Production Engineer

Festo SE & Co. KG•Hamilton Township, OH

About The Position

Responsible for product cost in the operation unit. Ensures continuous improvement of series production in less complex (and or with a lower volume compared to other value streams in the plant) value streams. Approves, implements and monitors all product related engineering change processes. Plans implementation of new products and technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Engineering, Manufacturing, or related) or equivalent technical training/experience (5+ years)
MS Office

Nice To Haves

Responsibilities

Plans and implements concepts for the implementation of NPI/AEP projects
Coordinates, orders, schedules, monitors and approves operating equipment
Assures the process capability of the operating equipment
Initiates and controls the construction and/or procurement of production and assembly equipment, defines the technical requirements and releases the equipment (including process capability)
Releases requirement and functional specifications for equipment and production concepts
Plans and designs workstations using appropriate methods (e.g. MTM, EAWS)
Collaborates with other departments within Q-Projects, log. planning, Layout/area planning, Investment budgeting, Selection of production technology
Applies guidelines for production-oriented product design and aligns solutions with R&D
Cooperates in the determination of the scope of maintenance
Provides input for economic analysis
Decides on all production-relevant releases and other production-relevant gates
Decision-making and escalation rights for all production and cost-relevant decisions
Approves logistics concepts (dock-to-dock)
Leads and/or guides IE-relevant projects (e.g. capacity projects, opt. projects)
Escalates projects and tasks in case of bottlenecks
Assures up-to-date data in SAP (work centers, time data, cost estimates, part lists, ...)