Job Summary
This position is responsible for oversight of all welding related activities in the plant involved in the manufacture of automotive seating structures. This position is dedicated to maintaining welding processes, integrity, and equipment uptime to achieve production objectives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Process monitoring and data recording
- Fixture adjustments required to meet product dimensional targets
- Weld program changes as required to maintain acceptable level of weld performance
- Interact with other engineering support and maintenance to react to unscheduled equipment issues and perform necessary diagnostics and repairs
- Support offline weld repair processes
- Train and help lead Weld Techs
- Maintains welding process flow, PFMEA, process books
- Helps to support prelaunch team of new programs
- Trouble shoot down weld cells
- Identify weld defects
- Weld specification development, interpretation, and maintenance
- Weld quality specification, diagnostics, and evaluation
- Prototype development and builds
- Equipment programming and debugging
- Complete all required and applicable training required by Adient and its customers
- Other job duties as needed
Education / Experience / Skills
BSWE preferred but will consider experience with automated welding process
Accountabilities
This position reports directly to the Engineering Manager
Qualifications
- Must be capable of performing typical maintenance, engineering, and troubleshooting activities
- Training in Fanuc and moto Man
- Basic understanding of 2D dimensional product prints.
- Basic understanding of GD &T is preferred
- Welding experience both manual and some automated
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Must be able to meet the requirements of being able to work in the United States (INS Form I-9).
EHS Requirements
- Adhere to all Health, Safety and Environmental Standards
- Report occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents
- Report hazardous, unsafe, and unhealthy conditions
PRIMARY LOCATION
Battle Creek Seating Component
COMPANY INFORMATION: Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 75,000 employees in 33 countries, Adient operates 208 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into more than 20 million vehicles every year. We are a global leader in automotive seating because of our people — a team of adventurous thinkers and passionate high performers who make it all possible. We pride ourselves on being at the vanguard of new industry trends and technologies. When you join Adient, you’ll play an important role in helping us improve the experience of a world in motion. At Adient, we care about your character just as much as your qualifications. Because for us, it’s more than the job. It’s about committing to your responsibilities. Creating a global community and empowering your teammates. That’s why we work hard to ensure our employees — no matter their race, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, caste, disability, union membership, ethnicity, religious beliefs or the stage of their careers — can see the difference their work makes for our customers and their consumers around the globe.
