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Production Support Engineer - 1st Shift

Advance the automotive market and advance your career at Gentex! Join a collaborative culture devoted to innovation, cooperation, and continuous improvement. Your ideas are not just heard, they are celebrated! Explore Gentex today!

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Support and develop team decision-making allowing the team itself to become dedicated to continuous improvement while meeting the customer requirements of quality and quantity.
Ensure optimal performance of manufacturing equipment by monitoring and adjusting controls as needed.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Monitor process and quality ensuring a continuous flow. Uses technical training to make improvements in the process utilizing constant communication, involving team members and all production support disciplines.
Eliminate equipment downtime by tracking problems to their root cause and correcting them.
Maintain records of all equipment adjustments.
Make control modifications as needed to production equipment in assigned area.
Adapt new products to existing or new production equipment.
Coordinate team member training of all related tasks.
Act as a team floater. Maintain own certification and competence on all tasks required of the team.
Moderate ATP and continuous improvement meetings.
Assigns off line tasks such as attendance, line schedule, data entry, supplies etc.
Accountable for the team’s achievement of goals concerning quality and productivity.
Assist in the development and implementation of new products into mass production.
Provide input as needed when equipment is purchased or upgraded.

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Moderate ATP and continuous improvement meetings.
Facilitate assignment of off-line tasks such as attendance, line schedule, data entry, supplies etc.
Accountable for the team’s achievement of goals concerning quality and productivity.
Assist in the development and implementation of new products into mass production.
Provide input as needed when equipment is purchased or upgraded.
Complying with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace.
Maintaining high level of honesty, integrity and confidentiality with respect to company matters.

POSITION DEMANDS:

2 year electronic or related degree preferred.
Basic PC skills preferred.
Ability to learn and perform all responsibilities of the team member.
Good communications skills (oral and written) to effectively communicate with team members.
Ability to stand and maneuver around in or around equipment.
Intense personal commitment to communicate company policy and develop a team culture.

BEHAVIORAL / VALUES CHARACTERISTICS:

Must possess above average interpersonal skills and be a team player.
Ability to work patiently with many different people.
Be a living example of what is expected of team members.
Create a positive atmosphere which encourages new ideas and communication.
Have a low tolerance for a disorderly work environment and excessive work-in-process.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

This position is accountable directly to the line group leader and works closely with the process control team.
Responsible to establish personal working relationships with engineers, maintenance, laboratory, quality control, warehouse, and other manufacturing departments in order to meet team needs.

Gentex is an equal opportunity employer

Gentex extends equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), disability, marital status, military service, height, weight, genetic information, or any other reason protected by law.

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Gentex is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at

recruiting@gentex.com

. Gentex will not discriminate against any qualified individual who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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FUNDING

Public

INDUSTRY

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

TEAM SIZE

1001-5000

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Zeeland, MI

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