Testing Technician Lead (2nd Shift)

Position

Testing Technician Lead (2nd Shift)

Location

Arden, NC  

About us

BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work, and amazing technology in a unique environment. At BorgWarner we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world.

Our Culture

We believe the health and safety of our employees are a top priority. We care about our local communities and the global environment. BorgWarner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration.

Career Opportunities

We manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses and encourage you to learn about our proud history, strong culture, technologies, and future vision. We offer a strong local presence and interesting global opportunities. Start your future with BorgWarner now! 

Pay & Benefits

All positions start at an above market pay rate for that position. Benefits are also above market and include the below for all fulltime employees:

• Day 1 Medical Coverage with potential of no monthly premium

• Onsite Health Clinic for employees and dependents (age 14 and over) at no cost

• Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Coverage

• Tuition Reimbursement Program after 18 months

• Retirement Savings Plan (401k) with a matching program

• Company paid holidays and vacation starting Day 1

Job purpose

The BorgWarner Arden campus offers two world class technical centers and a cutting-edge manufacturing facility that designs and produces turbos, fan, and fan drive components for the automotive industry. The Arden campus offers a multitude of career opportunities and is in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina.

POSITION SUMMARY:

To provide support through instruction, leadership, mentoring, and independently working in assigned test cells to ensure the integrity of components and products produced by those operations. Drive improvement efforts in assigned area with goal of achieving 100% ignition time for cell utilization. Support process improvement and problem-solving efforts with focus on root cause identification and removal to prevent future occurrences. This is a 2nd shift position.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Serves as a resource for lab technicians to include training, setups, trouble-shooting and “best practices”. Leads training exercises for development of test technicians in the understanding of testing specifications and requirements.

• Ability to express self about managerial and technical subjects to all levels of personnel in a clear manner. Documents work performed. Able to develop clear instructions for those reporting to his/her/their lead. Presents information in a professional manner to a wide audience.

• Ability to estimate cost and manpower for assigned tasks. Forecasts work, identifies scheduling conflicts and develops solutions to maintain schedule. Responsible for assigning work on a prioritized basis to technicians, and schedules/assigns overtime as needed to meet testing timelines.

• Ability to identify process improvement opportunities to minimize downtime, improve test cell utilization, and improve laboratory efficiency and lead project implementation. This includes generating appropriation requests, project tracking and updates through the use of MS project and other MS office applications, and proper communication with maintenance, contractors, and test engineering.

• Prepares and presents schedule status in weekly lab meeting(s).

• Manages a projects or multiple tasks and maintains technical, cost, and schedule goals. Reports status and results thru management and to a broad audience.

• Reads and interprets GEMS tickets to determine necessary hardware, assembly requirements, and test requirements for all areas of the testing lab; makes or recommends changes as required.

• Proactively makes recommendations for testing based on testing requirements, keeping in mind minimizing downtime and improving test cell utilization.

• Determines part and tooling availability. Coordinates hardware needs and additional support needs from other functional groups to ensure testing is executed as requested and on schedule.

• Makes recommendations for new equipment and maintenance of equipment; Serv