Gear Manufacturing Engineer

In this position... 

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.  

What you'll do...

• 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.

You'll have...

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering

• 3+ years of engineering and manufacturing experience in gears or round parts.

• Ability to travel domestically - up to 50%

Even better, you may have...

• 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