Manufacturing Engineering Manager

# Manufacturing Engineering Manager

ID:
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Pittsfield, MA, US Category:
Manufacturing Required Clearance:
Secret, obtainable within reasonable time based on requirements

Employment Type:

Full Time Remote Option:
On-Site Full-Time Hiring Company:
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.

Apply Now### Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering, other related specialized Engineering area, or the equivalent experience is required plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience to meet managerial expectations.
** CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:*
* ** Department of Defense Secret security clearance is obtainable within a reasonable amount of time after hire.
** Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.### Responsibilities for this Position Duties and Tasks:
· Possess high level of manufacturing technical skills
· Oversees the planning, development, implementation and maintenance of manufacturing methods, tools, processes, and operations for new and existing products
· Responsible for managing people, conducting meaningful performance reviews, career development discussions and merit recommendations
· Establishes and ensures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
· Works closely with engineering to ensure new products are seamlessly transitioned into production
· Customer interface supporting technical issues
· Responsible for ensuring that all internal quality practices demonstrate compliance to external requirements
· Collaborate across departments—Lines of Business, Supply Chain Management, and Engineering to ensure program objectives are aligned and understood
· Manage all capital requirements in facilities and ensure equipment and machinery meet the required safety, quality, and productivity requirements
· Designs, develops and transfers manufacturing engineering tools, strategies and systems
· May lead other managers and/or supervisors related to a business area, project or strategic activity
· Typically leads a department(s) or large complex project or several smaller projects concurrently to meet business and profitability growth objectives
· Manages group activities to develop and implement long range goals and objectives to meet business and stated profitability growth objectives
· Leads team members and / or senior department staff to develop measurements to monitor performance to established processes and procedures
· Leads teams in resolving business related issues
· Directs, coordinates and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of manufacturing efforts within areas of responsibility
· Ensures process compliance of all manufacturing activity in areas of responsibility
· Contributes to the development of strategies for pricing, program planning, risk management, and margin generation for programs at the proposal stage
· Manages the overall execution of process changes to improve overall efficiency of manufacturing and the effects on current and future work (cost, cycle time, quality)
· Establishes selection criteria for hiring senior members of operations staff and manages hiring process
· Supports proposals within Manufacturing
· Manages and reviews the development of operations schedules and baselines in response to program direction, contract guidance and product lifecycle requirements
· Leads efforts to identify technical risks and develop risk reduction plans
· Regular communications with senior level management
· Travel may be required
· Drives a culture of continuous improvement throughout the organization

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

· Strong leadership skills
· Strong written and verbal communications skills, bridges communication across teams
· Strong ability to think creatively
· Strong ability to multi-task, skilled at executing complex tasks
· Strong ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
· Strong planning,…