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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