• Manufacturing NPD Project Management:
Develop and maintain Gantt Charts, Project Schedule, Risk Assessment, and Contingency Plans
Create collaborative project communication channels with NPD, Engineering, Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, Quality, Supervision, and floor operators
Manage suppliers of capital equipment for turn- key applications / custom equipment.
Coordinate NPD builds and follow up actions, including but not limited to Engineering Builds, Qualification Builds, and Pilot builds
Manage cost, timing and budget of each project
Attend NPD meetings, work with the Operations Team to develop and maintain manufacturing action plans for new tooling, equipment, and production scheduling needs
Develop agendas to facilitate and document project meetings
Deliver formal presentations to leadership regarding project status
• Manufacturing Engineering Development
Have ability to conduct research, development, and implementation of new manufacturing processes and capital equipment to improve current throughput, scrap/rework reduction, reduce cost, improve quality and improve reliability
Be familiar with GD&T, Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEA, and Control Plans
Have capability to use CAD to design tooling, fixtures, and gages
Commit to major strategic cost, quality and delivery initiatives with aggressive focus on breakthrough process and technology improvements to achieve a substantial competitive advantage
Conduct equipment certification and run- off, using statistical analysis tools to verify process rate, capability and Gage R&R
Have ability to work with prototypes to confirm manufacturing time/cost estimates and test proposed manufacturing processes
Assist with Continuous Improvement Projects in: Kaizen Activities, Visual Management, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, OEE, Work Instructions, Time Studies, Line Balancing, etc
Engage in automation and innovation course through technology co- research and development as well as engineering co- test and deployment
• Process Design Analysis and Continuous Improvement
Provide multiple what- if scenarios to find best total cost solution
Understand well financial impacts of problem and solution
Perform a wide variety of calculations and software aided analysis
Exhibit vision and foresight to test process extremes and build a robust risk assessment analysis matrix to ensure project success
Possess a systematic as well as creative approach to problem solving process
