Production Engineering Assistant Manager

Location: Kyle, TX

Time Type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago

Job Requisition ID: JR100261

The Production Engineering/Maintenance Manager manages and ensures the performance of facility equipment and processes including management of maintenance staff. Duties include reviewing and distributing work and personnel schedules, conferring with department management to determine progress of work and completion dates, and compiling reports on progress of work, labor hours, costs, and production problems. This position maintains, troubleshoots, and/or tests robotic equipment or related automated production systems.

• Distributes production schedules and work orders to maintenance staff.
• Troubleshoots systems, using programmable controllers, electronics, circuit analysis, mechanics, sensor, etc.
• Designs, configures, and works on the application of robotic systems and modifies computer controlled robot movements.
• Disassembles and reassembles robots or peripheral equipment to make repairs.
• Performs preventative or corrective maintenance on electromechanical equipment and robotic systems.
• Maintains service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems.
• Reviews documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing spreadsheets to determine personnel or materials requirements and priorities.
• Manages department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.
• Examines documents, materials, or products and monitors work processes to assess completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards and specifications.
• Manages inventories of spare parts for equipment.
• Supervises preventive and predictive activities, such as routine maintenance systems and periodic inspections.
• Compiles and prepares documentation related to production sequences, personnel schedules, and maintenance or repair orders.
• Establishes and prepares product construction directions and locations and information on required tools, materials, equipment, numbers of workers needed, and cost projections.
• Press line downtime analysis.
• On-site response to facility stops (causes/countermeasures) and facility daily inspection performance.
• Equipment preventive maintenance plan/performance.
• Analysis and improvement of causes of press inconveniences (scrap).
• Attends quality meetings and prepares measures to improve defects.
• Worker evaluation management.
• Management 3C5S.
• Verifies daily utility inspection performance.
• Manages working hours for each worker (weekly/monthly).
• On-site safety training.
• Creates and manages standard documents and manuals.
• Monthly/quarterly inventory count.
• Processes spare management (inventory, purchase management).
• Real-time inventory and receipt status management of spare parts.
• Equipment registration (history) management.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related field preferred.
• At least 5+ years of manufacturing or processing experience required.
• Experience in the automobile body parts manufacturing industry preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Korean and/or Spanish strongly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and prioritize workload.
• Team player with high energy and a can-do attitude.
• Ability to make sound decisions under pressure.
• Strong math skills, with capability of understanding and conducting basic arithmetic and statistical operations.
• Ability to quickly recognize errors and inconsistencies in numerical data (good analysis skills).
• Microsoft Office programs experience such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to establish reports.
• Excellent supervisory skills and communication skills.

Work is considered low physical work in an office and production setting, requiring lifting up to 25 pounds of force. Must possess strength, stamina, and mobility to perform low physical work indoors with minimum exposure to dust.

Must be able to:

• Walk, lift, reach, stoop, stand, grasp, balance, climb, kneel, and crouch for extended periods of time.
• Demonstrate the ability to hear and have specific vision abilities to adjust focus, in an environment subject to noise, dust, etc.
• The office area is adjacent to the facility facing noises, constant phone interactions, and will be in contact with other staff.