Manufacturing Process Engineer

Company: Rieke LLC

Primary Location: • Circuito Corral de Piedras Manzana 1, Lote 16, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato 37888 MEX

Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time

Function: Engineering

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Position Summary:
Responsible for Engineering Changes. Supports for Shop Floor, Tool Room, Quality Department and Maintenance Staff. Identifies and Implements projects to improve equipment and/or operator performance quality, uptime, cycle time, cavitation, scrap reduction, etc. Leads implementation of new product introduction and new equipment installation/upgrade activity to ensure successful launches. Be a change agent leader; drive the cultural transformation necessary to achieve world-class performance by the organization and promotes a positive teamwork environment.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure performance goals are met for quality, on-time delivery to customer, equipment throughput, equipment uptime and scrap.
• Support manufacturing operations in areas of process development, machine programming, machinery & equipment acquisition, manufacturing layout, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and manage external relationships with mold suppliers, assembly equipment suppliers and local fabricators to achieve overall performance objectives.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities in our manufacturing operations and implement new processes that improve our quality, cost, capacity, and overall capability.
• Lead with outside vendors and corporate technical team members the commissioning of new equipment, ensuring the design specification is achieved.
• Develop and implement well-managed process for equipment changeovers to optimize uptime and ensure performance objectives are achieved. Continuously explore opportunities to reduce equipment changeover times.
• Develop and document operating procedures related to equipment maintenance. Train team members to effectively use the procedures in their day-to-day roles.
• Reporting on the performance of identified KPIs and on opportunities for improvement to management.
• Ensuring the promotion of customer focus throughout the organization and in particular, your area of responsibility.
• Define, analyze and improve injection processes, considering customer requirements, quality standards, ergonomics, safety and environment to achieve competitiveness and profitability of the organization.
• Develop and manage the flow diagram and process AMEF.
• Create the documentation for the injection process according to the drawing and design (work instructions, process sheets, visual aids, etc.).
• Define, control and improve production times of injection processes.
• Collaborate with the purchasing department to ensure optimal management of suppliers.
• Collaborate with the maintenance department to ensure preventive and corrective maintenance, in order to avoid injection process problems.

Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineering Degree
• Green Belt Lean or Six Sigma Certification
• 2-4 years’ experience in similar engineering/technical position
• Injection Molding
• Metal Stamping/Forming
• High and Low speed Assembly
• ISO
• Quality Systems
• 8D problem solving method
• Strong 2D and 3D Drawing Characteristics
• Extensive experience with pneumatic devices and pressure activated devices.
• Drive formal Continuous Improvement Projects to ensure milestones are met