Essential Responsibilities: | - Develop manufacturing processes for New Product Introduction (NPI), documenting process changes, driving process / fixture improvements, driving lead and cycle time improvements, cost of quality (COQ), and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) actions
- Define investment and expense needs, driving from preparing for approvals to completion
- Participate in LEAN initiative, and engage Six Sigma tools for process improvements
- Develop and implement process improvements to reduce costs and cycles
- Design necessary fixtures and tooling for manufacturing NPI’s and for process improvements
- Manage multiple projects by providing scheduling, resource management, budget control and EHS compliance
- Bring new ideas and positive support to the current process
- Implement productivity actions in order to improve the process and respect objectives
- Participate in EHS related actions, to improve safety in own area
- Lead and effectively interface with manufacturing, sales, marketing, and other support teams to complete projects to meet EHS, production, quality, cost savings, and new product development goals within schedule and budget
- Interface with vendors and internal contacts in an effective manner to ensure that the technical and EHS perspective is properly conveyed
- Assure that all engineering designs and technical data are complete and accurately documented to provide an accurate technical/historical base for future reference and to meet customer / end user requirements |