Paintline Engineer

• Performing chemical tests (titrations, PH, viscosity, etc.)
• Determine the chemical maintenance required based on test results
• Developing fixtures to hold parts for optimal painting/cleaning
• Conferring with vendors in determining product specifications and arranging equipment, parts, or material purchase, and evaluating products according to quality standards and specifications.
• Troubleshooting cleaning/painting defects and develop countermeasures
• Perform DOE’s to optimize the process performance
• Develop maintenance schedules for the process and equipment
• Make material recommendations based on customer requirements for new business opportunities
• Co-ordinate and maintain physical layout of equipment, materials and storage.
• Maintain accurate throughput calculations for all manufacturing resources.
• Determine cycle times for manufacturing resources.
• Identify bottleneck resources and capacity constraint resources.
• Co-ordinate throughput improvement efforts.
• Assess operator utilization.
• Assess ergonomics conditions.
• Reduce ergonomics stressors.
• Perform standardized work studies.
• Implement continuous improvements and monitor cost savings.
• Develop and maintain key performance indicator charts/graphs.
• Implement error proofing.
• Co-ordinate problem solving efforts.
• Co-ordinate new business related matter.
• Capacity planning.
• Completion of Job Instruction sheets.
• Maintain master lists of ; JIS, set-up instructions, re-work instructions, sample boards
• Evaluate and co-ordinate elimination of safety hazards.
• Responsibility and authority to deal with customers and suppliers that effect the company financially and strategically.
• Completion of set-up instructions and re-work instructions
• Develops and maintains; cut off lengths for steel tubing, cut of length for rubber hoses, cut off lengths for conduit
• Maintains equipment list
• Assigns and maintains equipment numbering
• Makes and maintains sample boards
• Establishes tooling list