EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:

• Required: Bac +3 / BTS or Bachelor in electromechanics.
• Desirable: Engineering Degree.

EXPERIENCE:

• At least 5 years in industries, experience in automotive industry / or automotive testing industry as an asset.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Technical background (5 years of experience in Road Tire Testing, automotive instrumentation or similar as a minimum),
• Knowledge of vehicle dynamics and tire construction as an asset.
• Fluent in English & French, German is an asset.
• Administrative know-how, documentation writing, MS Office knowledge.
• Good communication, listening, and analyzing skills. Apply stop – think – act mindset.
• Strong team player, high flexibility, able to adapt to any testing environment (multiple testing locations) and weather conditions (extreme cold or hot temperatures).
• Ethical values: Honest and full transparency, provide info on valid driver’s license or loss.
  Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 71,000 people and manufactures its products in 55 facilities in 22 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

Instrumentation:

• Develop, purchase, install and/or validate measurement, mechanical, electrical & hydraulic equipment on/for our Skidtrailers.
• Supervise custom software for data acquisition & machinery for our Skidtrailers performed by Technology support team.
• Manage maintenance & ensure preventive upgrades on all Skidtrailers except van maintenance.
• Maintain and repair Skidtrailer equipment by using our in-house electrical workshop or by subtracting to our listed suppliers.
• Comply with all safety requirements and instructions and proactively raise all potential safety issues.
• Respect quality system & contribute to create/update department procedures & work instructions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities, process and procedure development and PPI internal projects.
• Support road tire testing department in driving strong safety culture, reaching high quality standards, and building a strong team spirit.
• Consistently document technical information for adequate sharing of knowledge.

Calibration technician:

• Manage calibration of Skid trailer instrumentation in order to comply to legal test and ISO 17025.
• Enter calibration data into calibration software and validate/send for approval calibration steps.
• Send measurement equipment for calibration according to monthly due list.
• Issue non-conformity reports as applicable.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate Skidtrailer equipment calibration plan together with calibration team.
• Write work instructions/user manuals for Skidtrailer measuring & test equipment.
• Read user manual from our equipment and transfer important information to a Goodyear standard protocol for Skidtrailer usage.
• Manage housekeeping of test equipment and workshop.
• Handling of test equipment and test items in a manner that protects them against loss and damage.
• Contribute, comply with and follow-up of all Quality System requirements.
• Contribute to a safe working environment, comply with all safety requirements and instructions.
• Contribute to Continual improvement process (OFI), CIS activities.
• Contribute and comply with all EHS activities.