Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Woodward is a global leader in the design, manufacturing, and service of energy conversion and control solutions for the aerospace and industrial equipment markets.

• Production Support:
  Oversee production support across multiple lines, standardizing troubleshooting procedures and implementing system‑level improvements. Manage hardware disposition processes to minimize waste and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Manufacturing Process Ownership:
  Manage multiple manufacturing processes, focusing on creating and maintaining scalable workflows that optimize efficiency across a value stream.
• Process Capability and Improvement:
  Oversee process capability programs across multiple lines, using advanced analytics and simulation tools to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Production Documentation Management:
  Manage production documentation for multiple lines, ensuring consistency, compliance, and accessibility. Fully integrate digital documentation systems to support collaboration across teams and improve efficiency.
• Project Support and Leadership:
  Oversee cross‑functional manufacturing projects within a value stream, manage complex timelines, budgets, and deliverables.

• Productivity Improvements:
  Oversight of process improvement initiatives across multiple production areas, ensuring consistency and optimizing operations.
• Data Analysis:
  Develop data‑driven models to optimize manufacturing processes, improve resource allocation, and reduce variability within a value stream.
• Cost Analysis and Optimization:
  Optimize manufacturing processes by balancing labor, material, and overhead costs within value streams; reduce scrap rates and inventory turnover.
• Lean Manufacturing:
  Drive Lean transformations within a value stream, integrating tools such as Kanban and JIT to optimize production.
• Design for Manufacturability & Assembly:
  Manage DFMA reviews across multiple projects or product lines, aligning design, manufacturing, and assembly processes.
• Equipment:
  Oversee equipment selection and troubleshooting strategies for multiple production lines, advocate for new equipment at a site level, and develop plant‑wide standards for equipment performance and maintenance.
• Mentorship:
  Serve as a mentor to junior engineers, focusing on technical development and career growth.
• Problem‑Solving and Critical Thinking:
  Lead cross‑functional teams to resolve systemic issues within a value stream and implement sustainable solutions.
• APQP Tools and Systems:
  Oversee APQP‑driven process control initiatives, standardizing tooling/fixturing designs and process capability improvements across production lines.
• Communication and
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Lead communication efforts within a value stream, ensuring alignment and transparency in decision‑making processes.

• Production Support:
  Drive plant‑wide production support initiatives by developing proactive strategies to improve process performance, reduce variability, and improve uptime.
• Manufacturing Process Ownership:
  Drive ownership for plant‑wide processes by establishing clear standards, implementing new technologies, and mentoring engineers to ensure accountability.
• Process Capability and Improvement:
  Drive plant‑wide process improvement strategies by standardizing best practices, mentoring engineers, and integrating advanced tools such as automation.
• Production Documentation Management:
  Drive plant‑wide documentation strategies, mentoring engineers on best practices and transitioning to advanced digital tools for real‑time updates.
• Project Support and Leadership:
  Manage large‑scale manufacturing initiatives, streamline operations, mentor project members, and report progress to senior leadership.

• Productivity Improvements:
  Drives plant‑wide process improvement programs, mentoring engineers on methods to reduce variability, improve process reliability, and enhance efficiency; integrates advanced technologies such as automation.
• Data Analysis:
  Lead initiatives to implement data‑driven decision‑making across a site, using production data to identify areas for improvement and ensure alignment with operational goals.
• Cost…