Regional Manufacturing Engineer at Clarios, LLC in Saint Joseph, Missouri

Job Description:

This role can be located either in St. Joseph MO, Winston Salem NC or Toledo OH

​What you will do

You will support plant operations to design/innovate the battery manufacturing equipment to enable the region to meet the mid- and long-term safety, quality, and cost KPI targets.  With these initiatives you will support our next generation operational improvements to produce batteries more safely and efficiently.

How you will do it

• ME Support for the Manufacturing Plants for Process, Equipment and Project Execution.




• Equipment Led to help develop critical spare parts lists, standardizing spare parts, and incorporate and standardize TPM processes into each plant for sustainability.




• Recommends design changes or alternatives to assist with manufacturing.




• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities concerned with design, modification, and maintenance of equipment and machinery




• Provides technical expertise and leadership to ensure that shop floor problems are resolved based on sound engineering concepts




• Analyzes product or equipment specification and performance requirements to determine designs that can be produced by existing manufacturing or processing facilities and methods




• Participates in the development and execution of equipment installation and operational qualifications




• Best practice sharing, problem solving and drive process improvements.




• Guides the plant Manufacturing Engineers to use the strong D3 swim lane deliverable execution, SSOW, Layout, flow, PFMEA, PHIL, Machine Qualifications, cost tracking roadmap, etc.




• Draft and Coordinate Deployment of for Equipment and Tooling Changes (ETC) across plants.

​What we look for

• Bachelor's or higher or related discipline or equivalent years of experience.




• Min 5 years’ Manufacturing / Process Engineering w/ Project Management,




• Ability to set priorities, work independently, and coordinate multiple projects utilizing available resources.




• Experience on Project Execution 




• Willing and able to travel up to 50% at times

Preferred Characteristics:  These are “nice to have” items

• Previous Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing Equipment & Process Experience




• Previous experience in process controls and automation projects 




• PLC programming experience




• Able to read, explain, create basic ladder logic.




• Understands the I/O of the robotic system.  Understand how PLC interacts with robotic system including safety interlocks.

Who we are:
Clarios is the creator behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands. We are the car battery found in most new vehicles including leading brands such as Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. Our 16,000 employees develop, manufacture, and distribute batteries for virtually every type of vehicle. We recover, recycle, and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials, leading sustainability practices in our industry. Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls Battery Group, is currently a Brookfield portfolio company. Learn more about us at www.clarios.com.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, gender, ethnicity, and all other characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.

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