Automotive Project Engineer

Flambeau, Inc.; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Flambeau, Inc. in Auburn Hills, MI is seeking a Project Engineer to serve as the liaison between the customer and internal departments, ensuring cost, quality, delivery, and service targets are met. You will guide programs for Design, Development, APQP, and overall program success.

This is a temporary position of about 1.5 years. Responsibilities include sourcing information for proposals, managing tooling and fixtures, updating engineering prints, providing status reports, and supporting

Qualifications

• Experience in Engineering Project Management preferred.
• Experience in Plastic Processing and Manufacturing preferred.
• Experience in Automotive Industry required.
• Ability to read prints and support QE with layouts and GD&T understanding.

Responsibilities

• Obtain information from appropriate teams to provide the optimum proposal to the customer.
• Place all new tooling & fixture builds and manage all mechanical design functions and tooling program management.
• Oversee updating of engineering print files and revisions to engineering prints to reduce variances.
• Manage all programs assigned and provide status reports on activities.
• Propose annual continuous improvement and cost reduction opportunities.
• Interact with manufacturing personnel to establish standard processes and support production.
• Establish quality plans for each part (FMEAs, Control Plans, Work Instructions, PPAPs) and lead cross-functional teams.
• Strive to maintain education on tooling, machinery, materials, and processing.
• Travel to customer and vendor locations or other Flambeau facilities.
• Use CAD software for viewing/analyzing part designs for manufacturability.

Skills

Injection molding

GD&T understanding

Oral and written communication

Mold and fixture design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Plastics or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CATIA

Job description

Brief Description

General Summary

The Project Engineer acts as a liaison between the customer and all internal departments to ensure that customer expectations are met with regard to cost, quality, delivery, and service. This position will guide and manage programs for Design, Development, APQP, and overall program success.

This is a temporary position. Employment length approximately one and a half years.

Essential Duties

• Obtain information from the appropriate manufacturing, quality, internal engineering, customer engineering, purchasing, and sales associates to provide the optimum proposal to the customer.
• Place all new tooling & fixture builds and be responsible for all mechanical design functions and tooling program management. Schedule all samples and provide support at all stages of the process. Communicate and document pertinent set-up and processing information to molding technicians.
• Oversee updating of engineering print files & revisions to engineering prints, as well as reviewing and updating standards for accuracy and reducing manufacturing variances.
• Manage all programs assigned and provide status reports on all activities as directed.
• Provides proposals for annual continuous improvement and cost reduction opportunities.
• Interact with manufacturing personnel to establish standard processes to ensure customer expectations are being met, and to provide ongoing support for production requirements.
• Establishes all quality plans for each part (FMEA’s, Control Plans, Work Instructions, Work Cell Layouts, and PPAP’s) and works as team leader with cross functional team to obtain completed documents.
• Strives to obtain continuous education & maintenance at high level of education related to current and new tooling, machinery, materials, and processing.
• Travel to customer and vendor locations or other Flambeau facilities.
• Ability to use CAD software for viewing/analyzing part designs for manufacturability.

Requirements

Education/Certification Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Plastics or Mechanical Engineering is desired. Candidates with equivalent combination of education and business experience will be considered.

Experience Requirements

• Experience in Engineering Project Management preferred.
• Experience in Plastic Processing and Manufacturing preferred.
• Experience in Automotive Industry required.
• Experience in Solidworks and Catia preferred

Skill Requirements

• Working knowledge of injection/blow molding process & materials.
• Effective communication - oral and written.
• Understanding of mold and fixture design, build, and construction.
• Ability to read prints and support QE with layouts and GD&T understanding

Summary

Flambeau offers a competitive wage plus medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, 401(k) with company match, life, and more!

All offers of employment by Flambeau are contingent on completion of a drug test within 2 business days of your offer acceptance and a background check with results in compliance with company policy.

Flambeau, Inc. is an EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability Employer and Drug Free Workplace.

Upon hire, Flambeau uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility for roles based in the United States.