Manager of Engineering II

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5,2 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Manager of Engineering II
Austell, GA

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• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
• 401K with generous company match

In this position, the engineering manager will be responsible for all aspects of engineering for the service and repair of paper machine rolls. Will manage, lead and coach the engineering team to achieve local site and regional objectives and goals. Will need to manage multiple projects and allocate resources effectively, while aligning with the demands of the business and customer base.

Will foster a cooperative relationship with other key stakeholders within the region, support regional and local strategies, and meet financial goals and targets.

• Motivate and lead direct reports, communicate targets, goals, and expectations to meet site strategy and budget (25% of time spent)
• Provide technical recommendations and support, both to internal and external customers (15% of time spent)
• Investigate problems and lead in facilitating recommendations for improvements to ensure highest level of quality throughout product offerings and services provided (20% of time spent)
• Evaluate workloads within department to ensure appropriate facilitation of job tasks and workload to optimize departmental efficiency (20% of time spent)
• Develop and coach team by increasing their role knowledge, project management, and enhance skill set (20% of time spent)
• Manage shop jobs with an emphasis on customer service, inside sales, and revenue generation
• The requirements listed in this job profile are representative of the management’s assignment of essential function, with knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Knowledge of paper machine industry experience is preferred, but not required, in order to develop and guide team, increasing level of knowledge and ability throughout all direct reports
• Ability to manage multiple projects and problem solve effectively
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, strong people person in order to develop and work with stakeholders at all levels inside the business and external customers
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish multiple priorities simultaneously
• Provides timely and relevant updates to management when needed
• Applies time management techniques on a daily basis to accomplish tasks

• Determined and passionate regarding field of responsibility
• Results orientated
• Willing to challenge status quo
• Use of data and facts to support decision making
• Expect and challenges team to highest possible level of productivity and quality
• Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times

• Develops short term as well as long term action plans and present to customers
• Collaborates with other technical resources as needed to gain required knowledge to resolve issues
• Maintains an open minded perspective during problem solving exercises
• Inspects and investigates using analytical thought processes to solve problems
• Can function autonomously and as a team member as the situation requires

• Communicates with shop personnel in a manner that is positive and reduces risk
• Demonstrates a good technical aptitude, makes good decisions and is willing to ask questions rather than…