Gear Manufacturing Engineer

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This position provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to PTME and delivering New Model Powertrain Programs. The PTME organization’s belief is ONE Manufacturing – Best in the World – The industry benchmark for Manufacturing with an aspiration to deliver Lean, Flexible and Competitive Manufacturing Systems for Production of Propulsion Technologies that Power our Winning Portfolio Globally. We are seeking a passionate, purposeful and customer centric leader to join our team as a Manufacturing Process Engineer.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• 3+ years of engineering and manufacturing experience in gears or round parts.
• Ability to travel domestically - up to 50%

• Working knowledge of GD&T reading engineering drawings
• Strong communication skills along with the ability to work in a cross functional team
• Strong organization skills with the ability to handle complex projects with multiple objectives
• Familiarity of Lean Manufacturing principles and Six Sigma
• Proven record of customer focused work

• Support development and implementation of Crankshafts and Gears manufacturing systems for new powertrain programs in southeast Michigan and Ohio.
• Utilize machining process knowledge, particularly steel and iron metal cutting and grinding to deliver an efficient and optimized process regarding quality, costs, timing, and footprint.
• Lead equipment installation, power on, run capability, and equipment handover to the powertrain plants.
• Initiate bids, evaluate, recap bids for equipment purchase; work with Purchasing to write and place orders.
• Work with OEMs, suppliers, Product, and Plant engineering teams to resolve engineering and program delivery issues.
• Interface and coordinate project related items such as facilities, safety, ergonomics, material handling & kitting, tooling, and gauging.
• Support discrete event simulation for constraint analysis; work with Industrial Engineers (IE) to assess and improve throughput.
• Travel up to 100% to SE Michigan and Ohio Manufacturing Plants during equipment installation and launch.