Engineering Manager

Overview

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ENGINEERING MANAGER

ROSCOMMON, MI – ROSCOMMON PLANT

• Perform engineering work related to planning, devising, or adapting methods to improve manufacturing production
• Examine equipment, processes, operations, and assembly to determine time or quality revisions, and suggest improvements
• Evaluate vendor and supplier proposals for new equipment purchases
• Oversee the development, evaluation or review of plans and criteria for a variety of activities such as downtime and change analysis and procedure development
• Direct, coordinate, and review the work plan for assigned engineering operations and functions
• Assign work activities and projects; monitor workflow; review and evaluate work products, methods, and procedures
• Oversee and participate in performing a broad range of design activities on a variety of projects including automated equipment, storm drainage facilities, lighting, landscaping, water production and distribution facilities, and buildings
• Develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing methods, utilizing knowledge of product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, and quality control standards
• Analyze and plan work force utilization, space requirements, and workflow, and design the layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency
• Review design conformance and accuracy of plans to coordinate improvement projects with staff, project managers, contractors, utility companies and other agencies
• Confer with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes
• Oversee facilities and equipment preventative maintenance and repair responsibilities
• Liaison to corporate engineering resources
• Create and manage technical budgets
• Ensure that role-driven operational key performance indicator (KPI) targets are met, including MTBF and MTTR
• All other duties as assigned

• Drive Company Standards
• Develop, implement, and maintain corporate standards
• Process, Labor, and efficiency (MOST) Maynard Operation Sequence Technique
• Line balancing
• Product Launch and Project Implementation
• Drive cross functional engagement
• Track spending
• Schedule and execute engineering tasks to meet launch milestones
• Advanced Program Readiness
• Team member with AME to conduct initial labor assessment
• Team Member with Materials to develop material process flow
• Lead of PFMEA
• Design for manufacturing and drive closure of build issues
• Operational strategy, capacity analysis, and equipment needs
• Timeline and critical path planning
• Spending forecasting
• Identify idle assets within Lear globally for reuse
• Attend design reviews and runoff of equipment
• Implement and Improve equipment functionality
• Push new standards up in organization based on lessons learned
• Basic understanding of controls, PLC, sensors, controls communications
• Quality
• Reduce frequency of occurrence
• Increase detection
• Follow fastening strategy standard
• Support Company Growth
• Support technical reviews with customers
• Provide inputs to develop cost models - capital, tooling, labor, & start up
• Seek out new manufacturing strategies to improve quality and efficiencies

Your

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• 5+ years working in the Engineering function
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of principles, theories, and practices of engineering
• Knowledge of regulatory codes and…