Job Description
What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals.
At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”
We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.
If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!
Job Purpose:
Lead and manage New Model or Business Plan project activities through strategy, planning, communications, and execution to achieve project, department, plant Safety, Environment, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Morale (SEQDCM) objectives and targets.
Key Accountabilities
- Create and manage department A00's and strategies to achieve overall plant targets and improve manufacturing characteristics while developing new model
- Develop and coordinate (manage) the overall Specified Action Plan (SAP) to ensure all New Model (NM) and project activities are executed as required to achieve project milestones and targets.
- Create and summarize all new project evaluation materials (i.e. E-Flow, QAV) that meet the requirements of the plant evaluations to gain project approval
- Review new/current model drawing, generate equipment specifications and support new model/business plan genba activity as needed to reduce investment and improve manufacturing characteristics. Manage new model or process design change to understand impact to department
- Test, evaluate and implement new and innovative technologies to drive continuous process and equipment improvements thru E- flow. Ensure new or modified equipment or processes meet all required specifications and standards at new model mass pro start up
- Create and manage investment and expense budgets to achieve overall project cost target and future operating costs.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent related job experience.
- 2-8 years of applicable experience based on education, preferred quality specifications, Honda quality systems, and technical drawings.
- Ability to review and analyze part drawings, technical documents, and reports for change points and specification related characteristics and understanding the impact to manufacturing equipment and processes
- Capable of communicating with all levels of associates and suppliers related to the technical aspects of the project.
- Must have demonstrated strong problem solving / root cause analysis skills
- Capable of leading and mentoring associates
- Capable of delivering meeting information to diverse groups of associates including production associates and engineers
- Must have a functional understanding of engines and extensive knowledge of potential process quality knowledge vs product quality knowledge that can be caused from equipment or associate interaction with the parts
- Ability to effectively communicate desired line characteristics of our products to all levels of associates.
Working Conditions:
- 5-10 hours overtime weekly, Weekends, Shutdowns.
- Travel – Domestic / International.
- Manufacturing Environment – High Paced manufacturing can be stressful to work in
Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.