Production Engineering Supervisor

SUMMARY

The Production Engineering Supervisor is responsible for planning and tracking all MAHLE production customer projects, maintaining they’re following PDP process for on time delivery to our customers.  The position interfaces with customers, suppliers, and leads the production engineering launch team with respect to all aspects of the process, product, and program management.  The position will supervise all PE’s who’ve been assigned to project teams, developing project plans, facilitating proposals, and working within tight timetables, managing the PDP process according to the Production Engineering RASIC.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervises and develops Production Engineering team at key production facilities; develops, aligns, and implements “best practices” at each production facility

• Lead interfacing for Production Engineering team with plant personnel on key changes within production facilities; must collaborate with Plant Managers, Purchasing, and other key personnel to ensure alignment on production change milestones and timelines

• Assign PE personnel to project teams based on launch timing, product type and customer

• Supervise all MAHLE Customer projects and ensure the production planning and launch following the MAHLE Product Development Process (PDP). The following are the MAHLE Quality gates with key inputs required by the PE team responsibilities

• Prepare for quote decision

  • Prepare for Quote for the full production process

• Prepare Quotation

  • Lead the development of the Production Concept for MSP including tooling and assembly strategy

• Negotiate Quotation

  • Align with the MAHLE Core Team for cost planning and quotation

• Develop Product and Process

  • Develop full production concept with PDP Core Team for projects assigned. This includes production line layout planning, cycle time analysis, safety analysis, investment planning and tooling strategy

• Validate Product

  • Conduct risk analysis/ Process-FMEA.  Lead the development of the control plan with project core team, including test instructions

• Implement and Validate Process

  • Series Production Meetings Started

  • Means of Production Procured

  • PFMEA Finalized

  • Control Plan Finalized

  • Manufacturing Approval for In House / Purchased

  • Internal Process Approval Completed (IPA)

• Prepare for Customer Approval

  • Ramp up planned

  • PFMEA Completed

  • Control Plan Completed

  • Customer Approval Obtained

• Ramp-up Series Production

  • Series Production Started

  • Lessons learned completed

Other essential duties and responsibilities by the Production Engineering Supervisor:

• Ensure the PE’s create and maintain Bill of Materials (BOMs) in internal SAP system.  Support any changes to the SAP systems and cascade across the region.  

• Involvement and approval in the design for manufacturing at the concept phase of each program.

• Support the PE team who develops the full production concept with PDP Core Team for projects assigned. Confirm that the production line layout planning, cycle time analysis, safety analysis, investment planning are all following MAHLE timelines and approvals.

• Manage the capital and tooling on time delivery for the regional rollup for PDP related projects.  This includes the supervision of all forecasting of Appropriation Requests (AR) timing, Purchase Order (PO) timing and Invoice Timing for each project.

• Align design of equipment with plant manufacturing team, suppliers, and plant.

• Support the regional production and machine capacities & utilization.

• Support the procurement and release of means of production for PE project teams.

• Maintain production engineering standards across the region.

• Manage regional project trial schedule with PE and plant teams.  Tooling and Equipment Run offs.

• Review any of the quotations in process for engineering design changes after Customer Process Approval

• Create transparency of the PE team progress and ensure proper reporting.

• Support IPA in plant sign offs to ensure proper readiness for launch.

• Supervise the make or buy decisions using calculations with cost planning team.

• Review design modifications and cost calculation benefits.

• Review and inspire the application of new production technologies, initiate, and monitor production trials and analyze results.

• Develop, coordinate, introduce and monitor measures to improve economic ratio and to improve production technologies.

• Review and approve the released production concept and process (including IPA, work instructions for relevant processes, ensure training of operators, organize supply chain and release supplier logistics).

• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree Mechanical, Industrial, or related engineering field from an accredited four-year college or university is required; Masters degree is a plus

• 10 or more years of relevant Engineering experience or equivalent role within the automotive industry is required

• Demonstrated experience leading projects or a team is highly desired

• Proven understanding & successful application of Continuous Improvement tools and methodologies including Lean and Six Sigma is required

• Proficiency in general base automotive technical knowledge and vehicular such as filtration systems, HVAC, powertrains, vehicle testing, and MAHLE’s product suite is preferred

• Familiarity with OEM product development systems and processes is required

• Experience in plastics/metals and assembly design is preferred

• Ability to manage multiple short and long-term project teams with multiple work streams or departments to successful completion is required

• Software skills: strong competency in Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word) required; prior experience in SAP preferred

• Experience with SAP global trade services (GTS) module is strongly preferred

• Up to 25% International and domestic travel by plane and car is required