Manufacturing Engineering Manager

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This role is at Spirit Aero Systems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units (Spirit Commercial). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

• Manage manufacturing engineers, technicians, production specialists, and manufacturing planners in the area of Production Engineering.
• Develops and executes business plans, policies and procedures and develops organizational and technical strategies.
• Acquires resources, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements.
• Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports.
• Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes.
• Coordinates with engineering (industrial, design, stress, liaison, materials and process), manufacturing, tooling, machine programming, facilities, and supply teams to develop and guide the manufacturing and tooling plan for the program.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing build plans, conduct root cause analysis and other needed activities, as a build process specialist of the manufacturing area.
• Performs trade and cost studies and assists in leading integrated product and process teams.
• Oversee and direct all new manufacturing engineers, technicians, production specialists, and manufacturing planner employee training to align with and develop into seasoned, knowledgeable employees for the team.
• Use competency to complete tasks with little to no oversight, while communicating cross-functionally to ensure goals and outcomes are achieved.
• Enforce policies and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work units.
• Manage multiple tasks to successful closure in a fast-paced environment.
• Ensure that direct reports can meet critical schedule deadlines.
• Interact effectively across all levels of leadership and staff.
• Lead a team, including multi-shift, Operation Support Specialists and professional union-represented employees.
• Interact across all levels of the organization, efficiently communicate and execute the manufacturing plan and schedule, implement agreed upon changes, navigate difficult situations and conversations to a productive outcome.
• Lead team in developing solutions to complex problems which require the consistent use of manufacturing best practices.
• Apply knowledge of tools used in the manufacturing process to ensure best practices, improve quality, and ensure consistent application of safety and compliance practices.
• Experience utilizing production metrics to make informed decisions and drive results.
• Develop, control, and manage effective plans and communicate progress to senior leadership.

• 5+ years of experience within a manufacturing production environment.
• Critical thinking skills and analytical abilities to develop effective solutions to assembly operations problems, including troubleshooting
• Ability to manage projects and to lead and participate in cross-functional teams to accomplish engineering initiatives in a team environment while interacting with multiple disciplines and levels of management.
• Ability to communicate effectively, act…