Adient

Designs, manufactures, and delivers automotive seating

Manufacturing Engineer

Process EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSan Antonio, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field is required.
Two to three years of experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment is required, preferably within the automotive industry.
Experience with line balancing and exposure to fast-paced manufacturing operations are required.
Familiarity with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing principles is required.

Responsibilities

Establish standard operating procedures to control variable conditions involved in producing salable urethane parts.
Know machine capabilities and raw material characteristics.
Determine the most efficient combination of material, process, and machine to produce salable urethane parts at the lowest cost.
Recommend changes to manufacturing processes, methods, and procedures to improve product quality and quantity or line operating efficiencies.
Coordinate activities with Production, Production Control, Maintenance, and Industrial Engineering to meet company objectives for low-cost, high-quality products.
Prepare economic justification data for recommended equipment or process improvements and evaluate new equipment for possible improvements to quality, cost, and line operating efficiencies.
Conduct or assist with evaluations of new materials or processes when requested.
Perform special projects as assigned.
Recommend materials and processes to improve manufacturing profitability.
Coordinate, train, and guide line technicians in daily processing operations, ensuring consistent execution of best practices.
Assist in planning, conducting, and directing chemical processing activities.

Desired Qualifications

Background in programmable logic controllers is a plus.
Lean manufacturing training or certification is a plus.
Familiarity with the Toyota Production System is a plus.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary:

We’re looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team in driving innovation and excellence in automotive production. This role is responsible for continuously monitoring and analyzing the methods by which our products are manufactured, with a strong focus on improving quality and reducing costs. The Manufacturing Engineer will assist in planning, conducting, and directing chemical processing activities. In addition, this role will coordinate, train, and guide line technicians in daily processing operations, ensuring consistent execution of best practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Establish standard operating procedures to control the variable conditions involved in producing salable urethane parts.
Knowledge of all machine capabilities and raw material characteristics.
Determine the most efficient combination of material, process and machine to produce salable urethane parts at least cost.
Recommends changes to the manufacturing processes methods and procedures to upgrade quality and quantity of products and/or line operating efficiencies.
Coordinates activities with Production, Production Control, Maintenance and Industrial Engineering to meet Company objectives of lowest cost, highest quality products.
Prepares necessary economic justification date for recommended equipment or process improvements and evaluates new equipment for possible use to improve quality, cost and line operating efficiencies.
Conducts and/or assists with the evaluation of new materials or processes evaluation of new materials or processes requested
Performs special projects as assigned.
Makes recommendations on materials and processes to improve profitability of manufacturing process.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
2 to 3 years of experience in a manufacturing or assembly environment, preferably within the automotive industry.
Experience with line balancing and exposure to fast-paced manufacturing operations.
Familiarity with GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing) principles.
Background in PLCs is a plus.
Lean manufacturing training or certification is a plus.
Familiarity with the Toyota Production System (TPS) is a plus.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Avanzar San Antonio Facility

About the Company

Adient

Designs, manufactures, and delivers automotive seating

Adient is a global leader in automotive seating, designing, manufacturing, and delivering seating systems and components for various vehicles. It uses a vertically integrated process from research and design to production, with more than 200 manufacturing and assembly plants across 29 countries, ensuring consistent quality and innovation. The company sells seating solutions to major automakers to differentiate vehicles through quality, technology, and performance, and it operates AdientDX to enable controlled data exchange across its supply chain. Its goal is to maintain leadership in automotive seating by delivering high-quality, scalable seating solutions with a global footprint and data-enabled operations.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Plymouth Township, Michigan
Founded: 2015

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