Process Engineer, Automation

Cooper-Standard Automotive•Spartanburg, SC

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Designs, procures, maintains, and troubleshoots equipment and tooling used to produce manufactured products and supports plant operations. Sets standards for manufacturing excellence and develops new processes and technologies. Some travel may be required.

Requirements

Four-year technical degree and/or 4 years+ experience in a production roll forming role.
Comprehension of the laws of physics, mathematics, and material science.
Extensive specialized training with equipment and tooling utilized to produce products, including but not limited to Notchers, Roll Forming, Benders, Plastic, Extruders, and TPV molding.
Experience developing and testing internal and external packaging.
Experience creating and maintaining engineering documents such as job breakdowns and work instructions.
Experience evaluating material flow.
Experience calculating production cell capacity.
Solid understanding of Lean Manufacturing Principles, Process Statistics, and Basic quality systems is required.
Ability to communicate and explain technical processes and process limitations and how product design is affected by such limitations to audiences including customers and management.
Ability to work with all levels within the plant, from plant manager to factory floor operator.
High level of communication skill required to explain and interpret information or ideas and discuss and make recommendations.
Discretion is required in deciding how and what to communicate.

Nice To Haves

Experience with APQP process and documentation preferred.

Responsibilities

Interfaces with internal product design teams and/or customers to specify design criteria for extrusion as to how it interfaces with the mold.
Responsible for signing off on the product design as it pertains to manufacturability.
Creates appropriation requests when required and sends equipment specifications to potential vendors to obtain quotes.
Creates tooling specifications and sends them to vendors to obtain quotes.
Acts as the key contact person for the interface between the plant and tool vendors.
Procures equipment and tooling, tracks vendors’ timing to plan, and approves equipment and tooling at the vendors.
Assists in equipment layout preparation.
Ensures equipment and tooling are installed properly and to specifications, and establishes optimum processing conditions.
Trains supervisors and operators as appropriate.
Troubleshoots equipment and tooling problems through the launch ramp-up phase and throughout the life of the program.
Oversees continuous improvement projects, refining processes as they relate to design, equipment, etc.
Supports new launch products and programs with development for new processes to improve capability, output, safety, and reliability.
May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.