Engineering Manager

American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designer and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do.

Overall coordination of all engineering, maintenance, and environmental compliance requirements to support meeting and/or exceeding established plant goals.

• Overall coordination of Plant property and equipment maintenance.
• Ensure the maintenance of all drying and machining equipment.
• Identifies, develops, plans, and implements all capital projects for the Plant
• Develops and maintains all preventive maintenance programs
• Defines and drives engineering practices to improve process flows and cost reduction to support the plant operations and continual improvement process.
• Overall responsibility in environmental compliance conformance.
• Plan and coordinate department's activities to support SQDC targets, and meet and/or exceed client and/or customer's expectations.
• Actively participate on assigned teams and/or projects.
• Ensure assigned departments perform tasks as outlined in Job Instruction Breakdowns, Quality Specifications, and Standard Operating Practices.
• Participate in identifying hiring needs; employee selection and training process
• Provide communication on departmental expectations, motivates team members, and identifies opportunity for improvements.
• Provide team leadership consistent with company vision, mission, CITE principles.
• Ensures Policies are followed and provides guidance and discipline.
• Effectively utilize all resources to maximum potential performance to achieve SQDC goals.
• Establishes individual goals for team members in alignment with overall organization goals and performs periodic performance reviews to determine progress.
• Support and represent company as a union-free environment
• Provide a safe and productive work environment, including housekeeping.
• Participate in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives
• Role model CITE and Working in Teams principles
• Perform other tasks as directed by direct supervisor

Will supervise hourly and salaried employees in the assigned department and/or departments. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of direct reports. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employee; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Engineering
• Maintenance
• Environmental compliance

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or related discipline; extensive work experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• Minimum of 8 years of manufacturing engineering experience; wood related preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of supervision experience; multiple departments
• Must have experience in material flows, continuous improvement practices; and process analysis.
• Six Sigma training is a plus
• Excellent personal computer skills in a network environment;
  Microsoft products experience preferred - Outlook-Word-Excel-Project.
• Track record of successful project management
• Experience in working in a team environment
• Management style must be consistent with CITE Principles
• Demonstrated problem solving skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals and financial reports. Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers/clients in an effort to respond to common inquires or complaints from customers/clients, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community and public.…