What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Engineer - Powerframe position at Clarios?
What You Will Do
As a Process Engineer you will review, participate in, and lead two Major Equipment rebuild projects and two Medium Level equipment rebuild projects the Powerframe area, as part of Clarios-Oconee plant’s future vision. In this role, you will manage at least 10 critical vendors in the quoting, contract, timing, purchase order, and scheduling installation. You will be involved in equipment sign-off as per the pre-scheduled downtime for the equipment. This position requires you to maintain the master project schedule, consider contingency plans, and provide daily direction to a Maintenance Technician assigned to the project. You will leverage cross functional resources to support your efforts in ensuring minimized downtime for the new equipment, and exceed project OEE targets.
You will lead efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems. You will monitor, track and adjust as required to exceed minimum OEE expectations and maximum downtime expectations.
How You Will Do It
What we look for
Our components plant in West Union, South Carolina produces all the parts that go into batteries used in cars, boats, and heavy-duty trucks. We began operations in 1985 and now employ more than 300 people and operate six days per week. We are actively involved in our local community and give back through The Salvation Army, March of Dimes, back-to-school drives and the Oconee County Animal Shelter.
What you get:
Clarios is the creator behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands. We are the car battery found in most new vehicles including leading brands such as Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. Our 16,000 employees develop, manufacture, and distribute batteries for virtually every type of vehicle. We recover, recycle, and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials, leading sustainability practices in our industry. Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls Battery Group, is currently a Brookfield portfolio company. Learn more about us at www.clarios.com.
We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, gender, ethnicity, and all other characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.
A Note to Job Applicants: please be aware of scams being perpetrated through the Internet and social media platforms. Clarios will never require a job applicant to pay money as part of the application or hiring process.
To all recruitment agencies: Clarios does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Clarios employees or any other company location. Clarios is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs.
As a Process Engineer you will review, participate in, and lead two Major Equipment rebuild projects and two Medium Level equipment rebuild projects the Powerframe area, as part of Clarios-Oconee plant’s future vision. In this role, you will manage at least 10 critical vendors in the quoting, contract, timing, purchase order, and scheduling installation. You will be involved in equipment sign-off as per the pre-scheduled downtime for the equipment. This position requires you to maintain the master project schedule, consider contingency plans, and provide daily direction to a Maintenance Technician assigned to the project. You will leverage cross functional resources to support your efforts in ensuring minimized downtime for the new equipment, and exceed project OEE targets.
You will lead efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems. You will monitor, track and adjust as required to exceed minimum OEE expectations and maximum downtime expectations.
How You Will Do It
- Contract management and contingency planning
- Project parallel and series activities, resource balancing, and critical path reporting via timeline roll ups.
- Regular CAPEX updates through entire process.
- Provides training to Powerframe Technicians
- Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans.
- Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers.
- Participates in the final check out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.
- Drives projects to reduce scrap / dross, downtime and while increase OEE through availability, performance, and speed.
What we look for
- Bachelor's Degree (engineering)
- 5 years of experience in a Powerframe technician role required.
- 5 experience working equipment vendors, trouble-shooting, RCCA processes, and PDCA processes.
- Must have an understanding of the application of Lean Six Sigma Tools, Maximo, and TPM
- Should have good oral/written communication skills and possess strong plant level business acumen.
- Able to speak in public and mentor small teams internally and externally.
Our components plant in West Union, South Carolina produces all the parts that go into batteries used in cars, boats, and heavy-duty trucks. We began operations in 1985 and now employ more than 300 people and operate six days per week. We are actively involved in our local community and give back through The Salvation Army, March of Dimes, back-to-school drives and the Oconee County Animal Shelter.
What you get:
- Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire
- Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
- Parental and caregiver leave programs
- All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and domestic partner benefits
- Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership
- HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility
- Clarios has been recogizned as one of 2024's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the second consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction.
Clarios is the creator behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands. We are the car battery found in most new vehicles including leading brands such as Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. Our 16,000 employees develop, manufacture, and distribute batteries for virtually every type of vehicle. We recover, recycle, and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials, leading sustainability practices in our industry. Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls Battery Group, is currently a Brookfield portfolio company. Learn more about us at www.clarios.com.
We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, gender, ethnicity, and all other characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.
A Note to Job Applicants: please be aware of scams being perpetrated through the Internet and social media platforms. Clarios will never require a job applicant to pay money as part of the application or hiring process.
To all recruitment agencies: Clarios does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Clarios employees or any other company location. Clarios is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs.
