Manager, Engineering (Manufacturing)

Job Description

This is a technical and managerial position responsible for directing the manufacturing engineering team at a Summit Polymers manufacturing facility. While working collaboratively with plant and corporate resources in program development, the manufacturing engineering manager is responsible to develop and deliver robust product designs, tooling and processes to production.

• Typical tooling and processes include: injection molds, mold processing & automation, paint equipment & tooling, paint automation & processing, and secondary assembly equipment & processes.

Responsibilities And Duties

Is responsible for the following major tasks:

• Directs, prioritizes and schedules activities of subordinates to achieve plant and department performance objectives for safety, quality, productivity, and delivery
• Ensures proper training of engineers and mentors them and other key personnel to ensure a competent workforce
• Owner of capable manufacturing processes throughout plant
• Directs the development, validation, documentation, control of all:
• Injection molding processes and molding automation systems
• Paint processes, robot programs and paint automation systems
• Assembly processes
• All other processes

• Develops standardized work (Operator Instruction Sheets) and trains key manufacturing personnel
• Led root cause problem solving and continuous improvement activities, working with manufacturing and maintenance, to solve problems related to safety, scrap, operational availability (machine up time), and productivity (cycle times)
• Collaborates with the plant lean manufacturing team on eliminating waste and implementing lean tools and practices
• Collaborates with corporate engineering, advanced manufacturing, and plant staff on new products in development and production engineering changes (ECs)
• Provides necessary plant Manufacturing Engineering resources necessary to complete KBPD development
• Reviews part and system design for manufacturability considering molding, painting, assembly, and packaging perspectives
• Led development and maintenance of PFMEAs
• Participates in Mold Design Reviews, assessing designs for robust tooling conditions, process and part removal optimization, and ease of maintenance
• Led paint process planning and directs and reviews paint rack concepts and prototypes assessing ergonomics, density, part retention, and ability to paint all surfaces per requirements
• Participates in assembly process planning, reviews machine design for safety, ergonomics, robustness, and productivity
• Leads development and maintenance of PFMEAs
• Led paint process planning and directs and reviews paint rack concepts and prototypes assessing ergonomics, density, part retention, and ability to paint all surfaces per requirements
• Leads assembly process planning, reviews machine design for safety, ergonomics, robustness, and productivity
• Leads customer, internal, and supplier product packaging development
• Champions introduction of new product tooling and processes into plant, collaborating with plant staff to schedule, train, process, trial run, document as required to fully prepare for production
• Directs tooling and equipment preventive maintenance and repairs
• Molding - Develops preventive maintenance instructions & schedules and directs repairs of injection molds, end of arm tooling, and degaters
• Paint - Develops preventive maintenance instructions & schedules and directs repairs of paint racks, paint fluid equipment, and paint lines
• Assembly – Develops preventive maintenance instructions & schedules and directs repairs of assembly equipment
• Directs outside vendors when required for maintenance and repair
• Ensures compliance with all OSHA and other regulatory and safety standards
• Supports development of and adherence to IATF 16949 systems and procedures
• Ensures compliance with environmental procedures and reporting requirements
• Administers and tracks cost reduction efforts

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in related engineering discipline
• Five years’ engineering experience in an automotive environment

• Required - working knowledge of injection mold design, maintenance and repair, scientific injection mold processing, robotic part removal end of arm tooling and programming
• Desired – working knowledge of paint processing and robotic programming, and secondary assembly processes (including plastic welding techniques, PLC programming)

• Supervisory or managerial experience in an automotive environment

Skills And Abilities

• Possesses the ability to gather and analyze information and make decisions from a limited number of choices
• A minimum score of 50 on the Wonderlic Select Assessment (Traditional Score of 26 on the cognitive section)