Mechanical Design Supervisor; Airport

Position: Mechanical Design Supervisor (Airport)
Overview

Daifuku Airport America Corporation is a subsidiary of Daifuku North America a group company of Daifuku in Japan - the largest material handling company in the world. Our advanced systems move everything from car bodies at auto plants to luggage at airports to packaged goods  are known as experts in engineering, manufacturing, and servicing innovative automated materials handling systems including conveyors, automatic guided vehicles, automated storage & retrieval systems, and integrated controls.

The company is currently seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Supervisor.

Position Summary/ Primary Purpose

Reporting to the Mechanical Engineering Program Manager, the Mechanical Engineering Design Supervisor will work closely with the Project Engineers supporting project teams. The Design Supervisor is at the same level as Project Engineers. The Design Supervisor is responsible for managing a core group of engineers who execute design deliverables on a department and project level. This includes managing the resources, schedule, budget, and deliverables of the group work.

This position also leads a group of three (3) to eight (8) mechanical engineers who are responsible for producing mechanical drawings, mechanical equipment designs, direct and coordinates activities involved in fabrication, operation, and installation. The Design Supervisor will also keep tight control of the CAD database. This includes revision control, change bulletins and occasional training on design changes which impact the department.

Responsibilities

Major Areas of Responsibility

* Staff allocation and utilization, personnel development, talent development.

* Group work product, quality adherence and standardization for consistency.

* Process development and efficiency improvements

* Work with peers within the department, in other departments, divisions, shops, and vendors.

* Works to achieve overall objectives at an optimal cost.

* Estimates number of employees needed and schedules work across multiple projects to meet completion date and technical specifications.

* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

* Develop and maintain department standard drawings and associated job specific detail drawings.

* Develop and maintain department standard tools such as conveyor manifest, power transmission, modular CCIT (Conveyor Component Information Table) format, CAD standards, blocks and icons.

* Develop and maintain department work procedures, checklists.

* Drive innovation and utilization of new components and technologies.

Broad Knowledge

* English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

* Computer Skills - Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Adobe Systems.

* Auto Desk Tools (AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit)

Qualifications

Skills & Abilities

* Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

* Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

* Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

* Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

* Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

* Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of you, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

* Verbal and Written Expression and Recognition - The ability to listen to, understand and communicate information and ideas presented through spoken or written words and sentences.

* Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

* Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

* Active Listening - Giving full attention to what…