Facility Engineer

Subaru•Lafayette, IN

About The Position

The Facility Engineer role is within the Powertrain, Manufacturing Engineering department. This position involves a variety of tasks focused on process and equipment improvement, data analysis, and project management within an automotive manufacturing environment. The engineer will be responsible for ensuring production processes meet targets, leading root cause analysis, and managing vendor relationships. A key aspect of the role includes working with electrical and mechanical systems, including PLCs, and developing project specifications.

Requirements

Use of various CAD software
Read and understand equipment electrical schematics and drawings
Ability to read and understand PLC logic
Exposure to air, hydraulic, and water systems
Exposure to various automotive manufacturing systems such as conveyors, sealer dispensers, robotics

Nice To Haves

Occasional travel to vendors for equipment buyoffs, training, etc. This can be local and/or international

Responsibilities

Requests and verifies process or equipment countermeasures when needed.
Actively pursues new ways of analyzing and communicating data to improve quality.
Conducts business process audits to ensure that process indicators are being properly tracked and maintained when requested.
Drives Kaizen activity and applies statistical and other improvement tools.
Leads improvement plans to validate production processes to achieve department & plant targets for both new model and current production.
Creates and maintains punch lists.
Supports and/or leads assigned shop in root cause analysis of any safety, quality, cost, or delivery concerns.
Participates in cross-functional teams to recommend and countermeasure plant-wide issues.
Meets with and manages vendor project activities.
Creates professional documents to record and track measurement results.
Leads and/or supports continuous improvement activities to improve process functionality.
Aids and supports Production, Production Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, and/or New Model Pilot Team in process validations as needed.
Demonstrates development and control of project master schedules and budget management.
Communicates effectively with all Associates, Leadership, vendors, etc.
Modifies existing electrical controls circuits and updating electrical drawings.
Modifies and creates new PLC programs for equipment control.
Troubleshooting and modification of various mechanical systems.
Modification of piping and control systems.
Developing detailed project specifications and instructions.
Managing vendor activities during design, fabrication, and installation with strong follow up skills to ensure project closure.
Strong schedule management skills.