Sr Project Engineer, NPI, Transformative Innovation
Work Mode:Hybrid
Location:Hybrid - Kohler, WI
Opportunity
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sr Project Engineer to join our New Product Integration (NPI) team, focusing on vitreous, plastics, and electronics development and industrialization. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in our Transformative Innovation new product development delivery.
Specific Responsibilities
- Lead the development and integration of new vitreous, plastic, and electronic products at Kohler manufacturing locations.
- Integrate new products and processes that meet or exceed safety, quality, cost, timing, and delivery metrics for both Product Development and Manufacturing Operations.
- Manage manufacturing stakeholder readiness activities and timing for successful new product launches.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Marketing, Purchasing, Engineering, Program Management, Quality, and Industrial Design.
- Proactively propose solutions that ensure manufacturability without compromising the consumer value proposition.
- Create new product build plans and manage build/launch events to achieve launch metrics and ramp-up plans.
- Lead and participate in cross-functional program and launch readiness forums, providing regular updates.
- Coordinate the development of manufacturing environments, equipment, and processes required for product programs.
- Conduct project assessments to establish investment and resource requirements for program viability.
- Develop and maintain new product program budgets for manufacturing costs and capital expenditures.
- Ensure compliance with requirements and the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP).
- Monitor all launch readiness activities, manage risks, and escalate issues to key stakeholders and leadership teams.
Skills/Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in industrial, Ceramic/Materials, or Mechanical Engineering
- 4+ years of product development and manufacturing experience.
- Experience in the vitreous or plastics industry is preferred.
- Production Operations Knowledge - Has a firm understanding of how complex production lines operate.
- Great understanding of design for manufacture, process design, process validation, and assembly methods.
- Experience working in SAP preferred.
- Excellent communication skills, organized, and attentive to detail.
- Ability to read and interpret basic mechanical drawings or CAD models.
- Willingness for 10-20% travel
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