Process Engineer & Crimping Expert - Nigel at Alstom

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To coordinate the activities linked to the special process of Crimping during the phases of tender, development (concurrent engineering phase), production till the warranty phase
• Defines the manufacturing process and associated equipment for a new product, taking into account the industrial policy, existing standards and constraints of the project.
• Perform industrial documentation for the project.
• Estimate the manufacturing workload for the part corresponding to his domain.

ORGANISATION

Organization structure (job belongs to..)

• AMECA / RSC/ Engineering

Reports directly to:

• Operations Manager

Other reporting to:

• Regional Special Process Leader Crimping

Direct reports:

• None

Network & Links Position title of connected positions / functional report

• Internal

Process Engineering Network:

• EHS, Production / Quality / Maintenance, Supply Chain, Project Management, CEO / Manufacturing Manager, PME Network, Finance, Sourcing

Special Processes

• Product Eng., Industrial Quality, Manufacturing Eng., Production, EHS, Sourcing, SQD, SPQD, SQA; Crimping Specialist Network

External

• Suppliers
• Customer Representatives

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES  

Crimping Special Process

• To issue and to update, as necessary, the procedures and technical instructions related to the application of the crimping process in production.
• To guarantee the Industrial objectives in terms of QCD and EHS;
• To follow up the validation of the tools with Supplier and Production;
• To support the continuous improvement in the Workshop proposing new tools/jigs and operating process;
• To assure or validate the training and the qualification of the operators following special process rules of the site;
• To propose, in case of Non Conformity, anomaly, incident, a recovery solution;
• To drive the Quality System regarding to the management of crimping as special process;
• To assure the qualification of crimping process of each project;
• Benchmark with the other Sites and crimping specialist network;
• To manage the crimping tools database;
• To support Supplier Audit regarding to crimping process;
• To plan and support crimping audits on the workstations

Process Engineering

• Prepare introduction of new technologies if need be, with associated process validation plan.
• Identify needs of specific manufacturing equipment.
• Estimate Method Time and perform a preliminary line balancing.
• Identify critical process steps where to perform detailed Process FMEA and full FAR / FAI.

Complete industrial documentation: industrial data sheets, IMFU (Industrial Maturity Follow-Up)

• Perform P-FMEA.
• Define workstation layouts, taking into account ergonomic and EHS rules and optimizing movements.
• Perform a complete and detailed line balancing.

Industrialize retrofit after engineering changes: documentation, workstation definition / update.

• Support Production to achieve manufacturing QCD targets.
• Participates to R&D programs as industrial representative.
• Perform industrial REX on manufacturing processes. 

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

• EHS deviation/incident linked to process, layout, tools and equipment
• Quality dashboard KPI (CONQ, Top issues performance,  etc….)
• Line spent time performance vs target (non-value added eradication, process improvement, business cases investment vs savings)
• Implement and Maintain all required ISO and Other quality certifications
• APSYS scoring as per yearly defined targets
• Legal compliance

 MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES

Mandatory:

• Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering Degree

Desirable:

• ECSA registration as Professional Engineer

Experience

Mandatory:

• Industrial or technical background with minimum 5 years’ working experience 
• Ability to read and understand schematics and drawings
• Technical experience of Methods Engineering, writing, and improving manufacturing work instructions, line balancing and control plans
• Experience in working with an ERP (such as SAP) for Bill of Materials, Routings, Configuration follow-up
• Working knowledge of Quality and Health & Safety standards and systems

Desirable:

• Cable/ Looming knowledge railway industry , ideally in an international organization

Competencies & Skills

Technical education.

• English read, written, spoken
• Knowledge of CAD and PLM tools (CATIA, DELMIA, CREO, Autocad…)
• Process FMEA, QRQC, control plans
• Conscientious. Commits and delivers.
• implementation of APSYS (Lean manufacturing) subjects related to Industrial Roadmap
• Team Player.  Spirit of “Team Trust Action”
• Good communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Networking and Relationship Building Skills
• Decisive.  Obtains and uses necessary information to make decisions. Refers decision to others when appropriate
• Self-Motivation
• Result driven
• Logical and organized
• Leadership
• Customer orientated
• Emotional self-awareness and control