The role of the Process Engineer within the plant is to receive new projects, adjust, improve, and deliver production lines that meet product and quality standards for manufacturing. The Process Engineer is also responsible for ensuring that production lines remain in optimal condition throughout the product lifecycle by driving continuous improvement initiatives and providing the necessary support to meet internal and customer requirements.

Key Objectives

• Define process parameters.
• Validate, through data analysis, that the defined parameters are reliable for product manufacturing.
• Design, improve, or modify production lines to ensure compliance with product design requirements.
• Define critical spare parts based on manufacturer specifications or process experience.
• Maintain and safeguard the mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical designs of the plant’s tools and equipment.
• Install new tooling within production lines.
• Deliver robust tools to production that enable manufacturing in accordance with customer specifications.
• Design new tools and/or improve existing ones.

Engineering Change Management & APQP

During program phases, comply with the applicable requirements of procedure SJI-P-DSS-7100 Advanced Quality Planning.

• Actively participate with the IPL in defining tooling & equipment (T&E) and manufacturing processes during the early stages of the PMS.
• Follow up on prototype manufacturing activities.
• Update manufacturing routines.
• Capture lessons learned and share best practices.
• Work with the IPL to develop the appropriate process flow diagram.
• Obtain support from technology experts or support functions when required.
• Define cycle times according to takt time and standard operations.
• Integrate ergonomic principles into product and process design.
• Release process flow diagrams.
• Establish manufacturing routines.
• Release manufacturing process documentation.
• Monitor production equipment build activities.
• Ensure equipment release and installation within the plant.
• Lead the equipment acceptance process.
• Notify the IPL and the ME&P Manager of issues identified during the T&E design, PT, MPT, and EMPT phases and provide solutions to process-related concerns.
• Contribute to the engineering change management process.

Continuous Improvement

• Conduct productivity analyses of manufacturing processes.
• Implement improvement action plans.
• Coordinate with suppliers to implement necessary tooling improvements.
• Reduce scrap and production downtime.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.

Production Support

• Ensure compliance with the requirements of the Quality Management System (QMS) described in manuals, process maps, procedures, and work instructions, as well as applicable customer-specific, regulatory, and legal requirements.
• Comply with the Quality Policy, the 8 Quality Basics, and customer-specific requirements.
• In the event of identifying a product quality nonconformance, has the authority to stop the process or material flow and notify the Quality Department to establish containment actions and controls for nonconforming products with the responsible departments.

Problem Solving

• Provide support for process troubleshooting and problem-solving activities.
• Support production with major adjustments requiring the restoration of original process parameters.
• Train operators and technical personnel on specialized aspects related to specific manufacturing processes.