Position: Fastening Engineer
Location: Dearborn, MI
Duration: 1 year contract with potential extensions/direct hire
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- Self-motivated, organized, hands-on, and collaborate individual
- Willingness to work outside existing comfort zones
- Minimum 2 years direct experience with manufacturing (Plant, VOME, PTME, etc) – preferably across multiple skill teams
- Strong interpersonal skills, presentation, and communication ability
- Fastening foundation with the ability to both learn and teach
- Ability to travel and interface with NA Manufacturing Plants
Position Duties
- Investigate, develop, and vet new fastening technologies and vendors.
- Work on Global Manufacturing Fastening Standards by Developing Procedures, Global Manufacturing Standards (GMR), Standard Cells, Gap Strategies with Product Development, Standard Costing for Future Model Programs, DC Tooling CAD Library in Teamcenter and Updates to GVOSS.
- Work with Cross Functional Teams in PAC Papers and Stop Ships to further Improve our Manufacturing Standards and Reduce Warranty Costs.
- Support the Development of New Fastening Technology into our North American Plants including Wireless Technology, Tools net 8 and Pulse Tool Technology.
- Implement Torque strategies and Angle Monitoring Limits into our North American Plants by gathering information from Product Development but more importantly, gain alignment with Product Development and the Plant during Launch Phases.
- Support the Implementation of Tools net 8 into our North American Plants to Support Angle Monitoring and Reducing FSAs.
- Drive Cost Studies ensuring Plants have Residual Torque Equipment, Torque Test Benches, TISS, TPPS and Tool Tracker.
- Lead the Development of Online and Offline Repair Strategies involving Wireless Tooling Reporting to the Quality Operating System.
- Work with a Team of Launch Engineers in Implementing Handheld DC Tools into the Plants for Future Model Programs.
- Support Upper body and Underbody Tooling Team on Ford to Furnish Tooling Orders
- Lead 3rd Party Quality Auditors in Performing Yearly Audits at North American Plants for adherence to TISS Reports, Torque Routes, Fastening Procedures, Preventive Maintenance Status in Tool Tracker, TCNs and Torque Related Alerts.
- Support Plant and Ford of India Team in Performing Audits every 6 Months at each Plant for Fastener Releases, Process Sheets and Controller Programming Adherence