Specialist – Paint Shop Materials and Manufacturing Engineer

Specialist – Paint Shop Materials and Manufacturing Engineer

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in automotive production, with expertise in achieving stable production processes and in-depth knowledge of Paint Shop processes and materials
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in chemical-, material engineering or related fields
• Experiences in tracking, motivating and leading contractors in the paint shop environment coordination lab and production trials till realizing an implementation including final acceptance
• Joy to bring a diverse ramp-up group together to achieve a common goal on a technical base
• Talented in managing complex projects with skills in solving technical conflicts with an appropriate management involvement
• Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Development and creation as well as implementation of planning concepts and projects including the corresponding design specifications or general conditions for the Paint-Shop department. Ensuring of defined measures and development of techniques or processes including analysis and evaluation of alternative solutions under consideration of economic standards
• Responsible for coordination, planning and optimization of direct and indirect Paint Shop materials and -processes across different sequences in the Paint Shop considering the requirements of all departments, terms of quality, costs and process reliability, including recycling and disposals
• Creation of production plans for all work sequences according to the valid time finding procedures. Ensuring and controlling the defined measures and coordinating the activities of the technical contractors
• Maintain and create an ergonomic and requirement‐oriented work environment in the Paint Shop as well as ensuring environmental protection, fire protection measures and work safety
• Approval of technical specifications of production equipment and clarification of process and quality requirements with technical contractors as well as suppliers of Paint-Shop materials
• Creation of specifications, time schedules and investment plans, following economic standards
• Preparation of offers comparative analyses and purchase orders
• Realization of pre-series and production ramp-up to series operation
• Processing of planning orders, improvement proposals and change requests including ongoing revision
• Coordination of related departments, R&D and operators with focus on the implementation of suggestions for the product design according to production requirements and the identification of optimization measures
• Assumption of special tasks corresponding to the skills and duties of the job holder
• This Role is carried out responsibly in factual cooperative collaboration with supervisors, employees, involved and affected departments – in compliance with existing guidelines, standards, and regulations
• Steering/coordination of external personnel /service providers

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.