Engineering Manager

Job Title: Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Department: Plant General

Reports to: Plant Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Pay Type: Salary

Objective of the Position: Directs and coordinates all manufacturing engineering, maintenance, facilities and tooling activities at the plant for products, services or ideologies by performing duties personally or through subordinates. Approves all engineering/drawing changes and tooling design and improvements. Initiates and implements cost reduction and quality improvement projects.

Essential Accountabilities: The position incumbent ensures, that

• Coordination of Manufacturing Engineering activities after product has launched for the plant assigned.
• Researches and formulates new manufacturing & quality improvement projects that involve improved methods, standards, tools, practice
• Communicates with company personnel and suppliers / vendors to resolve project /quality / customer issues, timing plans, equipment design and delivery strategies, project launch timing and details, engineering changes, etc.
• Confer with management, engineering, and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems and recommend measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment.
• Coordinate activities of workers fabricating or modifying machines, tools, or equipment to manufacture new products or improve existing products.
• Initiates, manages and follows cost reduction projects to reduce manufacturing cost and the cost and consumption of consumables
• Interfaces with production to coordinate / resolve daily problem issues, needed improvements and future plans for manufacturing
• Ensure robustness of manufacturing data, routings, BOM, etc.
• Direct training and indoctrination of workers to improve work performance and acquaint workers with company policies and procedures.
• Inspects operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.

Secondary Accountabilities: The position incumbent ensures, that

• Conduct all business related activities for, and on the behalf of, Eberspaecher within the limits of applicable local, state, and federal legal requirements.
• Provide support to, and compliance with, all local and corporate Eberspaecher Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) policies, procedures and other HSE related requirements.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and follows all ENA polices related to TS16949 and ISO 14001; looks for way to improve and promote quality.
• Other duties as assigned.