• Console/ Packing Assembly NPD Project Management:
Develop agendas to facilitate and document project meetings
Attend NPD meetings, work with the Operations Team to develop and maintain manufacturing action plans for new tooling, equipment, and production scheduling needs
Coordinate NPD builds and follow- up actions, including but not limited to Engineering Builds, Qualification Builds, and Pilot builds
Deliver formal presentations to leadership regarding project status
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. Manage cost, timing and budget of each project.
Develop and maintain Gantt Charts, Project Schedule, Risk Assessment, and Contingency Plans
• Manufacturing Engineering Development
Assist with Continuous Improvement Projects in: Kaizen Activities, Visual Management, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, OEE, Work Instructions, Time Studies, Line Balancing, etc
Have ability to work with prototypes to confirm manufacturing time/cost estimates and test proposed manufacturing processes
Be familiar with GD&T, Process Flow Diagrams, PFMEA, and Control Plans
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
Conduct equipment certification and run- off, using statistical analysis tools to verify process rate, capability and Gage R&R
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 capability to use CAD to design tooling, fixtures, and gages.
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 o Perform a wide variety of calculations and software aided analysis
Provide multiple what- if scenarios to find best total cost solution
Understand well financial impacts of problems and solution
Possess a systematic as well as creative approach to problem solving process
Exhibit vision and foresight to test process extremes and build a robust risk assessment analysis matrix to ensure project success
