Manufacturing Engineer - Mach

Ford Motor; Chihuahua; Presencial; MXN 734,000 - 1,102,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading automotive manufacturer in Chihuahua seeks a Maintenance Engineer to optimize equipment maintenance programs and enhance production processes. The ideal candidate possesses a High School Diploma with a preference for a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and 3-5 years of relevant experience in manufacturing. This position requires strong leadership, communication skills, and flexibility for travel. Join a team focused on continuous improvement and equipment reliability.

Formación

• High School Diploma required, Bachelor Degree in Engineering preferred.
• 3-5 years’ experience in manufacturing, stamping preferred.
• Experience with Cognex vision systems and Lean practices.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate and plan maintenance actions for equipment.
• Ensure safety standards are met during operations.
• Optimize current production processes and train plant personnel.

Conocimientos

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem-solving abilities

Flexibility for travel

Knowledge of Lean implementation

Educación

High School Diploma

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Herramientas

AutoCAD

PLC competency

Robot / interpress transfer knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Minimum Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma
• Ability to optimize equipment programs and troubleshoot issues to identify root cause
• Excellent communicator who can train both hourly and salary team members
• Must be a self-starter who will take ownership of projects and see them through to completion with limited supervision
• Candidate must be flexible to significant travel
• Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in ONE FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Industrial or Electrical / Automation engineering preferred. Equivalent experience accepted
• Experience: 3-5 years’ experience in manufacturing; stamping experience preferred
• Robot / interpress transfer (ABB / Fanuc / Gudel)
• Stamping / press equipment
• Vision experience strongly preferred (Cognex)
• PLC competency.
• Lean implementation
• AutoCAD

Position Duties

• Responsible for FTPM activities within the department
• Coordinate and plan maintenance actions. Preventive, Planned and Crisis Maintenance.
• Ensure all safety standards are met during maintenance activities.
• Optimization of current production processes
• Coaching plants in continuous improvement, standardization, and lean concepts
• Assisting plants in addressing equipment down time issues
• Developing preventative / predictive maintenance practices to ensure 100% equipment uptime
• Training and education of plant personnel and leadership
• Providing input on new equipment design and purchase
• Supporting new model / equipment launch as required
• Lead quality related actions that imply machine reliability improvements.
• Be point of contact to Plant Engineering, local vendors and commodity suppliers regarding equipment issues.
• Drive maintenance cost and budget control.
• Drive Maintenance metrics within the department.
• Issue regular reports on maintenance metrics
• Ensure all areas operate to FPS tools and FTPM initiatives.
• Motivate teams to provide ideas to improve equipment availability and document in R&M reports.
• Support and coach problem solving activities within the department, mainly focused on Reliability and Maintainability.
• Coordinate Maintenance Planning and Shutdown Planning actions within the department.
• Support Work Group and Department meetings regarding equipment improvement and JPH actions.
• Participate actively in JPH Roadmap reviews.
• Provide technical assistance to personnel and areas where necessary.
• Identify training needs for skilled employees, coordinate training plan for the department.
• Work with CORA, MAXIMO, QLSCM, POSMON and any other required system.
• Coordinate skilled personnel during breakdowns to fix the issue with the minimal disturbance on production. Ensure resources are planned during the line breaks.
• Participate in interplant benchmarking exercises.
• Actively participate in Simultaneous Engineering meetings, Forward Planning and Product Design to ensure Maintainability standards were followed.