Jobs at Bridgestone Americas

Supports on-time delivery of parametric 3D CAD models and engineering drawings for virtual tire development, performance analysis, and mold tooling. Develops equation- and logic-driven PTC Creo models, collaborates with cross-functional teams to analyze and predict tire tread performance using in-house tools and FEA software, and helps improve modeling best practices. The role includes structured training, mentorship, and opportunities to develop advanced Creo expertise.

Leads the development, improvement, and maintenance of tire manufacturing processes. Evaluates production and laboratory data, establishes specifications, conducts experiments and trials, improves quality and productivity, reduces costs, and supports new product development. Investigates nonconforming materials, develops corrective actions, ensures compliance with standards, and collaborates with plant, technical center, and corporate teams. Uses statistical methods to solve complex process problems and mentors junior engineers.

Serves as a strategic HR advisor to retail leadership across Georgia and Alabama, supporting more than 1,200 teammates and 120 locations. Responsibilities include employee relations, performance management, organizational development, workforce planning, employment-law compliance, HR analytics, change management, engagement, retention, headcount management, and recruiting coordination. The role partners with store leaders, HR centers of excellence, and area managers while traveling regionally up to 50%.

Serves as the primary finance partner to U.S. Sales, supporting pricing, demand planning, forecasting, reporting, and ROI analysis. Leads sales analytics initiatives using Power BI, consolidates global demand plans, oversees pricing administration and compliance, updates OEM material pricing, and supports monthly accounting close through analysis, journal entries, and reconciliations. Presents insights and recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

Designs, develops, installs, upgrades, and supports equipment and process systems for commercial dealer locations. Maintains machine designs, issues engineering change orders, standardizes mechanical drawings, and improves equipment reliability, cost, and uptime. Supports assembly plant troubleshooting, collaborates with electrical, process, and project engineering teams, manages small projects, maintains technical documentation, and provides onsite technical support. Requires domestic travel and occasional extended hours.

Leads mechanical engineering for tire manufacturing equipment, including machine design, installations, upgrades, continuous improvement, risk assessments, fabrication, testing, commissioning, and operational support. Manages projects ranging from $50,000 to $5 million, coordinates vendors and contractors, develops engineering drawings and bills of materials, and ensures safety, quality, schedule, and budget requirements are met. The role is primarily plant-floor based in a high-temperature, high-noise manufacturing environment.

Serve as strategic HR leader for a high-volume manufacturing plant, partnering with leadership on workforce planning, talent management, employee relations, organizational development, compliance, HR operations, and safety culture. Drive data-informed decisions, lead complex investigations, support labor strategy and staffing for hourly and salaried roles, and deploy enterprise HR programs to improve engagement, capability, and operational performance.

Maintains plant process specifications and standards for quality, productivity, cost, and product performance. Conducts trials and experiments for new products and manufacturing processes, analyzes production and laboratory data, investigates material and machine issues, identifies root causes, and develops corrective actions. Provides technical support for nonconforming products, reduces waste, improves processes, and collaborates with cross-functional teams on manufacturing problem-solving and process improvement.

Provides clerical and administrative support, including managing office supplies, preparing purchase orders, sorting and shipping mail and packages, copying documents, maintaining mail and copy room equipment, and entering data into office systems. Works under moderate supervision and communicates information requiring basic explanation or interpretation.

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will design and implement mechanical systems, oversee projects, ensure safety compliance, and improve reliability within the production plant.

Partners strategically with assigned business units to improve organizational effectiveness, support business change, advocate HR programs, and develop talent. Leads complex HR projects, improves and automates processes, redesigns SOPs, analyzes data, monitors KPIs, mentors HR professionals, and manages stakeholder relationships. The role supports an on-site, non-union manufacturing plant in Abilene, Texas, with recruiting, onboarding, and broad HR responsibilities.

Support plant IT by installing, configuring, maintaining computer hardware, software, and network infrastructure. Assist with network capacity analysis, design and technical analysis of LAN/WAN, switches, multiplexers, front-end processors, and help ensure SLA compliance to support manufacturing operations.

Own and prioritize the technical product backlog, translating business needs into API-level epics, features, and user stories. Coordinate delivery across backend, frontend, MuleSoft integration, and DevOps teams, manage dependencies, refine work, support sprint planning, remove blockers, and ensure quality delivery. The role also involves stakeholder negotiation, process improvement, automation, and coaching junior product professionals across distributed and offshore teams.

Lead cross-functional implementation and adoption of Bridgestone Mining Solutions. Manage initiatives, escalations, and strategic success plans; drive stakeholder engagement, root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, and provide executive updates to ensure solutions meet scope, schedule, budget, and business goals.

Lead end-to-end development and launch of credit card products: build roadmaps and business cases, run pilots, ensure regulatory and budget compliance, partner cross-functionally, drive customer-centered design and external fintech partnerships to scale offerings.

Manage and prioritize production activities to meet specifications, schedules, cost and quality targets. Supervise and train production staff, coordinate with engineering, supply, and sales, plan maintenance/downtime, and resolve operational issues within guidelines.

Support scale-up of polymer products across distillation, reaction, flash, and drying operations. Lead continuous improvement, process control optimization, trials, troubleshooting, data-driven analysis, capital project scoping, start-up/commissioning, and collaborate with R&D, operations, maintenance, and vendors to implement manufacturing solutions.