Senior Product Industrialization Engineer

Senior Product Industrialization Engineer - Fairlawn, OH

Minimum 5 years of experience as a Senior Product Industrialization Engineer

Venteon is currently seeking a Senior Product Industrialization Engineer  to fill an opening with a manufacturing company located in Fairlawn, OH

Requirements of the Senior Product Industrialization Engineer

• Bachelor s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical, or a related engineering or science fields

• 7+ years of extensive experience in Process and Manufacturing Engineering, with expertise in hydraulic hose manufacturing processes.

• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in rubber and plastic production processes and ramp-up projects.

• Product and process industrialization technologies, systems, standards, and infrastructure

• Industrial engineering fundamentals and methods

• Design and product manufacturing test processes

• Problem solving and decision making tools (A3, 8D, DMAIC, SPC, MSA, etc.)

• Project management tools, methods, and execution

• Product lifecycle processes

• Quality Core Tools (PFMEA, APQP, MSA, R&R, flowcharting, process control plans)

• Lean production / CBS principles, methods, and tools

• Proficiency in English is mandatory

Benefits of the Senior Product Industrialization Engineer

• Competitive salary

• Advancement potential

• Full time

• Paid time off

• Medical / Dental / Vision

• 401k

Responsibilities of the Senior Product Industrialization Engineer

• Serve as Business Area technical authority for hydraulic hose manufacturing processes, ensuring consistent standards and capability across all sites.

• Lead end to end industrialization of new products from design definition through launch and stable serial production.

• Provide expert guidance on manufacturing technologies, materials, and assembly processes, including escalation and problem solving support.

• Define and optimize processes, equipment concepts, tooling, and layouts to meet safety, quality, cost, scalability, and capability targets.

• Drive DFM/DFA alignment with Product Development, Quality, Operations, and cross functional teams.

• Provide technical support for engineering changes to ensure controlled, disruption free implementation.

• Lead improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

• Support structured problem solving using Lean and Six Sigma tools (A3, 8D, DMAIC, SPC, MSA).

• Lead optimization initiatives addressing cycle time, yield, scrap, and cost.

• Deploy and govern manufacturing best practices and technical standards to ensure consistency and long term process robustness.

• Support PPI Leadership with reviewing post launch manufacturing performance to ensure stable serial production and compliance with industrialization standards.

• Support PPI Leadership with monitoring of KPIs for quality, efficiency, capability, and cost to ensure sustained technical performance.

• Identify and assess industrialization risks and coordinate mitigation actions with plant teams.

• Analyze trends and deviations to prevent recurrence and drive proactive improvement.

• Support PPI Leadership with reporting of of performance, risks, and improvement actions to PPI, Business Area leadership, and Management.

• Drive implementation and adherence to global product and process standards across locations.

• Define, maintain, and deploy technical guidelines and best practices in alignment with sector and plant teams.

• Serve as subject matter expert for hydraulic hose industrialization, providing training, coaching, and technical support to engineers and plant teams.

• Support introduction of new technologies, materials, and processes through proper validation, documentation, and standardization..

If you are a high performer and would like to work for an equally high performing company and you think the above opportunity is appropriate for you, we invite you to submit your resume in Microsoft Word format to abarry@venteon.com

We treat all resumes with strict confidentiality. We will always contact you first before submitting your resume to our client(s) for review. If you do not receive correspondence, you are not a fit for this position.

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