Lead Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

at  Adient

JOB DESCRIPTION

Lead Advanced Manufacturing Engineer
What can you expect?
Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With 70,000+ employees in 30 countries, Adient operates more than 200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual foam, trim and metal components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, visit www.adient.com.
At Adient we are proud to offer hybrid working to our employees which involves being able to work remotely for up to 5 days per week.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Appropriate deployment, support and motivation of employees
• Technical management and training of new employees in the project phases and the resulting distribution of tasks.
• Ensuring the management function through the use of management tools (such as development and feedback discussions, performance appraisals, target agreements, etc.).
• Promoting employees and ensuring their performance
• Induction of new employees according the projects and tasks. Ensuring the mentor functions.
• Execution of capacity planning
• Determine and analyzation of process steps, assemblies and outputs
• Selection of the appropriate production technologies and methods
• Process development and assembly sequencing (process flow chart in Visio) for new programs)
• Use industrial engineering methods to determine the process and/or assembly time (MTM)
• Manufacture feasibility analysis (DFA/DFM) and Conducting of Process-FMEAs (Scio-System) as well as participation at Design-FMEAs on new products
• Perform cost analysis of product and process alternatives (investments and assembly time)
• Write process specifications and make recommendations regarding ergonomic improvements
• Write specifications for manufacturing equipment and make recommendations for equipment procurement
• Work with SD-Teams to complete product launches & execute Product and Process industrialization together with the SD-Team at dedicated plants
• Monitor program specific equipment through the build phase at the supplier and production start-up (industrialization at dedicated plant
• Improvement strategies: Participate and/or lead activities for manufacturing footprint analysis, continuous improvement of new and/or ongoing manufacturing process and lean manufacturing implementation)

Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?

• 5 years minimum experience as a Advanced Manufacturing or Industrial Engineer, OEM or Tier One automotive seating or metals work experience, High volume automotive manufacturing engineering work experience
• Metal Processes and Equipment knowledge (Stamping / Pressing / Joining Technologies like Laser-, ARC Welding & Assembling)
• Experience in Process & Equipment selection & procurement
• Experience in Product industrialization / -execution
• Experience and knowledge in Production Systems (TPS), Lean manufacturing and Time Studies (MTM)
• Experience and knowledge in GD&T
• Experience and knowledge in FMEA and Control Plan (I-, S-,C Characteristics)
• Statistical knowledge (SPC, MSA, Capability Studies)

Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.
We are looking forward to receiving your application including your salary expectations and your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Miroslav Luhový on +421 32/741 33 92 .

• Appropriate deployment, support and motivation of employees
• Technical management and training of new employees in the project phases and the resulting distribution of tasks.
• Ensuring the management function through the use of management tools (such as development and feedback discussions, performance appraisals, target agreements, etc.).
• Promoting employees and ensuring their performance
• Induction of new employees according the projects and tasks. Ensuring the mentor functions.
• Execution of capacity planning
• Determine and analyzation of process steps, assemblies and outputs
• Selection of the appropriate production technologies and methods
• Process development and assembly sequencing (process flow chart in Visio) for new programs)
• Use industrial engineering methods to determine the process and/or assembly time (MTM)
• Manufacture feasibility analysis (DFA/DFM) and Conducting of Process-FMEAs (Scio-System) as well as participation at Design-FMEAs on new products
• Perform cost analysis of product and process alternatives (investments and assembly time)
• Write process specifications and make recommendations regarding ergonomic improvements
• Write specifications for manufacturing equipment and make recommendations for equipment procurement
• Work with SD-Teams to complete product launches & execute Product and Process industrialization together with the SD-Team at dedicated plants
• Monitor program specific equipment through the build phase at the supplier and production start-up (industrialization at dedicated plant
• Improvement strategies: Participate and/or lead activities for manufacturing footprint analysis, continuous improvement of new and/or ongoing manufacturing process and lean manufacturing implementation