Description
RESPONSIBILITIES:- Measuring, monitoring, charting, reporting and analysing (coatings field analysis) key product and process characteristics in manufacturing areas such as Top-coat, E-coat/Phosphate.
- Provide information/data to support Lab Work Requests to meet account needs.
- Support Problem Resolution Activities through coatings field analysis.
- Assists with color audit reviews through coatings field analysis.
- Assists improvement efforts by providing coatings field analysis to effectively raise the customer's performance.
- Assists in the auditing, improvement, correction of key product processes that are designed to deliver/determine/impact final product performance and customer enthusiasm through coatings field analysis.
- Complies with Quality Systems and customer quality standards.
- Measure and monitor inventory.
- Supports the efforts of the Technical Service Team through data collection and analysis.
- Supports the efforts to optimize the utilization of products, providing additional value to the customer, and for complaint investigation, analysis, and problem resolution through coatings field analysis.
- Contributes to Product Design Reviews, as required, to achieve product introduction goals (eg through coatings field analysis during color workability).
- Participates within the site service team safety program.
- Supports customer and internal project schedule compliance through coatings field analysis activities.
- Support launch activities through coatings field analysis.
REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:
- An Associates degree or equivalent work experience is desired. A Bachelors Degree in Technical fields such as Chemistry or Engineering with approximately 2 years of relevant experience is a plus.
- Must be experienced in a manufacturing environment.
- Manufacturing Environment Experience.
- Business IT Tools: Lotus Notes; MS Word; PowerPoint; MS Project; Excel.
- Must have good interpersonal skills, mechanical aptitude, familiarity with quality systems concepts.
- Basic Root Cause Analysis ability.
- SAP Knowledge/Experience (a plus).
- Technical Troubleshooting. Laboratory Test Methods.
- Analytical Instrumentation
- Physical Property Testing Equipment
- Must be able to work as part of a team
- Must be Computer literate with good Customer service, Interpersonal, and Problem solving skills
- Must have Production experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills required
- Experience with Defect Recognition, Analysis and Identification desired
- Paint Application Knowledge/Experience is a plus
- Understanding of quality systems and concepts desired