NPD Industrialization Engineer II

at  American Standard

About Us:
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committed to making better homes a reality for everyone, everywhere.
We make it happen with pioneering water and housing technology
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commitment to having a positive impact on the planet are integral
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We invite you to make this journey with us. It is as challenging as it is
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Overview:
This role is responsible for supporting the industrialization of Chinaware New Product Development (NPD) within our manufacturing facilities. The Project Engineer will also be responsible for supporting existing products as
quality or manufacturing issues related to design arise. The engineer will need to work closely with the operations, quality, and process teams during these projects. The engineer will be responsible for creating the necessary documentation to hand over the product to operations. They will need to drive the definition of processes, implementation of best practices processes, and use their expertise to suggest design modifications that will be beneficial to the product.

Responsibilities:

• Manage projects that drive NPD, Design changes, and cost reduction.
• Establish process controls for NPD projects that ensure we reach target yields, cost, and quality.
• Act as a key link between Engineering US, Operations team, quality teams, and process teams to properly introduce new products into the manufacturing plants.
• Utilize continuous improvement solutions and six sigma methodologies to drive product improvements.
• Create Standard Operating procedures for NPD and existing products.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. Preferable degrees would be in Chemical, Industrial , Ceramic, Materials or Mechanical disciplines
• 2 - 3 or more years of experience working in a related position.
• Interpretation of control charts, process capability (Cp and Cpk).
• Must speak fluent English
• Advanced Statistics (8D’s, 5 Whys, brainstorming, Pareto charts, histograms)

Preferred

• Lean Manufacturing experience
• Experience writing PFMEA’s
• Six Sigma certification

Hiring Range:
Aplicable de acuerdo a localidad
EEO Statement:
Declaración de Igualdad de Oportunidades de Empleo: AS Maquila México S. de R.L. de C.V. y American Standard B&K México, son empleadores que ofrecen igualdad de oportunidades. Todos los solicitantes que resulten calificados para la posición para la que apliquen, serán considerados para el empleo sin distinción de raza, color, religión, lugar de origen, ascendencia, orientación sexual, identidad de género, genética, discapacidad, estado civil, edad, estado civil, estado de salud, condición o cualquier otra característica protegida por la ley

• Manage projects that drive NPD, Design changes, and cost reduction.
• Establish process controls for NPD projects that ensure we reach target yields, cost, and quality.
• Act as a key link between Engineering US, Operations team, quality teams, and process teams to properly introduce new products into the manufacturing plants.
• Utilize continuous improvement solutions and six sigma methodologies to drive product improvements.
• Create Standard Operating procedures for NPD and existing products