• Automation Project Management:
Create collaborative project communication channels with Product Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, Supervision, and floor operators.
Manage suppliers of capital equipment for turn- key applications/custom equipment. Manage cost, timing and budget of each project
Attend improvement meetings, work with the Operations Team to develop action plans for new automatic, and semi- automatic equipment, and scheduling needs
Deliver formal presentations to leadership regarding project status.
Develop agendas to facilitate and document project meetings
Coordinate development plan and follow- up actions, including but not limited to Conceptualization, Simulation, or Prototyping
Develop and maintain Gantt Charts, Project Schedules, Risk Assessments, and Contingency Plans
• Factory Automation and Technology Development
Assist with Continuous Improvement Projects in Kaizen Activities, Visual Management, OEE, etc
Commit to major strategic cost, quality and delivery initiatives with aggressive focus on breakthrough process and technology improvements to achieve a substantial competitive advantage
Have the ability to conduct research, development, and implementation of new manufacturing technologies, Robotics, or IoT platforms and capital equipment to improve current throughput, scrap/rework reduction, reduce cost, improve quality, reliability and visuality.
And/ or have the capability to use PLC, computer- based, and cellphone- based language to program automatic equipment, and integration systems (to Automatic Software and Electrics Design- Mechatronic Engineering).
Have the capability to use CAD to design automatic equipment, integration system (to Automatic Hardware and Mechanical Design- Mechatronic Engineering)
Have ability to build simulations, real prototypes to confirm feasibility as well as fabrication time/cost estimates and test proposed fabrication processes
Conduct equipment certification and run- off, using statistical analysis tools to verify equipment, capability
Engage in automation and innovation courses through technology co- research and development as well as engineering co- test and deployment.
• Automation Design Analysis and Continuous Improvement
Possess a systematic as well as creative approach to the problem- solving process
Exhibit vision and foresight to test process extremes and build a robust risk assessment analysis matrix to ensure project success
Perform a wide variety of calculations and software- aided analysis
Understand well the financial impacts of problem and solution
Provide multiple what- if scenarios to find the best total cost solution
