Plant Engineering Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Cultivates and promotes a strong safety culture and follows all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identifies and communicates workplace hazards and corrects or seeks assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.
• Provides strong leadership and project management skills to successfully implement customer focused process/product improvements.
• Provides training to new and existing employees in best practices for lean manufacturing, 5S, visual factory management (VFM), problem resolution/poke yoke, and design for manufacturability (DFM).
• Utilizes proven lean manufacturing based analytical and troubleshooting / problem-solving abilities to identify opportunities for cost reduction, lead-time reduction, inventory reduction and quality improvement.
• Leads the effort to improve safety in the facility.
• Oversees Product Development Process for all new and existing programs. This includes the development of floor plan layouts, cost justifying new and/or used equipment, documentation and troubleshooting of new and existing processes. Attendance at all product development meetings for assigned products is required.
• Develops safe processes and monitors existing processes to ensure the safety of our production associates.
• Ensures that poke-yoke and mistake proofing are built into all processes and work on any customer or quality issues to ensure quality problems are solved and not repeated.
• Implements and documents improvements to manufacturing efficiencies, takt time, floor space utilization, and overhead.
• Evaluates existing tools and processes and recommends improvements that enhance both operator performance and ergonomics / safety of the overall operation.
• Develops, implements, and sustains robust facilities and equipment preventative maintenance programs.
• Responsible for several million dollars of departmental budgeting.
• Develops annual Capital Expenditure plans that focus on cost reductions and strong ROIs.
• Identifies and executes cost reduction initiatives, manufacturability reviews, corrective action closure, development and specification of fixtures and tools and equipment necessary to build the product,
• Assesses the safety of the processes and methods used to ensure a safe work environment,
• Develops project plans for manufacturing implementation and leading the implementation of new products.
• Identifies new technology to maintain competitive advantage.
• Oversees the maintenance department, ensuring execution of robust facilities and machine maintenance programs.

Key Skills And Competencies:

• Intermediate knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to multi-task with excellent time management, problem prevention and problem-solving skills.
• Strong ability to work in a team environment with demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to read, interpret and communicate print specifications.
• Intermediate proficiency in performing engineering calculations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, leadership and labor union representatives.
• Strong ability to achieve cost reductions to both products and processes