Manufacturing Process Engineer

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  • Wentzville, MO
  • 3 days ago

    Highlights

    Education - Bachelor's Degree preferred, Technical Degree strongly required, but the manager is open to a high school diploma but they need to have A LOT of experience on their resume. The manager is the Maintenance superintendent, in charge of Maintenance group leaders, tech leads, process engineering, this role will report to the tech leads not this manager directly.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationWentzville, MO

    Description

    Job Summary:
    Paint Process Engineer - run and maintain automotive paint equipment and robots to ensure safety, quality and throughput metrics are attained daily

    Business Group:
    The manager is the Maintenance superintendent, in charge of Maintenance group leaders, tech leads, process engineering, this role will report to the tech leads not this manager directly

    Positions are for the below:
    Prime booth topcoat booth - referred to as "inside" department
    Paint, mix, sealer area - referred to as "outside" department

    "Outside" - Robots are supplied with paint, some testing on the paint for temperature tests etc, sealer it is more in tune with programming, pumps, motors,
    A lot of automation in both roles
    Inside is mostly all automation - 100 robots
    Outside is a hybrid (some automation on a smaller scale) 30-35 robots and they also have PTED system, large tanks that the vehicle goes through, basic knowledge of chemistry
    Responsible for equipment

    This is 3 OEM roles into 1 - supervisor (group leader), in charge of their own maintenance for their own equipment, and being able to understand how the equipment works on the engineering side
    Very fast paced - give a lot of direction to the technicians

    Requirements:
    Education - Bachelor's Degree preferred, Technical Degree strongly required, but the manager is open to a high school diploma but they need to have A LOT of experience on their resume
    Years of experience - at least 8 years' experience preferred
    The manager is open to see candidates with 2 years of experience for someone who is hungry and wants to make this a career
    Leadership experience/skills is a plus - not required, willing to train on this
    Together mechanically and work electrically - plus not required
    Strong motivation to stay at OEM long term - self motivator

    VERY FAST PACED POSITION

    Contractor is pulled in a lot of different directions at once
    Not a very structured position/day-to-day varies a lot, have to be able to adapt and pivot
    Be able to handle confrontation
    Think and be able to solve problems

    Hiring Manager's Top Needs:
    Able to work with their hands and understand mechanical issues, understand how things fit and work
    Someone who is ok with working weekends and long hours and holidays is a MUST, be to work early and on time

    Shift Info:

    Onsite - no remote
    All shifts - they work on an alternate work schedule
    Required to work 12 hour a day 6AM - 6PM or 6PM - 6AM. They will be told what they're going to be working, will try to keep them on day shift so they can get good training, but the teams do rotate every 4 months. They need to be open to working both of these 12-hour shifts.
    There also is an expectation to cover while someone is on vacation - may work 5 days in a row 12 hour shifts - this is not ideal and they try to avoid it but it may happen
    Switches from 5 days a week to 2 days a week and follows this sequence
    One week working 5 days
    One week working 2 days
    For example - work Monday and Tuesday off Wed, Thurs, work Fri, Sat, Sun, off until Wed and Thursday the week after that
    OT is required for this role. Not a position for someone who just wants to work 40 hours a week.