Project Engineer - Development

Description

Job Summary: Comprehensive project management to define, develop, and optimize tooling and processes, ensuring feasibility and profitability prior to manufacturing while meeting customer requirements and regulatory standards. Key Highlights: 1. Comprehensive project management for tooling and process projects 2. Leading PFMEA for processes/tooling and implementation of modifications 3. Essential expertise in plastic injection molding and Engel injection molding machines **Job Objective:** Manage project aspects by defining, developing, and optimizing tooling and processes; confirming product design feasibility; responding to customer requirements, environmental regulations, and occupational health and safety (OHS) standards; and achieving Maier’s profitability objectives during the pre-manufacturing phase. **Main Responsibilities:** * Define part design-related aspects: wall thicknesses, ribs and ejector locations, materials and anchoring methods, surface finishes * Define production equipment design-related aspects: molds, assembly fixtures, frames, packaging, workstations—confirming production means (machines, facilities, etc.) in accordance with the industrial model * Lead PFMEA for processes/tooling jointly with the necessary cross-functional team members * Prepare technical specification sheets, perform tooling project acceptance, obtain samples, validate tooling * Prepare progress reports on production equipment until final acceptance * Define and verify process implementation in accordance with Maier’s industrial model and ergonomic standards: manufacturing flowchart, layout, process guidelines, data sheets, workstation definitions, standard sheets, work instruction sheets, operator training, as well as all other in-plant process documentation * Collaborate actively within teams and contribute to project tracking * Lead implementation of modifications and commissioning of production equipment with suppliers, coordinated with the project team * Contribute technical expertise to supplier identification and selection * Participate in internal and customer audits * Support sample and pre-series manufacturing * Ensure compliance with quality standards for both processes and products * Review process implementation against quotations and optimize and document production processes * Execute industrialization * Verify and ensure production equipment capability in coordination with the Production Department * Provide technical support for technical inquiries, quotations, and technical-economic dossiers * Deliver training on standards based on the STAC methodology and other trainings based on the Maier Production System (MPS) * Ensure personal safety and the safety of others affected by one’s activities, complying with defined safety regulations and preventive measures * The employee is also required to perform any other duties inherent to or related to their position and/or responsibilities * Engineering degree or equivalent experience in comparable roles * Minimum 3 years’ experience performing such functions or similar, having successfully completed 2 project cycles—strategic projects defined by customer, vehicle, complexity, and/or billing level—in multi-technology environments * Languages: English desirable * Plastic injection molding knowledge INDISPENSABLE * Engel injection molding machines INDISPENSABLE * Automation * AutoCAD