Manufacturing Process Engineer

As a Manufacturing Process Engineer at Honda, you will play a crucial role in developing and optimizing assembly processes for new spec parts. This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience, along with strong analytical and communication skills. You will utilize lean manufacturing techniques and data analysis to enhance efficiency and quality. The role is full-time and primarily on-site, with opportunities for career growth and advancement. Honda offers competitive compensation and benefits, including paid overtime and education reimbursement.

As a Manufacturing Process Engineer at Honda, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing assembly processes for new spec parts. You will utilize lean manufacturing techniques, conduct data analysis, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance efficiency and quality. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience, along with strong analytical and communication skills.

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose:

Serve as a Process Engineer responsible for assembly process development and determining the sequence of assembly for new spec parts based upon existing process/parts lay out/process standard time (ST) and/or the maintenance and optimization of established process.

Key Accountabilities:

• Use M.O.S.T. To develop balanced processes across manufacturing areas. Work to achieve high process efficiency. Apply lean manufacturing techniques. Design processes that are simple and achieve SQCDM targets.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste within the process and improve efficiency. Apply 5S work methods, workstation design, and set best practices for production.
• Audit big data to ensure accurate information across all operation standards. Mobilize Excel formulas and VBA coding to optimize tasks.
• Support New Model events. Forecast design impact to department. Incorporate change points into process design. Identify concerns and countermeasures before mass production.
• Perform time estimates for assembly line work, equipment loads and develop operation standards.
• Conduct studies to determine the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow and recommends methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel
• Regularly lead meetings with other Honda functional groups to develop and launch improvement themes (quality, safety, delivery, production, purchasing, packaging, or logistics)
• Collect feedback from the production floor and address their concerns.
• Evaluate and implement ergonomic countermeasures to prevent associate injury.
• Develop plans and schedules for projects. Set timelines and detailed activities. Hold meetings with cross functional engineering groups to ensure completeness.
• Project support for all items impacting assembly department’s associate process.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (e.g., Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or similar); or 6 years relevant experience required
• 0-6 years’ experience based on education
• Knowledge of: Process Data Development and Analysis (PDDA); process engineering (MOST); parts numbers, BOM, and applications; Assembly (AF) quality control systems and specification; Assembly (AF) techniques and processes; New model project development; quality control systems and workflows; Assembly (AF) department layout and equipment.
• Skill in: Analytical problem solving and decision making; communicating change to others, root cause analysis, collaboration with others, and self-driven.

Working Conditions:

• Shift schedule is primarily a first shift position but at times require supporting additional shifts/hours
• Position could require some travel to other HDMA locations or supplier locations
• Position could require daily overtime or Saturday overtime
• Position could require DPC coverage to the production floor
• 50% Fast-paced high-energy manufacturing environment, 50% office environmen

Visa sponsorship issues

• This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs
• Free Drinks Onsite

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.

Knowledge of: Process Data Development and Analysis (PDDA); process engineering (MOST); parts numbers, BOM, and applications; Assembly (AF) quality control systems and specification; Assembly (AF) tec...

Responsibilities:

• The candidate will be responsible for developing balanced processes across manufacturing areas using M.O.S.T.
• The candidate will apply lean manufacturing techniques to achieve high process efficiency.
• The candidate will design processes that meet SQCDM targets and identify opportunities to reduce waste.
• The candidate will audit big data to ensure accurate information across all operation standards.
• The candidate will lead meetings with other functional groups to develop and launch improvement themes.

Skills:

• Process Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Data Analysis
• Excel
• VBA Coding
• Assembly Techniques
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Communication Skills
• Root Cause Analysis
• Project Management

Education:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (e.g., Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or similar) is required.