Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Responsible for ensuring that both new and existing manufacturing processes: equipment, tooling, facility, methods, standard work, manufacturing engineering systems, and process controls; produce products that meet: EH&S requirements, customer requirements, Modine risk management objectives, quality requirements, standard labor cost, overhead cost, and material costs.

The Plant Manufacturing Engineering Manager reports to the Plant Manager, and as a key staff member is an integral Mentor of MPS principles and practices to the ME team.

The following functions report to the Plant Manufacturing Engineering Manager:

• Manufacturing/Process Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Maintenance Supervisor

• The Plant Manufacturing Engineering Manager is responsible for:

• • Maintaining a high level of core technology competence within the engineering staff.
  • Direction and coordination of product and process launches using APQP procedures and principles.
  • Ensuring that the manufacturing process is established with equipment, tooling, and process controls that can meet customer, risk, and operational targets.
  • Ensuring that the engineering staff is trained and competent to apply effective project management skills.
  • Managing, through direct reports, the implementation of the PM system and the maintenance and repair of the equipment, tooling, and physical plant.
  • Equipment and tooling capacity monitoring and planning.
  • Maintaining environmental regulatory compliance.
  • Establishing a capital budget and expense budget for management approval.
  • Ensuring that that applicable Standard Practices are understood and applied.
  • Maintaining metrics on: equipment and tooling capacity utilization, regulatory conformance, launch conformance, process performance, process control, PM performance, and labor standards conformance.

• The Plant Manufacturing Engineering Manager supervises departmental interaction with the Product Groups regarding product/process launches, field failures, DV and PV failures, design review/technical feasibility, capacity, capability, capital equipment costs, tooling costs, and labor content.

• The Engineering Manager interacts with all plant department heads by providing and receiving advice/assistance on topics such as personnel policies, manufacturing, production or quality issues, etc.

• Specific Accountabilities
  • Improve/maintain technical competency via the hiring process and PMP process.
  • Maintain launch plans and ensure that regular launch meetings with key Plant and/or Racine personnel are scheduled and held.
  • Monitor capacity utilization to ensure OEE conformance and maintain 1 year and 5 year capacity plan. Work closely with production on capacity issues/opportunities.
  • Monitor and ensure that all processes meet capability requirements.
  • Establish and monitor labor standards for accuracy and issues. Coordinate with production on variance issues.
  • Monitor key operational measurables - scrap, FPY, RC's, energy cost - and provide support for CA and CI.
  • Plan PM requirements for all key tooling and equipment and monitor system to ensure compliance and performance.
  • Oversee the development and use of structured project plans for all product and process launches and/or changes.
  • Prepare capital and expense budgets and track conformance.
  • Mentor the ME Team in MPS and ensure continuing development and use the MPS throughout the plant.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Manufacturng or Electircual preferred) or a related field
• 5-7 years minimum experience as a Manufacturing Engineer working in a similar industry
  

  Demonstrated experience:

  • Launch management - demonstrated experience with structured APQP process
  • Project management - history of successful development and management of project plans for product launch in an "automotive similar" environment
  • Capital management - history of planning, development, and management of large capitalprojects
  • Process control - understanding and application of SPC
  • Experience in metal forming and joining technologies - preferred experience in plantproduct materials and core joining processing - brazing, welding, etc
  • Working knowledge of labor standards
  • Quality systems - preferred: TS16949, minimum: QS9000
  • Supervisory experience - technical and maintenance staff preferred
  • LCC equipment and tooling sourcing preferred
  • Knowledge and understanding of CI tools and approaches (lean manufacturing, Kaizen,Six Sigma, problem solving, Kanban, process mapping, etc.)