Location: Duy Tien, Ha Nam
Position Title: Process Engineer
Department: Process Engineering
Reports to: Process Engineering Leader
Scope of Position:
• Improve existing procedures and processes from start of production till end of process life cycle.
• Take over leadership or specialist/key user responsibilities for Gentherm local projects, processes, programs and procedures.
• Develop and apply production processes for seat comfort systems (seat heaters, comfort cools etc.) and participating in project team according to Gentherm APQP/PCP procedures.
Responsibilities
(for executives additional: the subordinated departments with the particular functions of the employees):
• Analyze the manufacturing process continuously, in order to identify areas with opportunity for improvement. And work in coordination with others to improve the productivity of the entire plant.
• Define and develop process flow for new product including define and maintain routing and manufacturing bill of material in the SAP system
• Checking/evaluate all material process requirements (include packaging) for each process. Making up requirement in case new process requests.
• Initiate and develop PFMEA prior production
• Take part in corrective actions arising from customer complaints and/or quality audits.
• Participate in the processes Run & Rate, PSO and PPAP’s.
• Train operators on processes.
• Harmonize and define process parameters for each process base on equipment and material requirements.
• Design, master drawing process confirm and release.
• Comply with the provisions of the Environmental Management System and ISO 14001 Technical Specification IATF 16949.
• Implement time study on new process.
• Define and optimize material scrap rate for developed each process
• Establish, review and control standards of work or rework.
• Checking/evaluate environment requirement for each process. Making up requirements in case new process requests.
• Ensure the equipment and/or tool are in safe conditions to be operated, if otherwise, it must be blocked and pointed out that said equipment is not on operating conditions and avoid its use until it is repaired or replaced.
• Implement LEAN on manufacturing
• Prepare documentation for audits of IATF 16949
• Support the production area.
• Conduct and implement process feasibility test—equipment test, material test, method test.
• Define and evaluate related equipment, device, jig, tool, transfer tool, process requirements for each process. Making related specification in case new process requests.
• Participate in the PPAP parts production and document in PDM.
• Training related staff as a teacher regarding new product process.
• Follow up job 0 run and take lead of technical activities, take the lead to release each process (release by team: production, equipment, quality, IE, design).
• Follow Sample production, trial run and take lead of technical activities. Conduct process capability study.
• Elaborate requisitions of engineering changes and submit to product engineers.
• Create process and manufacturing documents: production drawing, Jig, instruct and monitoring Manufacturing Instruction status and MI release.
• Identify and solve operational problems with new equipment, solve operational failures directly with the suppliers of tools.
