Develops manufacturing methods, equipment and processes for programs.
- Defines equipment utilization, floor space requirements, process flow, and layout of equipment and
- workspace for maximum efficiency. Meets the customer's capacity requirements and targeted
- cycle time.
- Engineers manufacturing processes collaborative1y with product engineering to ensure
- manufacturable product designs which utilize standard production processes, equipment and
- methods.
- Writes equipment and process specifications. Purchases, installs and debugs effective equipment
- that meets all financial and quality requirements for new products and programs.
- Defines cycle time, balanced work content in manufacturing cells and stations, and plant process
- staffing requirements and costs. Ensures that processes and product designs meet the customer's
- and Cooper's expectations and financial targets.
- Ensures equipment and manufacturing processes are ready and available for customer critical
- events including run at rate, PPAP and critical builds for customer MRDs.
- Responsible for creating, updating and maintaining all manufacturing and process engineering
- documents required for launches.
- Creates the manufacturing bill of materials, process flow diagrams, process failure mode effective
- analysis (PFMEA), and tooling authorization to proceed (TATP).
- Creates all equipment and process preventive maintenance schedules and procedures.
- Applies Lean principles to new product launches including minimizing WIP, ergonomic work
- stations, visual management and 58. Utilizes the concepts of continuous improvement and cost reduction in the execution of the job function.
- Applies statistical methods to solve problems and improve manufacturing processes.
- Complies with policies and procedures pertaining to facility or divisional adopted standards such as
- IATF 16949 and ISO 14001.
Complies and shares best practice and lessons learned initiatives.