Manager, Engineering

Main Responsibilities: (หน้าที่ความรับผิดชอบ)

Leads group of lead engineers and engineers / technicians to develop complete seat to a set of requirements defined by “customer”

Provides front line technical customer interface for entire program. Manages the design and

processes for a specific project, program, or product line to meet current and future needs

Provides technical leadership, develops the technical skills, knowledge and provides technical

direction of the engineers and designers on the team

Evaluate cost effectiveness of proposed engineering changes and recommend course of action to management of Adient. Providing cost savings (VA/VE) in the design of the product, generally 5% target yearly

Manage activities within budgets

Follow require emergency prevention and operational controls

Apply, execute, and maintain function related BOS (Business Operating System) issues

Develops and provides resolution to customer technical issues through CBU/PBU Chief Engineer or Engineering Manager. Core member of SDT (Simultaneous Development Team).

Provides technical direction to engineers, designers, and support personnel

Approves all technical issues and works with team to ensure time and cost objectives are met

Understands and identifies the resource requirements to meet program/product objectives

Manages program resources to maximize utilization – identifying the right resource for the task to meet program deliverables

Promotes and facilitates the use of best practices in engineering

Supports and meets the program/product engineering budget

Capable of communicating effectively with all management levels

Lead and provide phase 1 Engineering input to commercial to help acquire new business

Use internal training exercises to increase the overall department technical competency

Develop modular new front seat frame structure to meet Thailand domestic customer and volume demands

Lead and help SDT/department on customer issues in time to ensure no impact to customer

delivery/quality

Calls, supports, and runs technical design reviews monthly/as necessary

Publishes a technical design review report

Ensures best practices are being followed in creating layout drawings, detail drawings and

assembly drawings

Ensures customer’s environment drawings are kept up to date

Ensures that no packaging or interference problems exist in the drawings/data

Facilitates, develops, and implements best practices in design and engineering. This includes, but is not limited to PDfSS, drawing standards, FEA (Finite Element Analysis), GD&T, root cause analysis, DVP (Design Verification Plan), DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), hand calculations and use of carry over and CPP technology

Ensures the design is robust to provide the highest quality in the build and assembly of prototype parts. Personally, ensures that the design and engineering data is released on time to ensure the highest quality assemblies for testing and the customer

Leads root cause analysis in the resolution of any test failures. Reviews and approves the analysis with the appropriate engineering management resources to resolve any particularly difficult problems. Ensures the appropriate management teams are brought in for any potential safety concerns.

Ensures for concurrence to quantities and tests required for supporting/resolving technical issues.

Ensures the product has gone through the appropriate channels to optimize the plan, ensuring

minimum number of prototypes are being tested and the best choice of reliability techniques are used to determine test duration, number of samples and types of tests

Supports DFMEAs (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) prior to release of prototype tooling, including support generation of

Manufacturing process flow, PFMEA (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) & Control plan

Reviews FEA/analysis/testing prior to finalizing concept, release of prototype tooling and release of production tooling to ensure design meets desired criteria/specifications

Reviews cost, performance, timing, weight, and investment versus customer targets with his/her core team members. Ensures that a complete corrective action plan is in place (and agreed to

with the core SDT) when the product is not conforming to expectations (including timing)

Directs and approves analysis (FEA, dimensional, hand calculations, tolerance stack ups etc.) prior to finalizing concept selection to ensure that the choice for concept meets the load requirements

Supports best practices and early detection for BSR

Ensures team uses the right tool/technology for providing technical solution to program/product

issues

Is aware of advancing technology and directs implementation as appropriate

Ensures complete knowledge transfer from acquired business to have smooth transition

Leads complete development timing with global tech centers to deliver new structure to sales

team in time

Approve ECRs, IRs or DAs (deviation authorizations) to properly document customer or Adient initiated changes or issues

(paperwork and/or EPIC system) follow Product Change Management System

Supports in identifying & preparing the required training of engineers, designers, and support

personnel for all basic technical skill requirements

Supports development and meets the agreed budget for the program/product. Ensure proper PD2 documents are developed and approved before the start of development and spending of money. Ensures customer scope changes are documented, budgeted, and approved prior to commencement of activity

Manages and supports all Adient strategic direction/initiatives and systems including PDfSS, CPP, PLUS (Product Launch System), offshore design etc.

