Plant Manager Manufacturing Engineering

Plant Manager Manufacturing Engineering

GKN Driveline Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Malaysia

Plant Manager Manufacturing Engineering and Product Launch
Provide first level day-to-day administrative and technical leadership for a staff of professional engineers and technicians within manufacturing engineering and program launch department to accomplish specific engineering projects. Review technical feasibility of proposed solutions to engineering problems. Responsible for the results of the department's efforts and for the effectiveness of their overall integration with other departments. Execute site industrial plans and footprint related activities to enable sites to accommodate growth and achieve operational excellence.

Align capital requests to allocation process and drive production excellence through industrial & process related standards deployment. Direct work assignments, scheduling, and reviews of work in progress to ensure deliverables are achieved. Handle personnel actions including performance reviews, salary recommendations, and coordination of training and development. Help solve difficult technical problems. Typically lead a staff of five to twenty professionals.

Role Purpose
- Provide first level day-to-day administrative and technical leadership for a staff of professional engineers and technicians within manufacturing engineering and program launch department to accomplish specific engineering projects. Review technical feasibility of proposed solutions to engineering problems. Responsible for the results of the department's efforts and for the effectiveness of their overall integration with other departments. Execute site industrial plans and footprint related activities to enable sites to accommodate growth and achieve operational excellence.

Align capital requests to allocation process and drive production excellence through industrial & process related standards deployment. Direct work assignments, scheduling, and reviews of work in progress to ensure deliverables are achieved. Handle personnel actions including performance reviews, salary recommendations, and coordination of training and development. Help solve difficult technical problems. Typically lead a staff of five to twenty professionals.

Process Design Engineering
Analyze information and specify the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
Engineering Solutions Design

Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.

Engineering Standards Specification
Contribute to the analysis of information, the drafting of engineering standards and specifications, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.

Engineering Inspections
Carry out inspections to evaluate the quality of complex, large-scale engineering works and/or the integrity of existing complex, large-scale installations or structures, and specify the remedial works needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.

Leadership and Direction

Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and…