Engineering Manager

Swift Placement & Consulting

Engineering Manager

New Buffalo, MI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Traits

    • Self-motivated with the ability to multitask and thrive in a time-line driven environment

    • Customer Focused

    • Detailed oriented and organized

    • Provide motivation and maintains morale for the Engineering group

    • Team oriented

    • Lead with ethics, integrity and equality

    • Able to make consistent, rational decisions driven by DATA

    Experience

    • Lean methods

    • Leadership skills necessary to manage and support an Engineering team

    • Problem solving techniques and skills

    • Organizational competencies to keep projects, process, and the entire Engineering team on track

    • Project implementation skills

    • Demonstrate leadership qualities in a high volume automotive Engineering department

    Responsibilities

    • Communicate and Supervise all Engineering activity and personnel

        o Working with Engineering techs, and Lead Manufacturing Engineers

    • Lead and assist on continual improvement projects

    • Organize all daily Engineering priorities and responsibilities for Eng. Techs and Lead Mfg. Engineers

    • Process efficiency development and cross training

    • First point of contact for Engineering concerns from manufacturing floor

    • Organize and manage all Engineering new launch activity

    • Manage labor utilization percentages

    • Communicate and collaborate with other managers, suppliers, and contractors

    • Create detailed Engineering plans, processes, and procedures for Engineering staff

    Physical Requirements:

    • Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling and moving items

    • Responding to public address system announcements

    • Walking and standing • Lifting fifty (50) pounds or more

    • Must wear required Personal Protective Equipment

    Environmental Job Requirements:

    • Due to forklifts and other heavy equipment traveling through the shop, temporary cracks may appear in the floor, causing an uneven walking surface

    • The shop environment can be dusty and noisy

    • Door are frequently open, causing drafts and interior temperature changes

    • Floors around work area may become slippery during wet weather conditions, or liquids such as coolants and oils from the machinery

    • May have to handle parts with sharp edges

    • Passing forklifts emit gas fumes

    • Tools, supplies, and related materials may contain hazardous materials

    • May have to occasionally work outdoors where temperatures and climate can fluctuate

     

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  • Compensation
    $150,000 per year