Paint Engineer: Lead Quality & Process Innovation

Toyota; Princeton, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Toyota Manufacturing is seeking a Paint Engineer to positively impact safety, quality, productivity, and cost KPIs through problem solving and process improvements. You will support the Paint department's objective to ensure safe, high-quality vehicle builds for Toyota and customers.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll work with production and maintenance to drive process enhancements, oversee change points, and lead multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• Experience with problem solving in manufacturing.
• Production/engineering experience in manufacturing environment; co-op/intern acceptable.
• Cost justification or budget development experience helpful.
• Strong communication across levels and teams.
• Project management skills with milestone tracking and status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering principles to resolve manufacturing operational issues.
• Analyze data to influence vehicle quality decisions.
• Provide technical support to Production and Maintenance for process improvements.
• Oversee management of change points for processes/materials.
• Lead multiple projects with timely completion aligned to goals.
• Participate in cross-functional teams with production, safety, maintenance, and quality.

Skills

Problem solving

Production experience

Communication

Project management

24-hour ops readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Engineering Technology/Applied Engineering

Job description

Toyota Manufacturing is seeking a Paint Engineer to positively impact safety, quality, productivity, and cost KPIs through problem solving and process improvements. You will support the Paint department's objective to ensure safe, high-quality vehicle builds for Toyota and customers.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll work with production and maintenance to drive process enhancements, oversee change points, and lead multiple projects.