Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

For our Advanced Manufacturing team we are looking for a dedicated professional to join us as an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Actively support and implement new and improved manufacturing technologies across the Tenneco enterprise, with a strong hands‑on engineering approach.

• Support manufacturing locations in identifying automation, simplification, and productivity improvement opportunities, and develop robust business cases to support project kick‑off decisions.

• Provide direct on‑site engineering support to manufacturing plants in identifying, validating, and industrializing new solutions, ensuring practical and executable outcomes

• Work closely with Global Advanced Manufacturing and Plant Engineering teams to define Statements of Work (SOW), covering all essential process parameters, specifications, tolerances, safety, and quality requirements

• Lead the Request for Quote (RFQ) process with external suppliers and internal machine‑build departments, including technical clarification, concept reviews, and alignment on scope and cost

• Develop, maintain, and actively manage a preferred vendor database, building strong technical partnerships to support project execution and standardization.

• Drive technical feasibility studies, including process capability, capacity analysis, risk assessment, and cost‑benefit evaluation to support informed investment decisions.

• Own projects end‑to‑end, driving activities across planning, sourcing, budgeting, execution, installation, validation, and hand‑over to operations, ensuring delivery on budget, timing, and quality.

• Act as the primary technical interface between suppliers, plant engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, and continuous improvement teams throughout the project lifecycle

• Track project execution rigorously, managing risks, open actions, costs, and timing, and ensuring successful industrialization and stable ramp‑up.

• Regularly report project status, progress, and achieved benefits to key stakeholders, maintaining transparency on technical, timing, and financial performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree engineering, or related field required.

• 5 years of experience in manufacturing, preferably in the automotive industry with direct involvement in plant‑level project execution

• Strong hands‑on understanding of manufacturing processes, automation, equipment integration, and industrial electrical and mechanical systems.

• Solid knowledge of automotive safety, quality, and technical compliance requirements.

• Experience supporting equipment installation, commissioning, trials, and production ramp‑up in a plant environment.

• Proven ability to manage projects under time pressure, balancing scope, cost, quality, and timing

• Experience supporting project budgeting, cost tracking, and financial justification for manufacturing investments

• Experience working with Power BI or similar reporting and visualization tools.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools for planning, reporting, and communication.

• CMMS, digital shop floor management

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across global, cross‑functional, and intercultural teams.

• Proactive, flexible, and self‑motivated, with the ability to influence and drive execution in a plant‑focused environment

Travel Requirements

This role requires frequent travellling (70%+), including regular on-site presence at manufacturing facilities during project execution, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up phases.