Paint PE Planning & Simultaneous Engineering specialist

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Team/division description

Production Engineering Paint team contributes to development of new vehicles together with planning, design and development of their anticorrosion, painting and finishing processes.

Your responsibilities

We are looking for an Engineer to carry out Paint PE activities in the Planning & Simultaneous Engineering (SE) Group positioned inside of the Production Engineering (PE) Division, based in the France Offices of Toyota Motor Europe at TMMF Valenciennes.

Main responsibilities will include :

• Understand at earliest stage the vehicle Style & Design expectations from customers, and develop the Manufacturing concepts that will turn these expectations into reality in future mass production in our Toyota European Manufacturing Companies.
• Lead new vehicle project planning for Paint shop, define required investments, lead time, feasibility and equipment layout. Evaluate productions costs and create project production preparation schedule.
• Assess Vehicle drawing / design data against Toyota manufacturing standards and evaluate impact to Production processes (manual or Equipment/Automation-based).
• Evaluate paint processes feasibility and workability (together with Production teams and Equipment engineers), and propose manufacturing improvements achieving Safety, Quality, Cost – Investment & Productivity targets.
• Lead improvement proposal and implementation through development phase, maintaining project milestones.
• Identify best manufacturing-process concept based on comparative study of production cost, productivity, logistics efficiency, investment etc. Align study results with Management for efficient decision making.
• Define critical Quality requirements for process / equipment specification creation (together with Production teams & Equipment engineers). Support Development of equipment specifications together with Equipment Engineers.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities via parts shape change, structure simplification or equipment usage optimisation.
• Lead the Design of production equipment via 3D models, 2D manufacturing drawings and innovative tools.
• Benchmarking of Global Toyota equipment (EU / JPN) and other OEM’s in order to achieve Best Practice.
• Identify and introduce new manufacturing technologies and improvements to the development-process, such as virtual reality, to develop our factory of the future.
• Emphasize on carbon neutrality for future paint processes development and ensure that new models/structures will be compatible with such latest technologies.

Who are we looking for?

Your profile

 Your profile 

• You can speak and write perfectly in English. Knowledge of French and/or Japanese is considered a plus.
• You hold a Master’s degree in Engineering and have 3 to 5 years of experience in design‑driven engineering roles.
• You are strongly design‑oriented and able to translate styling intent into feasible, high‑quality engineering solutions.
• You have experience with paint processes and you understand vehicle manufacturing processes well enough to assess design feasibility and ensure industrialization, without being production‑focused.
• Preferably, you work confidently with CATIA (V5) and AutoCAD to create accurate 3D models, surfaces and technical drawings.
• You demonstrate strong creative and analytical thinking when solving complex design challenges.
• You communicate clearly at both operational and management level, especially when presenting design choices and trade‑offs.
• You work autonomously and thrive in a multicultural, collaborative engineering environment.
• You are willing to relocate to Valenciennes, open to flexible hours (weekend shifts are possible) and you are willing to travel (up to 30%).