Mechanical/Dyno Technician

Mechanical/Dyno technician#26-19900 $28.69-$32.85 per hour Pontiac, MI Onsite Job Description Our client, a Automotive Manufacturing company, is looking for a Mechanical/Dyno Technician for their Pontiac, MI location.

Responsibilities:

Engine validation and engine development. Validation is pretty straight forward with just standard testing. The development space is more manual testing with calibration and hardware development.

Safety:

Provide a safe working environment for everyone entering the area. Learn and follow all safety procedures. Verify everyone (including visitors) in area of responsibility follows safety rules and procedures. Maintain a safe and clean workspace (WPO). Identify, communicate and escalate unsafe work conditions. Notify Group or Team Leader (or escalate per process) when a safety incident occurs. Support resolution on all unsafe conditions and near misses. Utilize PPE. Understand the 2 foot rule, Orange Crush Zone and Evacuation & Take Shelter locations. Be aware of hazardous communication program.

People:

Enhance employee engagement to promote employee enthusiasm. Participate in problem solving. Participate in cross training. Understand Level 5 BPD board. Provide information to support layered audits. Provide input for the group leader and team leader to plan meeting agenda. Participate in establishing and contributing to team goals. Participate in submitting team suggestions. Provide Job Instruction Training for new team members per standardized work (if qualified as a trainer). Maintain acceptable attendance practices. Attend team meetings.

Quality:

Coach the quality motto, "Do not Accept, Build, or Ship a Defect" Learn and follow all quality procedures. Understand and follow the quality processes and procedures. Notify Team Leader/Group Leader of quality related issues. Assist/Coach team members not following quality processes/procedures. Support resolution to all quality issues. Ensure containment processes are followed. Identify defects in/out area. Understand and follows problem escalation process. Utilize Andon.

Responsiveness:

Respond appropriately to meet the customer's requirements. Understand daily work assignment(s). Meet with Team Leader at start of shift to get daily assignment(s). Able to use Andon system in accordance with escalation process. Participate in Throughput Improvement Processes (TIP) meetings. Ensure scrap and non-conforming material is identified and set aside for processing.

Cost:

Utilize continuous improvement to identify and eliminate the 7 forms of waste. Understand and support elimination of waste (COMMWIP) waste. Aware of cost of supplies, energy, and parts for waste elimination. Assist team accurate documenting of scrap and non-conforming material. Participate in team CI objectives and BPD metrics. Seek efficiency in all activities to reduce cost.

Environment:

Engage in practices to minimize our environmental footprint. Understand and follow the applicable environmental policy. Support conserving energy and minimizing waste. Actively support recycling processes (water, air, materials, etc.) Typical day in the role: Pallet build - receive a property, set it up to engineer standards, fabrication work, drilling, welding, getting them ready to slide into a dyno to spin (for this spot there is no dyno experience required, this is like a mechanic at a dealership role) Engine Validation they will be assigned test cells to own and operate, install of the property, do morning checks, hit a start button because it is all automated, watch that or move on to the next cell to complete task Engine Development -no start button, 10% automated and the rest is manual, must have puma or dyno experience, developing calibrations or hardware to support the launch of the new properties Interaction level Constantly working together with others during their shift

Requirements:

Looking for dyno testing experience, fabrication capability, and troubleshooting / problem solving experience. Work environment typical lab environment, clean, lot of safety and standards in place At least 5 years experience with Dyno Testing Experience with fabrication capability and troubleshooting Problem Solving Experience - tell me about a process that was broken and how you fixed it/solved the problem