Engineering Manager

Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for site-wide process and equipment improvements. Defines, plans, organizes, leads, and performs activities involving production equipment and processes to support changes designed to improve safety, quality, equipment reliability, performance, and manufacturing efficiency. Serves as a liaison to customers, to the company, and to suppliers on technical matters related to products, processes, innovation initiatives and customer service.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Leads technical initiatives for all manufacturing processes for the site.
• Serves as the go-to resource for all engineering related activities.
• Leads yield improvement teams on-site and brings external resources to bear to see projects to completion.
• Performs and oversees manufacturing process capability studies, as needed.
• Performs Return on Investment (ROI) calculations for improvements associated with investments whether they are people, technology or equipment related investments.
• Supports the shop floor during required activities and product launch periods.
• Leads and executes equipment and process improvement initiatives including structured problem-solving methods.
• Initiates and leads projects to improve equipment performance, reliability and cycle time, yields, including capital projects and project management.
• Manages workload priorities for the engineering team and communicates time and cost status and changes to management, as needed.
• Manages and executes engineering change control processes within the guidelines of the existing quality system requirements.
• Develops, maintains, and deploys work standards for processes.
• Engages in lean manufacturing initiatives to improve safety, material flow, cycle times, productivity, and capacity.
• Works with Safety, Quality and Production to help ensure operator training and proficiency.
• Improves and develop competencies in core process technologies and maintains knowledge of equipment and manufacturing technology changes.
• Leads 5s Events and Kaizen related events in conjunction with Continuous Improvement Resources.
• Participates in or leads cross functional team meetings.
• Provides support on complex and significant customer dissatisfactions.
• Establishes quality and reliability standards by studying product and consumer requirements with other members of management, production operators, technicians, and engineers.
• Establishes raw material standards by studying manufacturing and engineering requirements conferring and negotiating with suppliers devising testing methods and procedures.

Core Responsibilities:

• Models The Companies values and behaviors as outlined in the Mission Statement.
• Represents The Company in a professional manner.
• Follows all company Environmental and Safety policies, procedures and standards.
• Follows all company Quality Standards.
• Supervises Engineering staff.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or comparable technical degree minimum of ten years experience in a technical or engineering role.
• Minimum of two years experience supervising engineering team preferred.
• Metallurgical Degree and past experience working with metals, preferred.
• Experience with Statistical Process Control and statistical analysis preferred.
• Experience with 3D modeling tools (such as SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Pro/E, CATIA etc.)
• Knowledge of Six Sigma Tools and/or Lean manufacturing principles.
• Knowledge of metal forming and analysis tools such as ANSYS, DEFORM, HYPERMESH, LSDYNA is an added advantage.

Competencies/Desired Characteristics:

• Leadership. Getting the right people together with the right behaviors to make better, faster decisions, and achieve operating results.