Engineering Group Lead

Job Title: (Engineering Group Lead)

About Kyyba:

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.

At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.

Job Description

Description:

The Engineering Group Lead is responsible for implementing continuous improvement for existing capacity, implementing new capacity and ensuring the uninterrupted functioning of the production lines while achieving the highest level of quality, up-time, and waste elimination through well-established quality maintenance programs and deployment of advanced tools.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Leading Engineers in attainment of continuous improvement goals of operations and implementation of new model and non-new model capacity improvements.

• Must have excellent project management skills, capable of creating project schedules, maintaining project budgets/forecasts, and tracking/closing open issues.

• Capable of supporting / creating budgetary cost estimates for new and retool studies.

• Participate in simultaneous engineering activities and suppliers on new model programs.

• Obtain outside resources and information when technical challenges exceed capability of the cross functional team.

• Actively participate and intervene in project development in the area(s) of responsibility to reduce/eliminate waste.

• Drive Engine /Transmission/ lines and processes to fully PPAP'd requirements at 85% OPE

• Drive kaizen/projects with Engineering Team in areas of waste defined through prioritization.

• Ability to present during plant / project reviews to all levels of leadership of the organization.

• Train, coach, and support the deployment of sophisticated SPW tools on more complex problems (e.g. major and advanced projects utilizing statistical methods to reduce variation).

• Offer hands on trouble-shooting support to the assigned Technical Engineers and Maintenance Support Team in securing/improving OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) of process equipment including the improvement of MTBF (mean time between faults) and reduction in MTTR (mean time between repairs).

• Oversee/ensure the updating of all process equipment related documentation including, but not limited to:

• Tool and operation sheets, machine drawings, tool drawings,

• PFMEA's (process failure model effects analysis), control plans,

• OPL's (one point lessons),

• EWO's (emergency work order), software back-up programs, etc.

• Lead efforts for spare parts definition and cataloging in the business unit assigned.

Requirements:

Engineering/Engineering Technology Bachelor's degree required (Manufacturing/Mechanical/Electrical).

Experience in engineering services/ program management and/or engineering projects execution experience.

Minimum 3-5 years of relevant engineering experience

Must have 3-5 years of supervisory/project experience

Must be able to lead and coach manufacturing process engineers in problem solving methodologies.

Must have excellent communication skills and strong knowledge of business metrics.

Demonstrated leadership competencies and able to handle multiple tasks and work with all levels of management, union and other organizations.

Proficiency in Microsoft suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Travel 20/40%

Create manufacturing cost studies as required.

Machining Process(s) knowledge

Must have a valid driver's license

Location: (Kokomo, IN)

Disclaimer:

Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need."

It is the policy of Kyyba to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Kyyba at

Rewards:

Medical, dental, vision

401k

Term life

Voluntary life and disability insurance

Optional Pre-paid legal plan

Optional Identity theft plan

Optional Medical and dependent FSA

Work-visa sponsorship

Opportunity for advancement

Long-term assignment with opportunity for hire by client

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