(P2P) Technology and Automation Engineer

Brief description of the position:

Managing and organizing the Paintshop technology (new technologies, environmental technologies, inovations and digital processes) and automation workplan in short and medium-term, in his area of responsibility. Support and coordinate the IT-Shopfloor, in his area of responsibility. Managing and control the operational budget and the annual business plan, in his area of responsibility. Managing and control the outsourcing projects under his responsibility. Support the productivity and continuous improvement activities.

Key Tasks:

• Production: Analyses production equipment looking for performance improvements. Preparation of weekend and Festivals work plans. Establish and coordinate activities with the maintenance teams to eliminate production problems due to equipment. Solving the daily problems.
• Budget and Costs: Supporting the Paintshop annual business plan and actively implementing. Controlling the annual budget and the various technological, environmental, innovation and digital projects. Ensures that his activities meet financial budget targets, safety standards, quality standards, environmental, and legal regulations. Implementing improvement and correction actions.
• Quality: Investigates and tests new technologies and components. Searches the market for new solutions that will turn into production and / or quality improvements. Establish a customer-supplier relationship. Communicates up- and downwards.
• Productivity and Continuous improvement: Supporting and implementing productivity and continuous improvement projects, according to the defined timing. Monitor and controlling the productivity data and implementing improvement actions.
• Equipment: Supporting objectives of the Paint shop, including environmental, legal requirements, safety, cost, quality, new technologies. Ensure that all targets are achieved and completed on time.
• Projects: Developing and implementation of the short, medium-term Paintshop technology and automation strategic plan.
• Implement and coordinates, with the project management tool, the project from customer adjudication to delivery, reporting quality, timing, and costs in each milestone. Ensures forecasts and recovery plans, if deviation to targets are detected. Technically supports purchasing department in the negotiations of the service or project. Making contact with another shops and other departments, according to working procedures to ensure the smooth completion of the tasks. Responsible for the maintenance of the electrical and software standards.
• IT-Shopfloor: Support and coordinate the Paintshop IT-Shopfloor. Supporting objectives of the Paint shop on the IT-shopfloor and digital projects. Ensure that all targets are achieved and completed on time.
• Launch: Support planning activities for new processes, products, engineering changes, parts and equipment under his responsibility (ex. Specifications, FMEA, equipment acceptance,…). In the new project stage, participating in the trial production of pre-series cars on the production line, supervising and promoting the series production and other work.

Qualification and skills:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other related major.
• Internship experience in the Automotive Industry, preferential in Paint shop, will be a plus.
• Must have good communication and project management skills, team work, leadership and soft skills.
• Good financial analysis and planning skills.
• Knowledge in Big DATA and data analysis.
• Good in statistical process and quality analysis and quality tools.