Leads the Manufacturing Engineering team to ensure production efficiency while aligning strategic goals and tasks with company policies and procedures. Participates in decision-making that will have a significant impact on the sustainability and growth efforts of operations.
Required Skills
Leads and directs the Manufacturing Engineering team to obtain optimum productivity while reaching strategic goals. Oversees Manufacturing Engineering activities and team members, ensuring resources are utilized effectively.
Drives process improvements, cost reduction, and manufacturing yield improvements.
Manages staff selection, performance, development, and training processes to ensure team competencies and capabilities. Mentors and oversees technical and professional development of the Manufacturing Engineering team.
Strong ability to lead, plan, and direct a team of manufacturing engineers
Excellent ability to apply a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving
Proficient knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement
Advanced knowledge of data structures and database programming
Demonstrated ability to improve products or services by applying professional and business knowledge.
Ability to absorb and apply new technical information and evaluate implications
Ability to effectively communicate difficult concepts
Ability to negotiate well with others
Ability to explain a range of complex technical information
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to drive tasks to completion
Well-organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task
Strong prioritization skills
Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and web-browsers
Other duties as assigned.
Required Experience
Core Competencies
1. Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
2. Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
3. Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
4. Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
Leadership Competencies
1. Demonstrates self-awareness - Using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses
2. Resourcefulness - Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently
3. Drives engagement - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
4. Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
Other Competencies
1. Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
2. Nimble learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
3. Manages ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear
Leads and directs the Manufacturing Engineering team to obtain optimum productivity while reaching strategic goals. Oversees Manufacturing Engineering activities and team members, ensuring resources are utilized effectively.
Drives process improvements, cost reduction, and manufacturing yield improvements.
Manages staff selection, performance, development, and training processes to ensure team competencies and capabilities. Mentors and oversees technical and professional development of the Manufacturing Engineering team.
Strong ability to lead, plan, and direct a team of manufacturing engineers
Excellent ability to apply a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving
Proficient knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement
Advanced knowledge of data structures and database programming
Demonstrated ability to improve products or services by applying professional and business knowledge.
Ability to absorb and apply new technical information and evaluate implications
Ability to effectively communicate difficult concepts
Ability to negotiate well with others
Ability to explain a range of complex technical information
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to drive tasks to completion
Well-organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task
Strong prioritization skills
Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and web-browsers
Other duties as assigned.