Center of Excellence Expert

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Manufacturing and Process Development Engineering Teams significantly impact LEANPD driven new product development projects, driving for excellence in existing manufacturing technologies and methods and striving to implement new manufacturing technologies to provide improved process and tolerance control. They act as the binding element between product development and manufacturing engineering, ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of this critical interface. They support Product Development in the optimization of designs and piece parts for manufacturability by realizing sample tooling/products/prototypes. They also design, develop, and qualify tooling and processes to meet TE quality and production standards, document all processes and tooling in applicable TE systems, support supply chain to verify supplier compliance and capability, initiate and implement programs to continuously improve quality, cost and cycle time and adhere to all appropriate specifications, regulatory requirements and customer requirements.

What your background should look like:

Center of Excellence – Czech and English Speaker

The Central of Excellence Expert is responsible for maintaining and growing ICT’s core competency in the assigned process/technology. This critical position will develop and maintain process roadmaps for designated core technologies that includes process optimization and monitoring as well as equipment specifications and optimization. This individual will be the expert and go-to source of the global equipment standards for the designated technologies.

 

Responsibilities

•Network and benchmark industrial best practices of assigned core processes to setup ideal state and target of such process at ICT.
•Develop and maintain process and equipment roadmap for each assigned Company Core Process. 
•Audit the processes at each manufacturing site regularly to ensure that FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) are done and followed, the KCC (Key Controls Characteristics) are well chosen, and the process & equipment capabilities targets are achieved. 
•Assist the plant team to develop improvement plan to achieve equipment capability targets.
•Participate the development of global equipment standard and provide input of modifications to the standards based on audit and benchmark results.
•Approve all outgoing equipment specifications, and any deviations from the standard prior to equipment purchase.  
•Organize and lead regional and global workshops to share best practice and lessons learned 
•Coach and provide training to Maintenance Technicians / Engineers and Plant Process Engineers on the assigned technologies.
•Support equipment designs as needed.
•Other tasks assigned.

 

 

Qualifications:

•Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
•Minimum five years’ experience in Manufacturing and/or Industrialization
•Bilingual in Czech and English language - reading, writing, and speaking.
•In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes (Injection mold & Assembly process) 
•Experience in Equipment and Tooling Procurement.
•Long Term Planning and Problem-Solving Skills.
•Large scale project management experience preferred
•Strong communication abilities (written and verbal)
•Ability to drive accountability and operational tempo amongst core team
•Ability to work independently and remotely as part of a virtual team 
•The capability to travel dogmatically and internationally
•Fluent in German is an advantage 
 

Competencies