Production Engineer at Toyota

Production Engineer at Toyota Motor Manufacturing

Onsite

Location: Troy, MO

Immediate need for 2 engineer to work ONSITE at TOYOTA Manufacturing, this is a full time position 40 hours a week, Monday- Friday. 

You will be a Kelly Engineer employee working at Toyota and will receive benefits from Kelly Services.  This is a several years long contract with no end date. 

Who we’re looking for:

• The primary responsibility of this role is to advance the KPIs (improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost) for existing low-pressure casting machine cells.
• The person in this role will support the production department's objective to meet targets and launch new projects successfully.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead improvement initiatives – safety, quality, productivity, and cost on casting/production lines
• Lead and support change point management system
• Work with various departments within the Plant as well as outside Vendors for process improvements.
• Lead quality improvement activity within the Production department.
• Participate on task force team with Production and Maintenance – support Production/Maintenance kaizens.
• Daily review of the process, part quality, and downtime for the production department.
• Provide daily process support with Production and Maintenance
• Demonstrates good problem-solving skills by determining root causes, countermeasures, implementation, and tracking of results.
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What you bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in engineering or 3+ years of equivalent professional work
• Aluminum casting experience, including experience creating, implementing, and maintaining processes on the shop floor
• CAD experience, including the ability to read, interpret, and modify 2D and/or 3D drawings
• Ability to work weekends, overtime, and shutdown work (such as July and December holidays) as needed
• Experience applying Toyota Production System (TPS) principles of kaizen, standardized work, or similar lean methodologies