Process Engineer

About This Role

As a General Assembly Process Engineer at General Motors, you will manage manufacturing processes and equipment, focusing on continuous improvement and problem-solving to meet safety, quality, and cost objectives. This role involves maintaining compliance with process control plans, leading maintenance activities, and supporting various plant initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the manufacturing processes and equipment for General Assembly
• Develop and implement sufficiency plans and continuous improvement activities to meet specific uptime, tool cost, quality, and maintainability objectives
• Responsible for all documentation of the process including Process Control Plans, Tool and Equipment Bulletins, PFMEAs, and other equipment documentation including standardized work (TISs and more)
• Maintain compliance with all Process Control Plans, Tool and Equipment bulletins relevant to all General Assembly Equipment and Processes; Maintain all required Maximo tasking and data collection relevant to these items
• Work with and support Maintenance activities, resolving equipment issues resulting in downtime of the equipment, tooling, and gages
• Work with Manufacturing and Quality department in problem solving customer issues and developing short term corrective actions as well as long term irreversible solutions
• Manage process-related projects including installation of new or replacement equipment, continuous improvement initiatives, and periodic repair and refurbishment
• Implement projects including estimating, project budget management and forecasting, development of timelines and equipment qualification
• Investigate equipment problems and provide technical input for problem resolution
• Lead maintenance skilled trades team and supervise skilled trades to cover maintenance supervisor absence
• Support TIP (throughput improvement process), GMS (global manufacturing systems) and BIQ4 (built in quality) initiatives
• Utilize statistical methods for continuous improvement of plant process systems
• Enforce safe work practices as the highest priority and implement objectives for improved ergonomics, Health/safety, and housekeeping
• Maintain Error Proofing List and ensure all new or modified error proofing has passed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) requirements
• Track any Maintenance related DRR losses and drive solution with breakpoints and countermeasures

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or equivalent experience
• 2+ years as a process engineer or related experience
• Flexibility to rotate shifts and work weekends as a 5-6 day a week operation
• Strong proficiency in basic Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• High level of written and oral communication skills
• Working knowledge of all safety absolutes and policies (i.e. lockout, ESWP, etc.)
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and ability in process engineering disciplines
• Demonstrated basic understanding of mechanical and electrical concepts involving machine designs and process requirements involved in the manufacturing process
• Demonstrated excellent level of analytical ability, communication, and interpersonal skills required to build relationships and lead team members and suppliers to solve problems and resolve issues
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to implement GMS principles
• Proven ability in project management skills and ability to teach others

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering
• 2+ years as a process engineer or related experience

Nice to Have

• 4+ years as a process engineer or related experience
• Familiarity with Fluid Fill, Glass Cell, VIN Etch, Alignment, and DVT Process Equipment
• Familiarity with General Assembly Error Proofing Equipment (GEP/SEP/EPP)
• Power BI and Access experience

Skills

* Required skills