What are the responsibilities and job description for the ENGINEER MANUFACTURING position at Howmet Fastening Systems Aichach GmbH?
Responsibilities
This position is responsible for developing manufacturing methods to produce parts that consistently meet or exceed our customers’ requirements. Also, continuous improvement of processes by improving methods and developing new methods of manufacturing, leading to increased yields and reduced labor content.
This position is responsible for developing manufacturing methods to produce parts that consistently meet or exceed our customers’ requirements. Also, continuous improvement of processes by improving methods and developing new methods of manufacturing, leading to increased yields and reduced labor content.
- Conceives, evaluates, and implements problem solving activities, cost reduction initiatives and part/process improvement activities.
- External customer escapes - Investigates and analyzes root cause. Develops and implements correction action plans.
- General Technical Support - Collects data and answers customer requests.
- Quotation Prep - Develops material, scrap, and labor costs for cost modeling.
- Tooling Development and Build - Attends NPI meeting and provides input based on customer specifications for BOM, routings and milestone plans. Provides manufacturing support fixtures and dies.
- Process Development - Provides manufacturing support for prototypes, instructions, and data analysis.
- Equipment Design, Build and Procure - Troubleshoots, validates, and qualifies equipment.
- Cell and Standard Work Development - Conducts time studies. Develops cell layout
- Part Number Scrap Reduction and Yield Improvement - Collects data and analysis. Attends QSI meeting
- Floor Coverage and Support - Completes general daily process walk through. Collects data and analysis
- Standard Labor and Process Time Reduction - Analyzes shift labor efficiencies and affectivities. Conducts cost modeling. Implements tooling change
- Deviant Part Review and Disposition - Reviews scrap in all areas
- Systems thinker--sees the business and its operation holistically; understands actions and reactions; considers multiple pathways of potential effect before decisions; thinks strategically about interventions with an eye toward scale
- Optimizer--constantly challenging the organization to work smarter; supports others to ensure they have what they need to do their work successfully
- Anticipation--looks ahead to minimize potential issues and maximize advantages; prepares others for what comes next
- Operational accelerator--drives continuous improvement; understands ramifications of automation and other advances; advocates for safety, ergonomics, and scalable solutions.
- Organization and structure--works within existing structures while striving to improve and standardize them; provides accurate information; galvanizes others toward common goals
- Influence--leverages knowledge, relationship, data, and perspective to persuade, educate and navigate; gains buy in and adoption of ideas and practices at scale; interacts with a variety of stakeholders.
- Data informed--focused on things that drive quantifiable business outcomes; evaluates based on quantitative feedback; knows and explains the “why” behind actions
- Prioritized reaction--handles the unexpected without losing sight of important objectives; reacts where greatest leverage points exist
- Relationship--connects individually and with teams across shifts and practices; builds rapport and commonality; creates a “win together” ethic; serves as liaison between shop floor and engineering; keeps the pulse of the floor; helps people feel heard
