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
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Reporting to the Mechanical Engineering Program Manager, the Mechanical Engineering Design Supervisor works closely with Project Engineers supporting project teams. The Design Supervisor is at the same level as Project Engineers and 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.

The Design Supervisor also leads a group of three to eight mechanical engineers responsible for producing mechanical drawings, mechanical equipment designs, and directing and coordinating activities involved in fabrication, operation, and installation. The Design Supervisor keeps tight control of the CAD database, including revision control, change bulletins, and occasional training on design changes that impact the department.

• 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.

• English Language – knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including meaning, spelling, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Computer Skills – Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook) and Adobe Systems.
• Auto Desk Tools – AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit.

• 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 strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making – considering relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Monitoring – assessing performance of oneself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Verbal and Written Expression and Recognition – ability to listen to, understand, and communicate information and ideas presented through spoken or written words and sentences.
• Information Ordering – ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules.
• Problem Sensitivity – ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing a problem without solving it.
• Active Listening – giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Complex Problem Solving – identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and…