Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

Are you passionate about driving production performance and fostering a safe, collaborative work environment? Do you want to work for a global leader in automotive technology? If so, you might be the ideal candidate for the Production Supervisor position at Forvia.
As a Production Supervisor, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD) performance of our designated groups. Your responsibilities will include setting targets, implementing plans, and tracking results to drive continuous improvement. You'll also lead your team in problem-solving initiatives and facilitate workshops to enhance quality improvement methods.
Your role extends beyond performance management – you'll also be responsible for handling personnel issues, ensuring proper team management, and fostering individual development within your team. Safety is paramount, and you'll work diligently to maintain compliance with Group Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) standards, intervening when necessary to mitigate risks and improve working conditions.

Position Summary

The role of a Process Engineer is responsible for managing the product interface with product development, the process design and implementation, contributing to the Engineering Change Management process, and supporting continuous improvement and production.

Responsibilities

Product Interface:

• Interface with the product engineer (D&D) regarding follow-up of the product conception: from the acquisition phase till SOP (+ 6 month) whenever necessary
• Ensure manufacturing feasibility, participate to product FMEA

Process Design:

• Get support from relevant technology experts or support functions
• Define cycle time in line with takt time and standard operations
• Integrate ergonomics principles in product design
• Issue process flowcharts
• Establish manufacturing routines
• Release manufacturing process documents
• Conduct process FMEA
• Release and update the plant lay-out
• Define investments list and resources needs

Process Implementation:

• Define production equipment specifications
• Follow-up production equipment build
• Ensures equipment delivery and installation in the plant
• Conduct equipment reception process
• Capitalize on lessons learned and provide best practices

Engineering Change Management:

• Follow-up prototypes build
• Update manufacturing routines

Continuous Improvement:

• Carry out process productivity analysis
• Implement improvements action plans
• Manage production equipment performance

Production Support:

• Trouble shooting
• Support the solving problem process.

ME Network:

• Participate to the ME network
• Assist with any additional tasks as assigned by the company

Health, Safety & Environment (HSE):

• Support commitments established in the ISO 14001/45001 HSE Integrated Policy.
• Conform to requirements established in Fraser Plant ISO 14001/ 45001 Health Safety and Enviromental(HSE) procedures and work instructions.
• Ensure members in assigned area(s) of responsibility conform to relevant EMS requirements.
• Support HSE programs to achieve objectives and targets.

• For additional responsibilities and authorities please refer to the Authority and Responsibility Matrix for HSE Management System NAO-C-LSE-5802

Other:

• Follow values established within Being Faurecia. Act with an entrepreneurial mindset as well as with autonomy and accountability.
• Act in accordance with the behaviors as established in Faurecia’s Code of Ethics and Code of Management.

Position Specifications

Authorities:

• Manage, coordinate, and implement improvements through inhouse or contractors.
• Alter and create documentation to work cell and associated area.

• Ensure the HSE Management System (HSEMS) requirements are established, implemented, and maintained in accordance with the ISO 14001/45001 standards.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Good technical skills on product and process
• Strong communication skills
• International mindset
• Proficient level of English required.

Education / Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the related technical field or a combination of a minimum of 5 years of formal technical education and the related Technical field.
• Trained in Faurecia Excellence System and Program Management System

What we can do for you

• At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
• We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
• We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
• We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
• We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
• Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.

Why join us

FORVIA is an automotive technology group at the heart of smarter and more sustainable mobility. We bring together expertise in electronics, clean mobility, lighting, interiors, seating, and lifecycle solutions to drive change in the automotive industry.

With a history stretching back more than a century, we are the 7th largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in 43 countries. You'll find our technology in around 1 out of 2 vehicles produced anywhere in the world.

In June 2022, we became the 1st global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard. We have committed to reach CO2 Net Zero by no later than 2045.

As technological innovation and the need for sustainability transform the automotive industry, we are ideally positioned to deliver solutions that will enhance the lives of road-users everywhere.