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Summary
The Toyoda Gosei Group is a leading global manufacturer of rubber and plastic automotive components, safety systems and LEDs. Globally Headquartered in Japan with a network of 67 group companies in 17 countries and regions, the Group brings its extensive range of products to customers all over the world.

Toyoda Gosei Texas (located in San Antonio, TX) has an opening for a Toyota Production Systems Engineer in the Interior/Exterior Plastics Department. The TPS Engineer is responsible for applying Toyota Production System (TPS) principles to improve productivity, quality, safety, and operational efficiency. This role leads continuous improvement initiatives, supports production teams, and ensures that TPS methodologies such as Just‑in‑Time (JIT), Kaizen, and Jidoka are effectively implemented across manufacturing processes within Toyoda Gosei Texas (TGTX) and TGNA Manufacturing Companies (NAMCs).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Takes a lead role in delivering sustainable and low-energy design projects in the building environment, understands engineering needs in relation to reuse, remanufacture, recycle effects of carbon emissions
• Able to create, understand and improve MIFC.
• Able to optimize process based on SWCT.
• Identify bottlenecks in current and new processes and provide effective solutions.
• Proficient in developing carts and packaging for WIP and finished goods parts.
• Working knowledge of methods used to calculate storage size requirements
• Develop and optimize plant layouts to improve workflow, space utilization, and efficiency.
• Experience implementing and working with Pull and Kanban systems
• Horizontally deploys (Yokoten) TPS philosophy and tools to enable NAMCs to meet customer requirements
• Collaborate with NAMCs to expand existing or launch new models & facilities, and integrate new product lines
• Utilize TPS to improve material flow to achieve target TAKT time & cycle time, and reduce lead time
• Collaborate with NAMCs in observing manufacturing processes to isolate problems and develop countermeasures
• Utilize TG standard problem-solving process (PDCA) to prioritize problems, perform root-cause analysis, determine potential solutions, and propose action to eliminate problems and improve KPIs
• Determine parts/tools needed to implement existing processes and layouts into new/expanded facilities
• Serve as a SME to support NAMC TPS development throughout the America’s
• Create and maintain reporting and documentation on processes, procedures, and changes
• Drive optimization by being actively engaged in continuous improvement efforts (kaizen)
• This role requires the completion of other duties as assigned

Required Education, Experience, and Skills
Certifications and Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or related field, or equivalent years of experience is required

Experience

• 1 to 4 years of experience in Toyota Production Systems (TPS) or Manufacturing engineering are required
• Prior experience in Automotive or equivalent industry preferred
• Experience with AutoCAD or SolidWorks is required

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Technology Competencies

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suites 2016 or newer is required

Work Environment

• Office/Plant Environment

Additional Competencies

• Ability to consistently meet deadlines is required
• Effective verbal, non-verbal, negotiation and written communication skills are required
• Ability to sustain a high degree of professionalism in interacting with internal and external customers is required
• Effective attention to detail, problem solving, analytical and organizational skills are required
• Strong organizational skills, analytical thinking skills, problem solving and project scheduling skills is required