Mgr, Engineering Manufacturing Rockmart, GA

Leads the Manufacturing Engineering team to ensure production efficiency while aligning strategic goals and tasks with company policies and procedures. Participates in decision-making that will have a significant impact on the sustainability and growth efforts of operations.

Leads and directs the Manufacturing Engineering team to obtain optimum productivity while reaching strategic goals. Oversees Manufacturing Engineering activities and team members, ensuring resources are utilized effectively.

Drives process improvements, cost reduction, and manufacturing yield improvements.

Manages staff selection, performance, development, and training processes to ensure team competencies and capabilities. Mentors and oversees technical and professional development of the Manufacturing Engineering team.

• Strong ability to lead, plan, and direct a team of manufacturing engineers
• Excellent ability to apply a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving
• Proficient knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement
• Advanced knowledge of data structures and database programming
• Demonstrated ability to improve products or services by applying professional and business knowledge.
• Ability to absorb and apply new technical information and evaluate implications
• Ability to effectively communicate difficult concepts
• Ability to negotiate well with others
• Ability to explain a range of complex technical information
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to drive tasks to completion
• Well-organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task
• Strong prioritization skills

Other duties as assigned.

• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
• Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Demonstrates self-awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses
• Resourcefulness - Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently
• Drives engagement - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
• Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems

• Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
• Manages ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear