N- Special Process Expert

Special Process Expert

Purpose of the job

• To coordinate the industrial control of the Special Processes (SP) during tender phase, product development, industrialization, manufacturing and warranty.

• To contribute to technology and activity transfers.

Activities by step of the industrial process:

• Tender:

Contribute to tender phase, especially in product design and industrialization to take into account industrial constraints and requirements in order to optimize costs and minimize risks.

• Concurrent Engineering:

Contributes during specification and design phases to technical solution decisions associated to special processes.

Build the SP REX and interact with product engineering to redirect the design if necessary.

• Industrialization:

Manage industrial risk through Process FMEA and associated improvement action plan.

Define requirements and rules for associated tooling necessary to start production.

Qualify the product/process pair as well as industrial means to be put in place in line with the design.

Support sourcing and SQD teams in the suppliers’ qualification and in quality follow up for suppliers concerned by SP.

Contribute to development of local suppliers.

Manage evolution of quality control process dedicated to SP.

Ensure deployment and validation of new processes in line with project planning

Issue relevant documents in the Quality System.

Manages technicians that are eventually under his responsibility.

Perform Transfer of Technology on SP: documentation, process and means validation, training.

• Transmission:

Train the workers and EPU managers to execute SP.

Ensure continuous training and permanent qualification of the workers to PS.

Train support functions to business rules linked to PS (Engineering, PME, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Quality)

• Execution / Serial manufacturing:

Guarantees internal control and good application of process rules in line with customers’ requirements.

Thus performs internal and external audits.

Ensure day to day monitoring of SP business rules and solve issues concerning SP.

In case of non-conformity or incident, investigate root causes, finds and implement repair solutions.

Demonstrate QCD and EHS improvement linked to SP through efficient action plans.

Measure performance linked with site industrial objectives and through APSYS audit for instance.

Support Sourcing and Supplier Quality teams during quality crisis.

• Transverse

Participate to meetings and working groups of the SP network.

Propose improvement ideas and evolution of the business rules of their

Responsibilities

• In case of major SP quality crisis (major technical risk, safety or financial), the expert must provide to the project manager, factually, a clear problem analysis (root causes, associated risks) and the options to exit the crisis, to enable him taking serenely position.
  He has the duty to control his external communication (written and oral) as it engages the responsibility of AT towards third parties.

Educational Requirements

• Engineering degree in process engineering, mechanical, electrical or chemical.
• Training and Qualification by a third party for PS if need be (eg welding)

Desired Knowledge / Experience

• 2 to 5 years’ experience in industrial method
• Practice the special process in question from 2 to 5 years (execution, definition, qualification)
• Has been trained to AT Special Process standard training.
• Is officially recognised as expert by the Special Process central coordinator

Behavioural Competencies

• Independent, rigorous, good communication.
• Good teaching skills (able to provide training to a group of trainees).
• Innovative, participative in business workgroups.
• Able to read, write and speak English

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