What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Engineer position at Velocity Restorations?
Job Description
Job Description
Salary : Process Engineer
About Us
Velocity produces restomod restorations where classic vehicles are upgraded with modern parts, drivetrain, and technology making them functionally new while maintaining an original or vintage aesthetic. The company has pioneered a custom classic vehicle renovation via an assembly line process, ensuring a high level of quality control, with a known price, and significantly decreased build time. We have a talented team of 130 employees and a 135,000 square foot facility in Cantonment, Florida where we are continuing to add additional production lines and new vehicle offerings.
Reports To
Director of Engineering, Process, and Quality
Overview
The Process Engineer will be responsible for designing, analyzing, and improving manufacturing and operational processes to enhance efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness. This role requires a strong focus on continuous improvement, collaboration across departments, and adherence to safety and compliance standards.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day production of vehicle restorations across all manufacturing areas including fabrication, body, paint, trim, general assembly, test & tune, quality, and refit.
- Develop, implement, and own processes to support re-born vehicle components, assemblies, and systems; Develop and qualify new processes to take products from design to production through product and process integration.
- Develop and optimize production processes in alignment with labor cost targets, and lead initiatives to create and manage manufacturing standard work, job instruction sheets, and other pertinent documents and specifications
- Implement process improvement methodologies and tools (e.g. line balancing, value stream mapping, problem-solving, visual management, etc.) to reduce manufacturing build hours and quality issues, increase production rates, and remove waste from processes across multiple departments
- Identify, plan, and execute capital equipment, machine, and layout upgrades to meet production demand
- Analyze and disposition manufacturing discrepancies and interface with the quality team on root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Review work performed by the Production team and / or external vendors, identify service quality risks, and collaborate with Quality team to drive performance improvement initiatives both internally and externally
- Optimize vehicle components and processes for manufacturing in collaboration with cross-functional teams considering KPIs such as quality, productivity, and capital expenditure
- Analyzes and dispositions manufacturing discrepancies and interfaces with the quality team on root cause analysis and implement corrective actions as required
- Works in a cross-functional team environment as a strong team player and demonstrates the ability to work with other functional groups to achieve company-wide goals.
Required Skills and Abilities
Education and Experience
Physical Demands (To include but not limited to)
Benefits Include
Job duties, salary, and benefits are subject to change throughout duration of employment with Velocity.
Velocity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Velocity does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
