Project Manager

As the Project Manager, the candidate will thrive to:

1. Proactively manage and lead the successful commercial and technical activities to make a Factory Solutions project successful, ensuring adherence to budget, timing, and quality.
2. Lead and perform the delivery of tasks during the execution of the customer projects.
3. Communicate with customers and vendors, managing expectations and deliverables.
4. Learn new engineering concepts, equipment, software tools for successful delivery.
5. Create written reports/analysis (Excel/Word/PowerPoint) for project status and proposals.
6. Propose proactively in engineering projects towards expansion of the business. This role is primary focused towards the execution of acquired opportunities.

Must Have:

5 years of professional manufacturing/engineering experience:

Production Troubleshooting/Root Cause Analysis experience – leading projects to improve OEE, reduce waste, etc.

1. Condition Survey and Determination (Production and Maintenance Data Analysis)
2. 4M breakdown analysis (identifying issues within Man/Machine/Material/Method)
3. 3 Reality Principle Analysis - On-site investigation (Actual Place / Actual Thing / Actual Situation)

Equipment Condition Diagnosis (Establishing Data-Driven Diagnosis Logic)

1. Analysis of sensor data and establishment of automatic equipment condition diagnosis logic
2. Establishment of automatic equipment condition diagnosis logic using quality data and eq. data
3. Identification of abnormal areas based on quality data
4. Diagnosis utilizing skills (auditory/observation (5 senses), tactile)

Business Process Design for Equipment Maintenance (autonomous maintenance (AM) and preventive maintenance (PM))

The ability to manage suppliers and timelines.

The ability to work directly with customers as the primary contact point.

The ability to think strategically and create proposals/solutions to address customer pain points.

Nice to Have:

Factory operation improvement design for stable production

1. Identify improvement points and process bottlenecks such as excessive manual work, inventory, etc.,)
2. Clarify KPIs from factory goals and plan how close to achieve each target

OEM and Tier1 experience (ideal candidates have experience at J-customers)

Basic Skills

1. Various tool usage skills (power tools, hand tools, etc.)
2. Various equipment operation skills (drill, lathe, contouring machine, cutting machine, bender, press, welding (TIG/MIG), grinder, etc.)
3. Various inspection tool usage skills (pick, dial gauge, caliper, micrometer, etc.)
4. Tugger and lift operation skills

Must be Bi-Lingual in English and Japanese (Native or Fluent (N1))

Self-motivated, proactive, urgent, enthusiastic, ambitious, & passionately curious – does not require micro-level instructions and oversight to take action.

Advanced skills in MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Word Open to working in multi-national team

Creative mind-set to combine manufacturing and business (entrepreneurial)

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Manufacturing desired, but not required

Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Computer Science, Systems, etc.

The right experience can replace the degree.