Process Engineer, Body

Job Description

Job Description

Process Engineer, Body

Position Summary

The Process Engineer, Body is responsible for supporting, sustaining, and improving manufacturing processes within a vehicle body assembly environment. This role works closely with production, quality, dimensional, and maintenance teams to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality operations. The ideal candidate is a hands-on problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing setting and is passionate about continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Production Process Support & Improvement

• Monitor daily production activities to ensure safety, quality, productivity, and throughput objectives are achieved.
• Analyze manufacturing processes and implement improvements to reduce downtime, scrap, and rework.
• Lead and support production process changes while minimizing disruption to operations.
• Conduct time studies, capacity evaluations, and bottleneck analyses to optimize manufacturing flow and equipment utilization.
• Identify opportunities to improve process stability, efficiency, and overall plant performance.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Production, Quality, Maintenance, and other operations teams to address manufacturing challenges and support daily production needs.
• Engage with operators, team leaders, and supervisors to gather feedback and implement practical process improvements.
• Lead root cause investigations and drive corrective and preventive actions for recurring issues.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, and operational performance.

Quality & Process Reliability

• Ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet established quality standards and customer requirements.
• Monitor critical process parameters and proactively address issues before defects occur.
• Support quality improvement initiatives through process control, inspection methods, and data-driven problem solving.
• Drive process consistency and reliability across body assembly operations.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure all manufacturing activities comply with applicable safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and improve standard operating procedures and safe work practices.
• Promote a culture of safety and accountability throughout the production environment.
• Support safety investigations and corrective actions as needed.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain process documentation, work instructions, and standard operating procedures.
• Track and report key performance indicators related to quality, efficiency, downtime, and continuous improvement activities.
• Document process modifications and ensure change management procedures are followed.
• Provide regular updates on project status, improvement initiatives, and operational performance.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• 6-8 years of process engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting production operations and implementing process improvements.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple functions.
• Proficiency with manufacturing data systems and process analysis tools.

Preferred

• Experience in automotive body assembly, body shop operations, or vehicle manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of welding, joining, dimensional control, and body structure manufacturing processes.
• Experience leading production changes and process optimization projects in a high-volume manufacturing setting.

Key Competencies

• Process Optimization
• Continuous Improvement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Lean Manufacturing
• Six Sigma Methodologies
• Production Support
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Change Management
• Safety Leadership
• Data Analysis

This position offers the opportunity to play a key role in driving manufacturing excellence by improving process performance, supporting production operations, and delivering high-quality products in a collaborative team environment.

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\nCompany Description

Using the best business practices obtained from many years of experience in Business, Law, and Recruiting and Staffing, the Founders at CrossFire Group (“CrossFire”) started in downtown Royal Oak, MI more than a decade ago. With backgrounds in Information Technology (IT) and the Legal Industry, CrossFire began placing by IT and Legal Professionals in contract and direct-hire positions throughout the Midwest.

Since our founding, CrossFire has grown into a full-service Human Capital Solutions Organization. We are proud of now providing full services beyond recruiting and staffing. Our portfolio of services includes HR supply chain management, human resources consulting, and many customized Human Resource related services.

Company Description

Using the best business practices obtained from many years of experience in Business, Law, and Recruiting and Staffing, the Founders at CrossFire Group (“CrossFire”) started in downtown Royal Oak, MI more than a decade ago. With backgrounds in Information Technology (IT) and the Legal Industry, CrossFire began placing by IT and Legal Professionals in contract and direct-hire positions throughout the Midwest.\r\n\r\nSince our founding, CrossFire has grown into a full-service Human Capital Solutions Organization. We are proud of now providing full services beyond recruiting and staffing. Our portfolio of services includes HR supply chain management, human resources consulting, and many customized Human Resource related services.