Manufacturing Equipment Engineer

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

Lead, create, and implement innovative technical activities and solutions in the areas of Mass Production, Business Plan and New Model to efficiently meet or exceed Safety, Environment, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Morale characteristic targets.

Key Accountabilities

Effectively communicate upstream and downstream to all levels of the organization to assure common understanding and direction.

Review and analyze daily report(s) to identify safety, quality, delivery gaps and develop potential countermeasures and / or root cause analysis opportunities striving for continuous improvement.

Utilize data analysis and PDCA to lead, support, develop and justify solutions with related groups / departments for your area of responsibility to solve complex problems.

Monitor and manage equipment and processes to ensure optimal manufacturing performance and function while minimizing operating expense.

Develop capability of self, colleagues, and team through training, mentoring, and sharing of experiences in area of technical expertise and understanding.

Establish priorities and make decisions based on data analytics to most effectively accomplish business objectives.

Manage project implementation, schedule, budget and resource allocations to ensure successful completion and target achievement.

Test, evaluate, and implement new and innovative technologies to improve overall equipment and process efficiency.

Develop and manage investment and expense budgets to achieve overall cost targets.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications

Bachelors or Associates degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with relevant experience (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or Electrical, etc) with interest in Manufacturing, if no degree 6 years of experience required

Minimum Experience

Mfg. co-op experience preferred but not required

Other Job-Specific Skills

Computer literate to support industry standard software applications

Positive attitude, open minded & team player

Strong self-motivation and desire to work in a manufacturing environment

Self-managed and able to provide and set direction for others to be successful

Demonstrates leadership capabilities

Demonstrate strong communication (verbal / written) skills

Ability to multi-task and solve complex problems thru analysis to propose and implement appropriate countermeasures based on timing, quality, and cost.

Strong technical analysis and troubleshooting skills

Ability to manage projects

Job Dimensions

Financial Dimensions

Responsible for justification and evaluation material for projects

Decisions Expected

Follow-up on daily line performance and countermeasure areas of concern

Develop / Design strategy to achieve unit and company initiative

Lead and evaluate business planning (Justification for resource changes)

Determine budget and schedule activity needed to improve operations

Working Conditions

Work in production environment requiring PPE and lockout in manufacturing operations

Manufacturing environment with the potential of working near hydraulic oils, cutting lubricants, ferrous and aluminum materials

Hands-on investigation and troubleshooting within equipment to countermeasure issues and to determine improvement activity

Working with hand / power tools, automation equipment, quality gauging and instrumentation

50% office environment / 50% manufacturing lineside activity

10-15 hours overtime per week possible

Possible weekend or off-shift support as necessary

Travel 5% (domestic & international)

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 :

Additional Offerings :

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.