successful tool / process
  combination. They will also be
  expected to understand the YFAI tool prove out process. 

• The
  Regional PE will need to work with the plants to identify capital improvement
  opportunities and develop justification.  When applicable the Regional PE will need to write an appropriations
  request, follow the request through the approval process, and help the plant
  implement.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Plastics
  or Mechanical Engineering and / or 10 - 15 years process engineering and plant
  operations experience.  
• Seven to ten years experience specifically in injection molding  process engineering with solid tooling
  experience.
• Six
  Sigma Green or Black Belt preferred.
• Analytical problem solving
  skills.
• Ability
  to work together as part of a team and the ability to gain respect of the
  plant operations teams.
• Ability to communicate to all levels of management.
• Desire to be very involved on the plant floor. 
  Must have demonstrated "hands on" problem solving
  skills.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends when needed.
• Exceptional
  understanding of injection molding processes.
• Exceptional
  understand of mold change requirements. 
  Experience performing mold changes and the use of SMED methods.
• Extensive
  hands on experience with injection molding equipment, robotics, and auxiliary
  equipment.
• Proven
  mechanical aptitude for problem solving.
• Proven
  process and tooling engineering excellence in the automotive industry.

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