Manufacturing Engineer

Tenneco’s Motorparts (DRiV) is a world leader in the international automotive aftermarket built from the combined strengths of Tenneco, Federal-Mogul and Öhlins with 31 of the best known and respected aftermarket brands, including 14 brands 100 years or older. Our colleagues throughout 25 countries around the world work as one team, driving advancements that help our customers get the most from every vehicle, every ride, every race and every journey.

We are looking for an Manufacturing Engineer. The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for applying engineering principles and analytical techniques to establish and improve manufacturing processes. Functions performed include determining the machines, equipment, tools, and the sequence of operations necessary to perform production and assembly operations. The position will lead the effort to understand and create lean processes by analyzing work balance and creating standard work. Analyze opportunities to combine work into cells and lead implementation. Provide leadership to frontline supervision for lean implementation.

The team is ready to act immediately on those candidates who are the best fit for the role. We pride ourselves on moving through processes quickly, and you can be sure of transparency and prompt communication throughout.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Utilizes time studies to understand and improve work balance.

· Analyze opportunities to reduce/eliminate the waste of overproduction, waiting, conveyance, over-processing, inventory, unnecessary motion, defects, and unused team member cycle time (using VSM).

· Educates team members operators on the importance of eliminating the wastes denoted above.

· Drives productivity improvements.

· Promotes basics and drives implementation of 5’s.

· Acts as a change agent for the value stream.

NPI, ECN and CI savings Requirements

• Preliminary engineering and design

• Cost estimation, tendering and customer quotation.
• Detailed concurrent engineering and design based on customer requirements.
• Material requirements planning
• Resource and capacity planning and load balancing
• Procurement of sub-contracted services and materials
• Advance procurement of long lead items
• Production scheduling in relation to completion of engineering tasks and available capacities
• Production order execution coordinated by project dates and quantity requirements.
• Forecasting of final estimated cost at completion, profits and revenues
• Engineering change management and project variations and issue management
• Customer billing
• Profit recognition
• Monthly reporting of project KPIs, progress, variations, and issues

· Follows the Quality Management System requirements as outlined in the applicable QMS documents; and suggests ways for continual improvement.

· Follows EHS rules and regulations and suggests ways for continual improvement.

· Promptly reports quality problems, personal injuries and unsafe conditions.

· Maintains a clean and orderly work area.

Education: bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or related engineering field.

Skills & Experience:

· Minimum 1-2 years of operations experience in a manufacturing environment.

· Previous exposure to Lean Manufacturing environment. A plus if have experience in the application and implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles.

· Knowledge of the principles of ergonomics, constraint management and visual pull.

· Creative and innovative thinking.

· Knowledge of products produced in the value stream and costs related to the value stream processes.

· Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

· Analytical abilities necessary to plan and prioritize own work, complete work on schedule and maintain required records and logs.

· Interpersonal skills necessary to exchange information with variety of employees and vendors.

· Analytical trouble shooting and problem solving (root cause analysis, FM Tips, etc.).

Understands paperwork used to control production process like bills of material, routings, etc.