Stamping VME Engineer at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

POSITION DETAILS

• Liaise with VME Team, vehicle operations, engineering teams, and suppliers.
• Raise Purchase Orders etc. as required for Tooling and Facilities.
• Participate in DDR (Die Design Reviews), tooling reviews, and buyoff activities.
• Assist with all Launch and Sheet Metal quality activities.
• Complete PSW and acquire required customer acceptances
• Compile and report LQOS (Launch Quality Operating System) metrics + attend all launch meeting cadences
• Support to Identify and analyze deviations from established company quality standards.
• Conduct root cause investigations and prevent re-occurrences
• Conduct PVT & TVM activities as required
• Work with both facility and tooling teams both within to ensure all launch metrics are delivered.
• Buy off tooling at supplier site, ensure timely in plant delivery timing allowing for robust launch and early PSW completion
• Develop and train LNE teams on all sites to be capable of:
• Overcoming issues such as splits and wrinkles
• Improving FPA to better than expected levels
• Ensuring all tools run at Engineered Cycle Rate prior to production handover.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES/ SUCCESS CRITERIA

• Ensure project on-time delivery 
• Deliver project to budget and costing delivery
• Ensure component capability and quality is achieved to standards and specifications

Responsibilities

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES 

• Strong trade and hands-on background experience.
• Exposure to both advanced engineering programs and launch. 
• Prior experience in stamping production and or tooling manufacture. 
• Self-Starter / Initiative
• Communication Skills
• Team Player
• Ability to learn and adapt
• Positive and Find a Way attitude
• Solid technical background
• Team leadership
• Ford Systems / Procedures (WERS / TCE / Wiki / WDX / FPA / PSW / Locators strategy / ..)
• Hemming Dies Knowledge (Will be considered a Plus)

 QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

• National Diploma / Degree Mechanical Engineering
• Extensive experience 5 + years in stamping and tool development 
• Knowledge of CAD systems (Autocad / Catia / Tebis / Vismockup)
• Solid Technical knowledge - 2D / 3D drawings (Facilities and Stamping dies)