Zobility
Location: Auburn Hills, MI
Position: Long Term Contract (Possible Extension)
Title: 25-03160 - Resistance Spot Welding Engineer
Job Description:
- As a Resistance Spot Welding Engineer within the VPE organization, you will be directly involved with the launch, sustainment and Innovation support for all North America regions.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring that line integrators and resistance spot welding equipment suppliers are delivering a product that meets the company's resistance spot welding equipment specs within the North America region.
- Participate in throughput analysis and processes.
- Work closely with Product Engineering, Material Suppliers, Equipment Suppliers, Equipment Integrators, etc.
- Enable team to meet vehicle timeline deliverables on time while maintaining quality requirements
- Manage tracking documents to meet program timing requirements
- Support problem resolution between Product Eng, Manufacturing Eng, and Plant Manufacturing Operations
- Ensure product conformance to design
- Onsite support during execution and launch phases of the program
- Provide feedback to VPE WPE management
- Support in the integration, start-up and debug of plant floor Resistance spot weld equipment
- Coordinate business process and re-engineering projects
- Report-out as needed, on status of systems at operating unit(s)
- Optimize operating unit(s) on Resistance spot weld system to improve productivity, cost and quality
- Work with other engineers, skilled trades and managers to accomplish cross-functional projects, provide project cost and timing estimates, and support plant product program launches
- Deep understanding of all body shop Resistance spot weld technologies and applications
- Implement common Resistance spot weld and inspection systems
- Develop and support common Resistance spot weld Technology standards
- Provide technical direction to suppliers and internal plant teams.
- Conduct Resistance spot weld equipment buyoffs
Requirements:
- Body shop launch and plant experience
- Knowledge of Safe Operating Procedures within an manufacturing environment
- Exceptional cross-functional communication skills of complex issues to enable world class execution of vehicle designs and manufacturing processes
- Strong problem solving skills
- Strong organization skills
- Intermediate skills in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Demonstrated people leader skills.
- Project management skills
- Ability to manage a multitude of assignments with high levels of composure and effective implementation.
- Thorough understanding of body shop processes.
- High level of analytical and problem solving skills required.
- Ability to create & execute a well-organized validation project where standardized work is not available.
- Knowledge of adhesive and sealer procedures, weld/resistance spot weld documentation and build shop support
- Knowledge of Tooling and Equipment Troubleshooting
- Demonstrated knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems used in Resistance spot weld systems
- 2+ years in the resistance spot welding industry (Automotive experience a plus)
Education:
- Bachelor degree in a technical/engineering discipline and 2 years' of resistance spot welding related experience or min of 5 years' experience.