Engineer - Paint Materials

Description:
The Paint Production Engineering Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Paint Materials Engineer.
Reporting to the Production Engineering Paint Materials Manager the person in this role will support the PE Paint departments objective to be a global leader in new material development and move towards plant of the future initiatives to ensure flexibility and competitiveness.
The primary responsibility of this Paint Materials Engineer is to evaluate and manage new model color paint trials new material technologies and support current production initiatives to reduce material cost and improve material performance.

Responsibilities:
Lead new color & material introductions to all NAMCs (body & resin paint) from lab workability through online testing and production approval including trial planning quality evaluations and direction setting recommendations primary focus on paint & resin shops.
Establish process controls and parameters (RJ) for new materials/technologies and gain one-voice among cross-functional teams
Lead materials-related problem solving across multiple divisions; applying TBP methods to identify root-cause and countermeasures
Support and assess CPU and Environmental impacts of new materials; quantify cost/benefit and lead decision-making with stakeholders
Support TMNA PE Paint department Hoshin objectives.

Requirements:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent work experience.
Proficient summarizing data and creating charts in Excel building presentations in PowerPoint.
Experience leading multiple projects that required coordination with people outside your immediate team (other departments vendors or external groups).
Experienced in analyzing data to identify the true root cause of a problem in addition to implementing countermeasures.
Experience creating and presenting reports to multiple levels of management.
1 year evaluating color and appearance of painted surfaces.
Ability to work weekends holidays and shutdown periods to support projects.
Ability to travel (up to 30%) to support NAMC competitiveness.

Nice to have:
Bachelor of Science (or higher) in Chemical Engineering Materials Engineering Chemistry Material Science etc.
TBP completed through panel
Served as SME or internal auditor for North American QR/QS/QH process
Project experience within Paint Pilot function
1 years of experience in paint lab doing workability evaluations
Basic Japanese language skills
Basic Spanish language skills

**Talteam Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.**

Required Experience:

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