Lead Engineer

Engineering Lead is responsible for implementing continuous improvement for existing capacity, implementing new capacity and ensuring the uninterrupted functioning of the production lines while achieving the highest level of quality, up-time, and waste elimination through well-established quality maintenance programs and deployment of advanced tools.

Responsibilities:

• Leading Engineers in attainment of continuous improvement goals of operations and implementation of new model and non-new model capacity improvements.
• Must have excellent project management skills, capable of creating project schedules, maintaining project budgets/forecasts, and tracking/closing open issues. Capable of supporting / creating budgetary cost estimates for new and retool studies.
• Participate in simultaneous engineering activities and suppliers on new model programs.
• Drive Engine /Transmission/ lines and processes to fully PPAP’d requirements at 85% OPE
• Drive kaizen/projects with Engineering Team in areas of waste defined through prioritization.
• Ability to present during plant / project reviews to all levels of leadership of the organization.
• Train, coach, and support the deployment of sophisticated SPW tools on more complex problems (e.g. major and advanced projects utilizing statistical methods to reduce variation).
• Offer hands on trouble-shooting support to the assigned Technical Engineers and Maintenance Support Team in securing/improving OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) of process equipment including the improvement of MTBF (mean time between faults) and reduction in MTTR (mean time between repairs).
• Oversee/ensure the updating of all process equipment related documentation including, but not limited to:
• Tool and operation sheets, machine drawings, tool drawings,
• PFMEA's (process failure model effects analysis), control plans,
• OPL's (one point lessons),
• EWO's (emergency work order), software back-up programs, etc.
• Lead efforts for spare parts definition and cataloging in the business unit assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• 3 years’ experience in Machining Processes
• 3 years in supervisory experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Travel 20/40% - various potential places to equipment suppliers within Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana using company vehicle during working hours.
• Create cost studies as required.
• Machining Process(s) knowledge
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Must be able to work ANY shift
• Must be willing to work overtime