US Farathane is seeking an Advanced Sales Engineer at our Corporate Tech Center in Auburn Hills, MI. This position is fully onsite in Auburn Hills, MI.
The Advanced Sales Engineer (plastics) provides engineering leadership in the identification, development, and deployment of new product and processes. Ability to work in cross functional teams comprised of Account Management, Product Design, Program Management, Supply Chain and Plant Engineering to ensure production of new and existing product in conformance to the expectations of safety, quality, cost, and customer objectives.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform troubleshooting analysis and resolution of critical applications and batch processes
- Implement Product enhancements and provide post implementation support
- Design and implement ongoing support arrangements for delivered systems
- Coordinate with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve issues
- Coordinate and participate in testing for in-house and vendor developed software applications
- Provide analysis and requirements gathering for new reports, processes, and workflows within the Charles River application, and provide necessary support to solutions
- Assist in maintaining an application issues log to capture any system or business process issues, enhancements, bugs or new business requirements
- Work as part of a project team, reporting progress and escalating issues to project management and business stakeholders in a timely manner to ensure successful completion of projects / reviews
- Create and maintain documentation for systems and processes
- Ensure projects adhere to company project management methodologies and standards, including appropriate documentation and controls, e.g., plan, budget, risk management and change control
- May take a lead role on small units of work or phases of projects, ensuring the proposal and development of effective solutions meet objectives and are in line with business and system strategies
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field.
- 5+ years of plastic engineering experience, preferable in automotive or automotive supplier industry, high volume industrial manufacturing operations
- Recognized process expert with ability to convey/train knowledge to others
- Must have good organizational skills including the ability to prioritize, handle multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines.
- Professional verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong experience with data analysis and structured problem solving techniques
US Farathane has been a leading source of plastics manufacturing, supplying the automotive industry for over 40 years. Through highly technical research and development, coupled with a diverse and knowledgeable Management Team and dedicated Associates, US Farathane has continued to grow each year. We provide customers with a wide range of full-service support from black-box design concepts to highly engineered composites, TPE’s and TPO’s as well as specialized extrusion and compression technologies.
US Farathane offers an impressive compensation and benefits package including:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k with company match
- Paid holidays and vacation
- Job Promotional Opportunities and much more!
Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of US Farathane. The specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.
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