Production Engineer

TechStar Group; Princeton (IN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TechStar Group in Indiana seeks a Production Engineering Project Engineer to support planning and implementation for new model launches and capital projects aimed at improving assembly shop efficiency and competitiveness.

The role requires leading projects from concept to launch, managing schedules, budgets, and quality plans. Collaboration with Production Engineering, NAMC Pilot, Logistics, and Maintenance is essential to achieve ROI and safety targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Tech or associate in engineering tech with 2+ years relevant work experience.
• Ability to work weekends, holiday periods, and shutdowns to support tooling modifications and installations.
• Experience in AutoCAD and Inventor and/or Catia (3D modeling).

Responsibilities

• Early Project Planning and Impact Analysis.
• Layout analysis emphasizing new model impacts and part count/placement effects.
• Overall shop layout optimization for process counts, flexibility and technology.
• Lead equipment projects from concept to launch for new model projects, capital projects, refurbishments and plant competitiveness.
• Create and manage a project schedule, budget, and quality confirmation plan.
• Take ownership of produced part quality for assigned area.
• Collaborate with Production Engineering Project Leaders, NAMC Pilot team, Logistics and Maintenance.

Skills

Project planning

Team collaboration

KPI-focused

Self-starting

Resource balancing

Education

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering

Associate in Engineering Tech

Tools

AutoCAD

Inventor/Catia

Job description

The primary responsibility of this role is to support project planning and implementation for new model as well as capital projects for assembly shop improvements.

Reporting to the Manager, the person in this role will support the Production Engineering department's objective to provide new model processes to the manufacturing facilities which meet all targets for Safety, Quality, Productivity, Cost.

Production Engineering covers a broad range of commodities from Material Handling Systems, Process Equipment, Conveyors, Vehicle Performance & Quality Confirmation Equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Early Project Planning and Impact Analysis.
• Layout analysis emphasizing focus on new model impacts.
• Layout analysis targeting part count and placement effects for plant optimization.
• Overall shop layout optimization (Process counts, Flexibility, Technology)
• Equipment impact studies covering PE responsible equipment for production shops.
• Assessing the impact of model changes on logistics areas, process equipment, and conveyor systems to establish technical change requirements.
• Conducting impact assessments of models and change points within designated focus areas
• Development of new technologies related to improving competitiveness within the production shops.
• Implementation of QC vision systems for vehicle quality confirmations.
• Leading equipment projects from concept to launch for new model projects, capital projects, refurbishments projects as well as plant competitiveness projects.
• Early planning studies focusing on technology feasibility as well as ROI.
• Create and manage a project schedule, budget, and quality confirmation plan.
• Taking total ownership of significant project workload. Leading a project, while balancing and adjusting resources based on events.
• Lead projects through process design, machine specification, equipment procurement and installation, safety risk assessments, part quality investigations and process trials.
• Take ownership of produced part quality for assigned area.
• Close collaboration and relationship building with internal and external groups across Production Engineering Project Leaders, NAMC’s Pilot team, Logistics, Maintenance, and others.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Tech or associate's in engineering Tech w/ 2+ years relevant work experience.
• Ability to work weekends, holiday periods, and shutdowns to support tooling modifications and installations.
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Self-starting individual with ability to stay task focused and meet or exceed set KPI’s related to project requirements
• Project experience in new model development related to capital equipment
• Experience in AutoCAD
• Experience in Inventor and/or Catia (or other 3D modeling program)