Chief Manufacturing Engineer

Posted: 06/21/2023 2023-06-21 2023-07-27 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Engineering Job Number: 570186 Country: United States Is job remote?: No

Pay: $60-68/hr



Overview:



Overall responsibility over engineering team working on manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, design online, and tooling design projects. Ownership over development and continuous refinement of manufacturing processes within one or more facilities. Responsible for manufacturing readiness of new product development projects.



YOUR IMPACT:



MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:



STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

Pay: $60-68/hr

Overview:

Overall responsibility over engineering team working on manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, design online, and tooling design projects. Ownership over development and continuous refinement of manufacturing processes within one or more facilities. Responsible for manufacturing readiness of new product development projects.

YOUR IMPACT:

• Participate in the budgeting process to include recommending capital improvements and preparing justification data as required.
• Researches, studies, and proposes use of new technologies to be used to improve manufacturing processes.
• Maintain effective communication with suppliers, internal and external customers, and outside resources concerning technical issues.
• Communicate project objectives to team members.
• Participate in all phases of the NPD process to ensure product launches are successful in manufacturing.
• Evaluate designs for manufacturability.
• Create and maintain project documentation for project planning, requirements analysis, risk management, issues management, status reporting, project communication, and quality assurance.
• Perform job duties in an ethical, professional manner. Conduct duties consistent with the Company’s mission statement, quality objectives, and defined policies and procedures.
• Provide technical assistance for prototype, pilot, and production support.
• Analyze and resolve issues reported to Engineering via verbal or written communication.
• Establishes priorities for work delegated to others.
• Provide leadership to the Business Unit (BU) engineering group as needed to support BU and Corporate business objectives. This includes the development of a strategic vision for the department as well as providing effective support for all aspects of the organization through the creation of innovative processes.
• Provide management/leadership to technical staff including resource planning, scheduling, and administration to ensure program success.
• Prepare technical proposals, quotations, reports, and presentations

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 10-plus years related experience

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience managing large capital projects
• Possess a strong mechanical knowledge of vehicles and related systems
• Strong verbal presentation and written communication skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Experience and active participation in relevant professional organizations (SAE, IFEE, etc.)
• Previous experience with tooling and fixturing and tool design activity
• Extensive background in welding of all kinds and welding certifications
• Knowledge of different drawing software's (Catia, Solidworks, etc) and business operating systems