Senior Product Industrialization Expert Hydraulic Hose

The Senior Industrialization Engineer is responsible for industrialization excellence across the IAM organization. This role ensures that new products technologies and engineering changes are industrialized and transferred into serial production in a scalable robust and costeffective manner across multiple manufacturing sites.

Serving as an SME to manufacturing plants this position leads complex industrialization initiatives and ensures consistent launch readiness process capability and stable production performance. Leveraging deep expertise in hydraulic hose manufacturing processes and productprocess interactions the role drives problem solving standardization risk mitigation continuous improvement and alignment with global industrialization strategies.

The position is responsible for the industrialization of products across multiple hydraulic hose plants within IAM directly influencing the successful execution industrialization and continuous improvement of products representing approximately 300 M in annual revenue.

Location:  ContiTech Fairlawn OH Open to locations in Norfolk NE or Mount Pleasant IA. 

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Serve as Business Area technical authority for hydraulic hose manufacturing processes ensuring consistent standards and capability across all sites.
• Lead endtoend industrialization of new products from design definition through launch and stable serial production.
• Provide expert guidance on manufacturing technologies materials and assembly processes including escalation and problemsolving support.
• Define and optimize processes equipment concepts tooling and layouts to meet safety quality cost scalability and capability targets.
• Drive DFM/DFA alignment with Product Development Quality Operations and crossfunctional teams.
• Provide technical support for engineering changes to ensure controlled disruptionfree implementation.
• Lead improvement initiatives focused on safety quality delivery and cost.
• Support structured problemsolving using Lean and Six Sigma tools (A3 8D DMAIC SPC MSA).
• Lead optimization initiatives addressing cycle time yield scrap and cost.
• Deploy and govern manufacturing best practices and technical standards to ensure consistency and longterm process robustness.
• Support PPI Leadership with reviewing postlaunch manufacturing performance to ensure stable serial production and compliance with industrialization standards.
• Support PPI Leadership with monitoring of KPIs for quality efficiency capability and cost to ensure sustained technical performance.
• Identify and assess industrialization risks and coordinate mitigation actions with plant teams.
• Analyze trends and deviations to prevent recurrence and drive proactive improvement.
• Support PPI Leadership with reporting of of performance risks and improvement actions to PPI Business Area leadership and Management.
• Drive implementation and adherence to global product and process standards across locations.
• Define maintain and deploy technical guidelines and best practices in alignment with sector and plant teams.
• Serve as subject matter expert for hydraulic hose industrialization providing training coaching and technical support to engineers and plant teams.
• Support introduction of new technologies materials and processes through proper validation documentation and standardization.

Qualifications :

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Manufacturing Chemical or a related engineering or science fields
• 7 years of extensive experience in Process and Manufacturing Engineering with expertise in hydraulic hose manufacturing processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in rubber and plastic production processes and ramp-up projects.
• Product and process industrialization technologies systems standards and infrastructure
• Industrial engineering fundamentals and methods
• Design and product manufacturing test processes
• Problemsolving and decisionmaking tools (A3 8D DMAIC SPC MSA etc.)
• Project management tools methods and execution
• Product lifecycle processes
• Quality Core Tools (PFMEA APQP MSA R&R flowcharting process control plans)
• Lean production / CBS principles methods and tools
• Proficiency in English is mandatory
• Travel approximately 7080% domestically and within the Americas region.

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job posting.

ADDITIONAL  WAYS TO STAND OUT

• Leading Projects and specific teams (giving direction feedback motivation)
• Strong Communication skills
• Experienced working with international teams on production topics and understanding of foreign cultures
• Deep expertise in the processes (Mandrel Preparation Extrusion Braiding Cover Assembly Curing Blow out Pressure Test and Crimping)
• Core hose manufacturing processes (mandrel preparation extrusion braiding cover curing blowout pressure testing etc.)

Additional Information :

THE PERKS

Immediate Benefits
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance  & Employee Discounts
Employer 401(k) Match
Competitive Bonus Programs
Employee Assistance Program
Future Growth Opportunities including personal and professional

And many more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!
 

EEO-Statement:

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time