Process Engineer

Description

Job Summary: A Process Engineer controls and improves manufacturing, assembly, and packaging operations, ensuring compliance with specific customer requirements. Key Highlights: 1. Development and maintenance of Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA) 2. Leadership in product launches and lean manufacturing projects 3. Identification and development of improvement opportunities with annual impact Job Objective: The Process Engineer controls and improves established processes for manufacturing, assembly, testing, packaging, and inspection of products. Process management aims to meet specific customer requirements. Primary Responsibilities: * Develop and maintain up-to-date Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, and MSA) for models under their responsibility. * Resolve problems using tools such as 8D, 5 Whys, DMAIC, A3, etc. * Prepare and maintain process documentation (work instructions, process parameter sheets, production reports). * Keep bill-of-materials lists updated. * Develop routings for various assemblies, defining Hours/1000\. * Lead product and manufacturing process launches or transfers. * Balance production lines. * Coordinate with Quality Engineering for evaluation of nonconforming material. * Lead meetings with suppliers and customers in English. * Identify improvement opportunities and implement them as projects (Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Overproduction, Overprocessing, Defects, and Skills), demonstrating annual savings of $50,000 USD. * Prepare CAPEX requests. * Lead working meetings at all organizational levels. * Prepare executive presentations for high-impact situations affecting the organization. * Identify, analyze, and manage issues and risks. * Develop and track metric improvement plans. * Lead lean manufacturing projects (5S, SMED, Kanban, Hoshin Kanri, Visual Management Andon, etc.). * Make decisions based on statistical tools. Requirements English C2 professional level (spoken, written, and reading) 3–5 years of experience in similar roles: Process Engineer, Project Engineer, or Manufacturing Engineer Certifications in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Employment Type: Full-time Application Question(s): * Experience in the automotive maquiladora industry Experience: * Process Engineering: 5 years (Mandatory) * Manufacturing Engineering: 1 year (Mandatory) Language: * English (Mandatory) Work Location: On-site employment