Process Technician - Casting 69817
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Job Description
Job Number: 69817
Group: Cosma International
Division: Kamtek Casting
Job Type: Permanent/Regular
Location: BIRMINGHAM
Group Description
Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.
PURPOSE OF POSITION
The Process Technician is to assist Process Engineering and die cast operations with daily activities as well as lead implementation of continuous improvement activities.
RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY
Responsible to assist Process Engineering with supporting all aspects of monitoring maintaining and improving the daily die cast processes while working crossfunctionally with any other related departments.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:
1 Follow and enforce all plant safety rules and policies.
2 Understand and promote Magnas philosophies (Magna Operational Principles Corporate Constitution and Employees Charter)
3 Document verify and maintain critical die cast process parameters.
4 Control revision level of process parameters and equipment programs. Responsible to backup equipment programs.
5 Document all die cast process changes and maintain change history.
6 Analyze s and determine reason or root cause of problem.
7 Perform cycle time analysis determine bottleneck operation and implement countermeasures to improve Net Casting Rate.
8 Assist in PPAP DOE and first part production / part verification.
9 Evaluate casting conditions for out of specification conditions.
10 Support die sets with any process related setup and verifications.
11 Understand casting operation requirements to assist in troubleshooting activities.
12 Promote good housekeeping 5S)
13 Perform other duties as required.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
SKILL (Ability to do the job)
Must exhibit high levels of critical thinking and time management skills
Must possess good interpersonal communication skills including the ability to communicate technical information to a nontechnical audience
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Team skills
Ability to work in a fastpaced work environment
OTHER KNOWLEDGE/WORK EXPERIENCE
OTHER KNOWLEDGE:
Strong Computer and Microsoft Office Skills (Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook) Lean Manufacturing background & Six Sigma preferred Root Cause Analysis Statistical Problem Solving & DOE
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
This position mandates you to wear Personal Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes Glasses Gloves Hearing Protection Hard Hats & and that all jewelry will be removed while on production/ manufacturing floor. Daily for short periods of time you could be working around extreme high temperatures (above 900 F/ 270C).
EQUIPMENT/TOOLS USED:
Some general tools and pieces of equipment include the die cast machine robots spray head cabinet computer copier / printer thermal camera thermocouple thermometers and general hand tools (etc).
EDUCATION: High School Diploma or GED required
TECHNICAL TRAINING: Product and Process Overview NADCA Fanuc Robots Thermal Imaging (Viper FLIR) Simple Curve Viewer IDRA
OTHER: Strong Computer and Microsoft Office Skills (Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook) Lean Manufacturing background & Six Sigma preferred Root Cause Analysis Statistical Problem Solving & DOE
WORK EXPERIENCE: WHAT TYPESManufacturing Die Casting Preferred HOW MUCH Minimum of 1 year
WHAT ADDITIONAL SKILLS OT ABILITIES WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE JOB Knowledge of the automotive manufacturing industry
08EngineeringFPermanent/Regular
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