Support in the management and implementation of career planning and personal development of staff

Ensures annual performance reviews of related team members are completed on time

Supports the program/product team in resolving customer technical issues

Led the use of A3, become champion

Led Engineering sign-off / SMTEs (Subject Matter Technical Expert) where assigned as champions

Impart training to Engineers

Timely resolution and execution of technical issues or changes.

Execution of deliverables to support program timing and cost objectives for new & current products

Support and execution of BOS procedures and process discipline

Effective balance of conflicting requirements and risks

Accurate and on-time BOMs, drawings, open issue list & engineering reports updates

Improvements in engineering productivity

Quality and value of applied engineering technology (as measured by business units)

Direction and execution of strategic actions and development of engineering technologies

Executes and supports all Adient strategic direction/initiatives and systems including PDfSS, CPP, PLUS, offshore design etc.

Testing first time right

Development to meet the agreed budget for the product.

Ensures customer scope changes are documented, budgeted, and approved prior to commencement of activity

Provides input to management for implementation of career planning and personal development of program/product staff. Provides input and/or conducts annual performance reviews for program/product staff. Ensures required performance reviews are completed on time

Supports the program/product team in resolving customer technical issues

Performance to project/product plan

Performance to budget

Improvements in engineering productivity

Quality and value of applied engineering technology (as measured by business units)

Direction and execution of strategic actions and development of engineering technologies

Optional Responsibilities (หน้าที่ความรับผิดชอบเสริม)

As per supervisor’s assignment

Customer Specific Requirements: (ข้อกำหนดลูกค้า)

Follow customer’s requirement

HSE Expectation: (ความคาดหวังด้านความปลอดภัยและสิ่งแวดล้อม)

Communicating often about safety: safety talk and feedback, ensure accident and near-miss reporting procedures are understood and complied with, assist with accident investigations & 8D report.

Safety consulted when process change, new lines, new equipment, lay out change.

Support & assisting in Safety activity and initiative: safety policy, JCMS, CCRM, HSE management plant audit,

lesson learnt implementation, HSE training, suggestion, near miss report, safety week, wear proper PPE and use proper work practices."

Zero terolence & fully compliance with high risk/critical work: Permit System, LOTO, working at heigh, confindspace, contractor control, forklift, lift, foam operation, machine guarding, welding, transportation, live electrical, chemical.

PLUS, offshore design etc.

Qualification (Education, Skills, and Experiences)

Bachelor's in engineering / equivalent experiences

+ 10 years in Engineering (Automotive frame/plastic/mechanism preferred) and including

+ 2 years in Lead Engineering role

Organizational Skills

Product engineering background

Ability to cooperate with people of various levels inside/outside the company and to interact

with team to reach goals and business objectives

Ability to empower others to achieve results through motivation, recognition, and performance feedback

Ability to express information in manner appropriate different levels of people & to lead

negotiations

Ability to recognize, respond to customer expectations with sense of urgency and even increase expectations

Ability to take actions & to generate ideas, product, processes in promised timely manner;

involvement in designer or other work requiring creative imagination

Ability to take full responsibility for decisions & results even when all elements are not under

individual direct control

Ability to set goals in consistency with company with company objectives and to adapt plans to changing environment

Ability to identify and eliminate health, safety, ergonomic and environmental hazards in

workplace

Effective communication skills in English and Thai

Accountability skills

Interpersonal skills

Management skills

Reporting Relationship: (สายการรายงาน)

Directing: (หัวหน้างานลำดับที่หนึ่ง) Senior Manager, Engineering

Functional: (หัวหน้างานลำดับที่สอง) N/A

PRIMARY LOCATION

Adient Thailand Rayong

R-22233