Engineering Manager

Job Description

Pay: $160-$190,000/yr

Position Summary

Leading technical teams in the improvement of current processes, transitioning new statements of work, being the focal point of communication between quality, operations, NC Programming and Planning.

Monitor and enforce adherence to internal processes and standards to ensure a consistent product to the manufacturing floor.

Collaborate with NC Programming, operations and Manufacturing Engineering on tool and fixture design.

Review first part runs with Quality, Operations and NC Programming to verify a conforming part and acceptable manufacturing process.

Mentoring and training of new Manufacturing Engineers/Planners.

Interface with customer base to resolve engineering issues.

Investigate and resolve manufacturing issues related to low profitability or excessive scrap.

Engagement at the estimating stage on strategic packages to review engineering design and producibility concerns.

Shop support and guidance on first article builds to ensure engineering compliance and manufacturing process design effectiveness.

Provides planning, direction, and coordination for all technical activities while monitors performance to estimates, budgets and organization goals.

Participates in developing organization and department goals and objectives.

Strong focus on help with all NPI work introduced into the organization.

Other duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Process Standardization

Develop and implement standards, work instructions, procedures and policies for manufacturing in the engineering and manufacturing departments.

Recommends and implements process changes in order to improve cost, delivery, quality.

Configuration Control Board (CCB)

SmarTeam (Product Data Management System) Administration

Engineering Work Orders (EWO)

New Part Transition

Tooling

Engineering Change Orders (ECO)

Part No Roll

Configuration Change

Value Engineering

Continuous Improvement

Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.

Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Project Management

Develop Project Schedules in MS Project and utilize stand project management tools to ensure expectations are communicated on a regular basis and progress is tracked to schedule.

Manage activities and the decision process to ensure adherence to budgets.

Leadership and Communications

Report progress and projects weekly to Leadership Team.

Delivers engaging, informative, well-organized presentations.

Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.

Effectively communicates relevant project information to superiors.

Motivate teams to work together in the most efficient manner.

Mitigate team conflict and communication problems.

Position Requirements

A four-year Engineering degree and 8 years’ experience in an Aerospace Engineering discipline is required or a minimum of 12 years’ experience in a Manufacturing Engineering discipline is required

Extensive knowledge and experience in machining, inspection, GD&T,tooling design, assembly, and lean manufacturing methodologies.

Experience and training in value stream mapping, flow charting, and work instruction authoring.

Working knowledge of MS Office Applications including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Visio

Familiarity MRP systems and fundamentals.

Knowledge in CATIA preferred.

Full-time