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Controls Engineer

GKN Automotive Limited
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Full-time

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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  • Develop methods, tooling and techniques to continuously reduce the time and effort involved in setting-up, changing over and operations of manufacturing equipment.
  • Modify manufacturing processes for safety improvement, quality improvement, cost reduction, or design changes.
  • Achieve financial objectives by assisting in the preparation of the budget, scheduling expenditures, managing project budgets and initiating corrective actions.
  • Manage capital projects, including : development of equipment specification, coordination of equipment runoffs, installation of equipment, and management of outside contractors.
  • Update and maintain equipment drawings for production and equipment, including layouts and machine risk assessments.
  • Develop engineering solutions for repetitive equipment / process failures.
  • Assist in identification of departmental training requirements and may provide training for improvement of skill levels.
  • Review, recommend and coordinate TPM, PM, Proactive Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance Programs to prevent equipment failures and maximize machinery up-time.
  • Manage outside contractors involved in process / equipment improvement.
  • Work closely with all levels of the organization to improve upon manufacturing machinery and process improvements to design out failure modes.
  • Lead Kaizen activities and document results.
  • Know significant environmental aspects of the job and the related operational controls.
  • Develop & maintain PFMEA’s & control plans (IQRM software), machine risk assessments.
  • Troubleshoot cell equipment including pneumatics, hydraulics, precision measurement, PLC’s (Allen Bradley & Siemens), robots (Yaskawa Motoman), vision systems (Keyence & Cognex) for both color and part measurement and feature detection as well as parameter adjustments.
  • Conduct data-based root cause analysis using six sigma and / or A3 methods.
  • Although time on the floor fluctuates greatly, an average of 50% minimum of the time should be expected to be on the floor implementing changes, reviewing equipment or preparing for upcoming projects.
  • Process design and launch from customer requirements through equipment, tooling acquisition. Execute PPAP, run at rates and other customer and internal requirements leading to a successful launch at SOP.

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