Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager

US Hybrid James Hardie is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, with a portfolio that includes fiber cement, fiber gypsum, composite and PVC decking and railing products. Our family of trusted brands includes Hardie®, Timber Tech®, AZEK® Exteriors, Versatex®, fermacell®, and Stru Xure®. With over 8,000 employees and our U.S. operating entities headquartered in Chicago, we boast 31 operating sites, 6 recycling facilities, and 6 research and development centers globally.

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Summary The Engineering Manager, Advanced Manufacturing is responsible for the operational performance and long-term strategic direction of both engineering and quality processes network wide. They will plan, organize, and direct the engineering functions to support the goals of the network, increase overall equipment availability and material yield. This incumbent will be responsible for managing the debottlenecking initiatives within Advanced Manufacturing to identify and mitigate specific areas in plant equipment or workflow configuration that limits the flow of our processes.

They will also be responsible for overseeing Quality Systems initiatives within Advanced Manufacturing ensuring our processes and process designs are meeting quality requirements and implementing improvements to ensure optimization. They will also be responsible for providing strategic direction and vendor management to varies third-party experts.

What You'll Do:

• Develop strategic plans and roadmap for debottlenecking sites through Value Stream Mapping from Raw Materials through Finishing
• Identifying and optimizing Quality Systems (including technology enablement) within network
• Leading the continual improvement of ensuring compliance with corporate quality policies and business objectives to ensure the manufacture of products with superior value
• Leading the continual improvement in regards to waste, speed, and delay design for each product on each machine within the plant to achieve greater than 95% site yield.
• Driving collaboration between respective departments that ensures all production and/or quality issues are addressed and resolved.
• Measuring sheet machine performance as well as net hours by utilizing data to gauge sustainability.
• Developing metrics and reporting systems necessary to track progress and identify key improvement areas across all manufacturing systems;
• Building relationships within the JH network to share best practices to ensure effectiveness of processes and eliminating waste of rework or redesign.
• Maintaining close contact with the Production Manager, Maintenance Manager and Finishing Manager to ensure effective communication regarding process activities occur with minimal disruption to production operations;
• Analyzing and identifying root cause of all production, quality and mechanical down-time incidents;
• Developing and implementing improvements in operational procedures to include production and quality.
• Completing 'Gemba' walks in the plant to interact with production, quality, safety, and maintenance to help drive cultural change and to ensure appropriate work is being performed and that customers' needs are being met.
• Driving Advanced Manufacturing initiatives by providing leadership and guidance to the designated CIMS Leads.
• Analyzing reports and recommending appropriate action with regard Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure that the department meets its respective expectations;
• Providing oversight and knowledge of technical instruction to all pertinent employees on any relevant process changes or modifications.

The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

What You'll Bring:

• Education/
  
  Experience:
  
  Required:
  
  Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering (mechanical, chemical, industrial, electrical, or paper science).…