Die Assistant Engineer

Die Assistant Engineer

Purpose of the Position:                           

Under the guidance and direction of Technical Management:

• Provide Process support to the plant production line to establish new line capability, and pursue stable operational performance.
• Performs various engineering assignments for collecting, analyzing data to recommend solutions to process problems in order to improve product quality and production efficiencies. 
• Die, hardware, screw rebuild work.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

New line set up:

• Interact and support new plant project team for process debug and production set up.
• Assist Forming engineer and project team on the topics of dies, hardware, extrusion, handling.
• Work with upstream and downstream process.

Support daily production:

• Interact and support daily production; Co-responsible for Forming process performance.
• For daily process issues, investigating and analyzing, leading troubleshooting, developing solutions, and implementing corrective actions.
• For repeated difficult issues, assist in process analysis to improve product or process.
• Assists in process control and discipline (appropriate data collection, monitoring, etc.).
• Providing training/certification of operators in process control and operation.
• Maintain product run strategy, SOS(Standard Operating Setpoints) and SOP(Standard Operating Procedure) for production lines.

Die and Rebuild:

• Assist in managing tools & hardware inventory and reception in order to ensure enough and appropriate tools are ready for production
• Investigating and possibly repairing die & hardware defects; providing preventative actions.
• Assist in extruder screw rebuild and element inventory maintenance to ensure robust extrusion production

Continuous Improvement:

• Train and communicate with operators of process or equipment changes.
• Assist in experimentations and projects to ensure effective implementation – achieving objectives, completed on time and within budget.

Plant-wide principles:

• Implementing and enforcing procedures for maintaining a safe work environment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree or above
• 2-3 years’ working experience in manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience in production line for any of the below scope:

- operating extruder or injection machine

- handling with dies and hardware

- using measurement tools (e.g. gauges, scales)

- other production related