Process Engineer

Insight Global (United States); Brook Park (OH); On-site; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Process Engineer specializing in crankshaft manufacturing at the Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio. This 1-year contract focuses on developing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes for crankshafts, with emphasis on machining, quality, cost, and production timing.

The role requires 2+ years in engineering and manufacturing, crankshaft experience, GD&T, Lean Six Sigma familiarity, and an automotive background.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering and manufacturing experience.
• Crankshaft experience of at least 2 years.
• Process engineering experience covering machining line from start to finish, including purchasing and delivering equipment.
• Experience purchasing, writing orders to buy equipment, and running off equipment to production.
• Working knowledge of GD&T and reading engineering drawings.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing principles and Six Sigma.
• Automotive background preferred (aerospace/defense acceptable).

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and optimize crankshaft manufacturing processes.
• Support development of Crankshafts and Gears systems for new powertrain programs in Ohio.
• Apply machining process knowledge for steel and iron to optimize quality, cost, timing, and footprint.
• Lead equipment installation, power-on, run capability, and handover to powertrain plants.
• Initiate bids, evaluate and recap bids; work with Purchasing to place orders.
• Collaborate with OEMs, suppliers, Product, and Plant engineering to resolve issues.
• Coordinate facilities, safety, ergonomics, material handling, tooling, and gauging.
• Use virtual tools for feasibility studies of new designs for high-volume manufacturing.
• Write and maintain process documentation like process sheets and layouts.
• Lead tooling design, build, install, commissioning, and support vendor buy-offs.
• Identify and close product and tooling launch issues; capture lessons learned.

Skills

Engineering & manufacturing experience

Crankshaft experience

Process engineering

Equipment purchasing

GD&T

Lean Six Sigma

Automotive background

Job description

Duration: 1 year contract on-going contract, renewed annually

Pay: $30-$40 h/r

Location: Brook Park, OH

Must Haves

• 2+ years of engineering and manufacturing experience
• Crankshaft experience 2+ years
• Process engineering experience: processing machining line from beginning to end. Purchasing and delivering equipment.
• Experience purchasing and delivering equipment, writing orders to buy equipment, running off equipment, qualifying and running to production.
• Working knowledge of GD&T; reading engineering drawings
• Familiarity of Lean Manufacturing principles and Six Sigma
• Automotive background highly preferred (aerospace or defense would work)

Day to Day

Process Engineer specializing in crankshaft manufacturing, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes for crankshafts at the Cleveland Engine Plant.

• Support development and implementation of Crankshafts and Gears manufacturing systems for new powertrain programs in Ohio.
• Utilize machining process knowledge, particularly steel and iron metal cutting and grinding to deliver an efficient and optimized process regarding quality, costs, timing, and footprint.
• Lead equipment installation, power on, run capability, and equipment handover to the powertrain plants.
• Initiate bids, evaluate, recap bids for equipment purchase; work with Purchasing to write and place orders.
• Work with OEMs, suppliers, Product, and Plant engineering teams to resolve engineering and program delivery issues.
• Interface and coordinate project related items such as facilities, safety, ergonomics, material handling & kitting, tooling, and gauging.
• Support discrete event simulation for constraint analysis; work with Industrial Engineers (IE) to assess and improve throughput.
• Purchasing and delivering equipment. Writing orders to buy the needed equipment, making sure equipment is designed, run off on supplier floor, run it off, qualifying and running to production.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Development, Suppliers, Launch Programs) to: Generate tooling and facility cost estimates and Improve quality and reduce labor demand
• Use virtual tools to assess feasibility of new designs for high-volume manufacturing
• Write, modify, and maintain process documentation, including: Process sheets, Cycle Line Layouts
• Lead machining and assembly tooling design, build, installation, commissioning—and support vendor buy-offs
• Identify, resolve, and close product and tooling launch issues; extract lessons learned for future prevention