Production Engineer, Paint

Toyota Motor Corporation

(Georgetown, Kentucky)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Toyota Motor Corporation

Toyota Motor Corporation is a global automotive industry leader manufacturing vehicles in 27 countries or regions and marketing the company’s products in over 170 countries and regions.

Summary

Toyota Motor North America is looking for a highly motivated and qualified Paint Production Engineer.

Responsibilities

* Lead quality, process, material, cost, productivity, safety, environmental and equipment improvement initiatives.
* Lead & support change management.
* Provide daily process support. Ensure vehicle and process integrity.
* Lead new material introductions to ensure no negative Key Performance Indicator (KPI) impact.
* Lead equipment and refurbishment projects and/or process changes.
* Support production initiated Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) to ensure no negative KPI impact.
* Question and investigate daily inquiries from production and/or process changes.
* Coordinate cross-department investigations, including, but, not limited to quality defects, parts defects, and process improvements.
* Support Kaizen, Management Driven Continuous Improvement Initiatives (Jishuken) and Quality Control (QC) activities.
* Investigate perceived process and/or equipment problems utilizing careful and systematic analysis.
* Report out identified problem, root cause, possible countermeasures and recommended solutions to management.
* Propose best solutions based on cost, time, feasibility, impact to production, and KPI targets.
* Develop project proposals, strategies, operating plans and Proposed Problem Resolution (Ringi’s).

Lead quality, process, material, cost, productivity, safety, environmental and equipment improvement initiatives.
Lead & support change management.
Provide daily process support. Ensure vehicle and process integrity.
Lead new material introductions to ensure no negative Key Performance Indicator (KPI) impact.
Lead equipment and refurbishment projects and/or process changes.
Support production initiated Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) to ensure no negative KPI impact.
Question and investigate daily inquiries from production and/or process changes.
Coordinate cross-department investigations, including, but, not limited to quality defects, parts defects, and process improvements.
Support Kaizen, Management Driven Continuous Improvement Initiatives (Jishuken) and Quality Control (QC) activities.
Investigate perceived process and/or equipment problems utilizing careful and systematic analysis.
Report out identified problem, root cause, possible countermeasures and recommended solutions to management.
Propose best solutions based on cost, time, feasibility, impact to production, and KPI targets.
Develop project proposals, strategies, operating plans and Proposed Problem Resolution (Ringi’s).

Ideal Candidate

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical Engineering or similar technical field.
Experience in a technical field (maintenance, tool & die, technician, engineering, classroom/co-op, etc.).
Ability to work up to 25% overtime.
Ability and willingness to work weekends and holidays as needed.
Ability to navigate in and around various equipment on the production plant floor for up to 8+ hours a day.
Automotive Paint experience.
Fluid Dynamics Experience.
Hands on machining experience.
Experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.
Engineering Co-Op experience.
Experience with process design and setup of conveyors and/or robots.
Programming experience with PLCs and/or robots.