.GENERAL SUMMARYThe Plant Process Engineer is the manufacturing engineering representative for all plant, equipment, and process tasks for Program Teams (PT). The Plant Process Engineer defines and executes manufacturing processes for new products and customer programs, analyses work force utilization, space requirements, process flow, and designs, buys and installs equipment for maximum efficiency. This person also manages all process tasks and optimization. Works cross functionally with engineering, program management and the Program Team to meet all targets for manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, scrap, containment and efficiency optimization.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESDevelops 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 targets.Cycle time / Compliance and review bottlenecks.Engineers manufacturing processes collaboratively 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).RPFMEA Priority corrective actions closure and follow up protecting customer.Creates all equipment and process preventive maintenance schedules and procedures.Applies Lean principles to new product launches including minimizing WIP, ergonomic workstations, visual management and 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 and shares best practice and lessons learned initiatives.Participates in all security analyses.Follows the authority assigned according to the FTM-EHS-12 Roles, Responsibility and Authority Matrix from ISO 14001 /45001.Complies with policies and procedures pertaining to facility or divisional adopted standards such as IATF 16949.REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGEEDUCATIONBachelor's Degree in manufacturing or industrial engineering