Plant Engineer
Missions
- Responsible for all manufacturing processes including injection, paint, assembly, bonding and process flow methods and equipment
- Deployment of POMS methodology and best practice
- Provides engineering support to manufacturing teams and to the OPTIPRO project team for launch of new equipment and manufacturing readiness
- Provides engineering support to improve and optimize injection and/or paint process
Activities
For New Projects
- Manage capacity and anticipate need for equipment modification and adjustments
- Work with the industrial project team and equipment suppliers on installation follow‑up
- Investigate project feasibility
- Initiate and publish FMEAs, including improvement follow‑up
- Ensure equipment meets technical and performance specifications
- Create and evaluate safety and environmental risk assessments for new installations
- Organize and coordinate new equipment and process trials
- Participate in commissioning, provisional and final acceptance
- Participate in reception of manufacturing means/equipment/process
- Validate injection, paint, assembly, bonding and process flow operating standards per POMS and process Golden Rules
- Participate in new manufacturing means specifications and reception
- Keep and update new equipment documentation
- Write contractor safety programs and risk prevention plans with maintenance and production teams
- Write workstation instructions with manufacturing teams
- Update new product documentation
For Existing Processes
- Propose, test and validate technical solutions to improve manufacturing performance (productivity, quality, safety, availability, risk)
- Participate in action plans to restore regular processes and perform daily follow‑up
- Assist and train production teams
- Analyze process failures using POMS A3 and adjust process settings
- Share experience with structured feedback to métiers and project team members
- Support manufacturing in process failure analysis
- Organize and coordinate new materials and process tests in the plant
Requirements
Knowledge / Qualification
- Engineering – engineer degree required
- Good capability in spoken and written English
- Good knowledge of plastic manufacturing processes (injection, paint and assembly), large capital equipment and process flow
Key Technical Competencies
- Expertise in manufacturing processes: injection, paint, assembly, bonding, and process flow
- Ability to deploy POMS methodology and best practices
Key Behavioral Competencies
- Team player
- Effective leadership
- Self‑determined approach to tasks
- Systematic and disciplined approach
Spring Hill-Tennessee, TN, US, 37174
Nearest Major Market: Nashville