Project Engineer

Objective

Manages major capital equipment and tooling projects, relative to machining, part washing, assembly, leak detection, gauging, automation and packaging to company standards that meet program timing plans.

Main Responsibilities

• Manages major capital equipment and tooling projects, relative to machining, part washing, assembly, leak detection, gauging, automation and packaging to company standards that meet program timing plans.
• Develop and expand on CNC Tooling and fixturing initiatives that are currently in place and apply best practices to upcoming programs to Nemak. • Supports management of CNC programming and tooling inventory, and applies robust machining and tooling practices.
• Leads company technical development for new technologies related to machining, automation and assembly.
• Performs capability analysis and review on all new capital equipment
• Supports Estimating department to define technical requirements to obtain an accurate tool quote and to assess feasibility.
• Leads new program requirements and communication for machining and secondary operations requirements Including customer purchasing, engineering, and manufacturing to assure a robust process.
• Provides plant productivity support for automation and plant engineering and apply lean activities.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Preferred, Associates Required
• CNC Programming experience preferred
• Tool Design and Fixture design experience preferred
• AutoCAD, Robot Studio, NX, basic SAP experience preferred