Engineering Manager - Manufacturing

Salary $130,000 - $150,000 + Benefits & Paid Relocation to the Southern USA

Note - there is no sponsorship for H1B, Opt-Ed, TN, F-1, M-1, J-1, or similar type visas. Must be citizen, perm resident, or have green card.

Lovely area provides a great escape from the city life to incredibly scenic forests, rivers, and lakes. Temperate weather, charming people & lower cost of living. Solid schools, fine shopping, festivals, outdoor activities year around, community events, art & museums.

Our award-winning client is seeking an Engineering Manager for their manufacturing facility. In this role, you will support production activities, provide timely response to production problems, lead engineering groups and provide direction to optimize cycle time, uptime, yield, costs and MRO expenditures. Lead engineering group to remove production barriers such as downtime items, process and systems problems. New equipment, tooling, and systems designed and implemented into production.

As the Engineering Manager, your focus will be:

Direct staff to write specifications to best define process and equipment needs & requirements

Direct development of DCP and function as lead for launch phases

Provide estimates in Capital, Tooling, Expense, and Timing for product changes & new products

Provide direction for cost reduction efforts through clear goal setting, review of processes, tooling, methods, layout, departmental performance (scrap/MRO/OEE, etc.), cost reduction meetings, and active improvement efforts

Support budgeting, forecasting and departmental training efforts

Establish, manage & meet departmental budget

Support the quality practices of records maintenance, customer requirements, direction and support provided

Assure industry system and specific customer requirements are met.

Minimum requirements for this Engineering Manager position:

Bachelors degree in engineering

At least 8 years experience in engineering, automotive or global manufacturing facility preferred

Experience of Manufacturing and Quality principles, methodologies and systems (APQP, FMEA, PPAP, MSA, SPC, etc.)

Experience in Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Problem Solving methodologies, etc.

Project management experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.