Production Engineer at Mobius Motors

Responsibilities for the Production Engineer Job

Production Engineering

• Work alongside production staff and technicians to develop, install and maintain equipment used in the manufacturing process.
• Develop, evaluate and continuously improve manufacturing methods, utilising knowledge of product design, materials, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods and quality standards.
• Investigate and resolve operational problems such as material use variances and bottlenecks.
• Develop action plans or contingencies for line stoppage and repair plans.
• Work with quality personnel to determine root causes of failures using statistical methods and recommend changes in product designs, tolerances, machine tooling and process methods.
• Identify and implement methods to improve safety of manufacturing operations.
• Give training and technical support on new machines and processes, applying industry health and safety practices.
• Draft manufacturing documentation including PFMEA, control plans, process documentation and formal quality standards.
• Perform Value Add / Value Engineering. Generate cost reduction ideas through identification of process/product efficiencies that will reduce overall costs. Work with all stakeholders to achieve cost reduction targets.
• Provide guidance to the Technical and Supply teams for proposed new or modified designs to achieve required function at minimum cost.

Project Management

• Lead and facilitate production review sessions. Report risks and opportunities of production status on a weekly basis.
• Take ownership of projects; plan milestones, timelines, budgets, resources and identify potential risks to deliver production aspects within agreed completion dates.
• Be proactive regarding task completion and periodically advise wider team on project status, timing, resources, issues, and ability to deliver on-time with excellence.
• Ensure adherence and compliance to general automotive industry production standards and best practices; maintain structured and versioned data outputs daily and backup data weekly.

Production Engineer of Mobius Motors

• Work as an active member of the team, ensure effective communication between colleagues
  and positively contribute regularly to meetings and briefings.

Required Qualifications for the Production Engineer Job

• An ideal candidate should combine outstanding technical skills with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team. They should be rigorous, pragmatic and on-the-ground solution focussed – not overly academic.
• Bachelor degree (minimum) in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering or
  similar years of volume manufacturing and assembly experience in automotive or heavy industrial
• Solid knowledge of vehicle parts and subsystems and knowledge of part interaction
• Ability to read and evaluate mechanical drawings and technical product specifications
• Strong familiarity with mechanical tools and their use in fabrication, measurement and assembly
• Ability to troubleshoot, fabricate and/or repair machines and mechanical assemblies
• Practical knowledge of VE and VA techniques, lean concepts, and quality tools and standards (ISO/ QS000)
• High level of design awareness and strong mechanical aptitude
• Knowledge of fastener and torque strategy
• Knowledge of jig design, design software and machine programming
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• High level of analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to self-manage; taking ownership of projects: budgeting, work planning, resource management and reporting