Manufacturing Controls Engineer

Position Description:

• Ensure compliance to the GVOSS (Global Vehicle Operations Structured Standards)
• Review supplier tooling and conveyor designs for compliance with the GVOSS, for both hardware and programming. GVOSS contains all the standards for tooling and conveyors for North America.
• Approve/reject GVOSS deviations as required. Determine if a deviation is necessary.
• Develop and propose GVOSS enhancements for cost, quality and performance.
• Review new controls concepts and designs.
• Develop and implement improvements to control systems and equipment using Factory Information Systems (FIS) data.
• Lead capital project teams, develop capitol appropriations requests and manage the projects from concept through commissioning.
• Lead costing for controls related to tooling and conveyors find acceptable cost reduction opportunities. Including writing scopes of work for controls in tooling and conveyors.
• Lead risk assessment for controls programming and controls hardware changes.
• Write functional descriptions; develop tooling and conveyor scopes of work, assist in writing scopes of work.
• Lead problem solving to assist plants and implementation teams in resolving tooling and conveyor performance issues.
• Lead trouble shooting; coordinate resources to find root cause and fixes, manage and breakdown problems into items that can be validated. Determine proper validation methods.
• Assist in the training of manufacturing personnel and plant electricians.
• Assist in integration of controls into IT systems like Factory Information Systems (FIS), Error Proofing, and Next Generation Automated Vehicle Scheduling.

Skills Required:

• Supplier project management skills preferred
• CPARS/MEARS experience preferred
• FIS reports (running and analyzing) preferred
• Competency in MTTR/MTBF and the FRED process preferred
• Backgrounds in Controls Design and PLC programming preferred
• Automotive manufacturing experience preferred
• Rockwell PLC (Control Logix) and other Rockwell components required
• VFD experience required
• RSLogix 5, 500, 5000; RSView and Factory Talk knowledge preferred
• Robots (Fanuc)
• Ethernet IP for controls required
• Vision systems preferred

Experience Required:

• Problem solving skills using statistics (6 Sigma Black Belt preferred)
• Ability to lead 8D
• MS Office Application competency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Project Management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Systems Engineering (Electrical and Mechanical) skills

Education Required:

• BS in Electrical Engineering or 5 years minimum controls experience engineering degree