Engineering Manager

Champion GSE Company, a subsidiary of the DEDIENNE Group, is a growing manufacturer of transport containers and industrial ground support equipment serving aerospace and industrial markets.

To support continued expansion in the United States, we are seeking an experienced and motivated Engineering Manager to join our team. The Engineering Manager is responsible for managing and leading all efforts of design, methods, and process engineering in support of customer requirements while simultaneously driving cost improvements in labor and material content.

• Perform all responsibilities in a way that reinforces our company’s core values.
• Participate in the development, support and execution of a company strategic plan.
• Responsible for all aspects of product development and support as well as manufacturing/industrial engineering.
• Establish and refine full and complete work packages (prints, BoM’s, routers, work instructions) for all new products. Also create and update for existing high-running products.
• Drive margin enhancement through material and process cost reductions.
• Work in concert with other departments – Sales, Production & Quality – to ensure products & processes are designed as efficiently as possible. Cross-functional design reviews are expected.
• Develop and maintain all aspects of project schedules. Project management experience required.
• Manage engineering personnel to ensure that products are manufactured correctly, cost effectively and delivered on time to Champion GSE promise dates and quality requirements.
• Manage engineering personnel to ensure production success towards customer commitments and company cost-out efforts.
• Promote and maintain awareness and compliance of EH&S in accordance with best practice and legal requirements.
• Administering employee performance reviews.
• Enforcing and adhering to company policies and procedures per the Quality Management System, Safety Manual and Employee Handbook.

• 10+ years of experience minimum in technical supervision, project management, and product development capacity
• Familiarity with departmental procedure development beneficial.
• Familiarity with aerospace standards and expectations beneficial.
• Familiarity with Military standards and expectations beneficial.
• Familiarity with European standards and expectations beneficial.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001/AS9100 Quality systems required.

• Must be a leader first, a manager second.
• Knowledge of Quality tools.
• Strong interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Must possess analytical thinking and reasoning skills and attention to detail.
• Must be able to set and maintain schedules.
• Must be able to mentor manufacturing engineers in lean processes, CNC machining, workflow, work instructions, quotes, routings and other manufacturing engineering functions.

• Competitive base salary based on experience

• Eligible to work for any employer within the US
• Employment is contingent upon the satisfactory outcome of pre-employment screening activities, including a background check.

Champion GSE provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, or service in the military. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

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Champion GSE expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment or discrimination based on any of the characteristics mentioned above. Improper interference with the ability of other employees to perform their expected job duties is not tolerated.