Production Engineer - Assembly

at  Toyota Material Handling

Toyota Material Handling
Big Name│Big Opportunities│Life is Better at Toyota
Let Toyota take your career to new heights. Toyota Material Handling provides employees with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through innovation and creativity in an unmatched culture.
Based in Columbus, Indiana, Toyota offers a full line of high-quality material handling equipment sold under the Toyota brand for over 50 years. We hire great people from a wide array of backgrounds, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes Toyota Material Handling stronger. We seek individuals committed to excellence with talent, skill and innovation. We offer a generous salary and benefits package with a pleasant and enthusiastic work environment.
Toyota Material Handling’s manufacturing facility includes processes for sheet metal cutting and fabrication, steel saw cutting, CNC machining, press brake and hydraulic press forming, manual and robotic MIG welding, resistance welding, powder coating, painting, assembly, and inspection.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL PERFORM FUNCTIONS INCLUDING:

• Lead investigation of new equipment to increase productivity through technology advancement. You will be the project leader in planning, procuring, integrating and installation of production equipment into the Assembly areas.
• Drive Technical improvements including: the implementation of automatic guided vehicles, selection and implementation of controlled torque tools, and projects including automated conveyors and fail-safe devices which automatically stop production when defects occur.
• Proactively identify continuous improvement activities within manufacturing to help our Associates work safely while increasing the quality of our products.
• Engage with stakeholders throughout manufacturing to increase the productivity of operations to deliver Toyota’s customer the best value.
• Support organizational initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of our operations while supporting the community within which we live.
• Support manufacturing to investigate and eliminate downtime within the assigned area.
• Develop a vision and path forward for the area you support which will allow new technology and automation to increase productivity and capacity to meet future sales forecasts.
• Facilitate lean manufacturing practices within the Toyota Production System to improve material flow and inventory levels to reduce lead-time and improve safety.
• Strive to become the technical expert for the assigned support area, and proactively identify and improve issues before problems occur.
• Interact with equipment suppliers and other vendors maintain project timelines.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.