PROCESS ENGINEER

Job description

Faurecia is an Equal Opportunity Employer
"New trends and expectations are reshaping the automotive industry. Inspired by the exciting new challenges associated with this revolution, Faurecia anticipates the future of mobility developing cutting-edge solutions for smart life on board and sustainable mobility. If you’re willing to contribute and create value for tomorrow’s cleaner and smarter mobility, Faurecia is the place to be.”
Our Faurecia Automotive Seating Business Group – North America Operations (NAO) Division is looking for a Process Engineer in its Wentzville, Missouri, USA location.
Please note that applications submitted in French cannot be considered by our non-French speaking teams in our plants worldwide. Only applications submitted in English will be considered.
Main Purpose of the Job:
The Manufacturing/Process Engineer within production drives the Faurecia manufacturing method and develops manufacturing processes for new products and product changes.
Main Duties/Activities:
- Support development and improvement of processes and programs within his/her perimeter
- Develop and deploy process standards, design checklist/guidelines and best practices.
- Continuous improvement: Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tooling and equipment.
- Trouble shooting: Support production or parts suppliers to solve problems related to process engineering.
- Maintenance of series production: Engineering Change Management: Assist in analyzing, validating and implementing process modifications. Capacity Management: Support the maintenance of a local database of tooling and equipment.
- Program: Feedback existing status and plant’s recommendations for process issues. Participate in tooling and equipment follow-up and validations. Support reception and start-up of tooling and equipment.
- Process development: Define process solutions and ensure that process standards are applied. Support the Identification of available capacity. Release tooling and equipment specifications.
Standardization: Define, maintain and improve process standards in his/her field of expertise (tooling, equipment). Create and maintain related process specifications. Ensure that process / equipment standards are applied (plants and programs).
Best practices: Identify and validate best practices in his/her perimeter. Integrate best practices in process guidelines and/or standards.
Promote and ensure deployment of best practices.
The length of the VIE is 18 months.
The V.I.E., an international young graduate program, enables young professionals who are less than 28 and European Union nationals to work for a French company in any country of the world. Becoming part of this program means going abroad to carry out a professional assignment for up to 24 months whilst benefiting from social care coverage and an interesting salary which depends on the host country. Business France, the French agency for international business development, is in charge of all the administrative procedures of your assignment. For further information, please visit the following link: https://www.civiweb.com/EN/index.aspx and http://careers.faurecia.com/job-offers
The ideal candidate will have/be:
- Master’s degree in Engineering
- Fluent in English
- First experience in production – ideally in automotive sector
- Strong sense of teamwork
- Excellent analytical, communication and problem-solving skills
- Proven track record in upholding safety and quality standards