Manufacturing Engineering Manager

About the role

Manages the manufacturing engineering staff and oversees all activities involved in developing, documenting, implementing, supporting, and continually improving efficient, cost-effective production manufacturing processes for the company. Responsibilities include managing development, support, maintenance, and continual improvement of effective manufacturing processes, procedures, machinery, and tooling to improve manufacturing costs, quality, and safety.

Manages the organization's manufacturing engineers and product-design support personnel. Provides ongoing support for corrective action on manufacturing problems and deficiencies, and troubleshooting technically challenging production problems. Researches process performance data to identify and implement manufacturing process improvements to enhance manufacturing yield, runtime, quality, and safety, while reducing manufacturing costs.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and direction to the Manufacturing Engineering staff, including coordinators of all ME-related functional groups.
• Ensures the organization includes the proper Manufacturing Engineering support structure, skill sets, and functional groups.
• Develops manufacturing processes and resultant investment for new product programs, including completing MPPS, spend curve, equipment utilization, capacity, and timing documents.
• Develops and communicates process flows for process sourcing.
• Oversees the sourcing of appropriate manufacturing equipment for the production of automotive components and assemblies.
• Manages the standard tasks associated with process launch and enforces discipline to timelines.
• Ensures all quality standards are met as they relate to process development and risk mitigation.
• Implements best practices for manufacturing processes.
• Develops assessment, training, and succession plans for the continuous development of the Manufacturing Engineering organization and talent base.
• Supports current operations by providing problem-solving guidance or systems solutions to improve performance.
• Manages the CapEx budget of a single area or process launch and enforces adherence to AAM Manufacturing Engineering procedures and administrative systems.
• Researches process performance data to identify and implement manufacturing process improvements to improve yield, runtime, quality, and safety, and reduce manufacturing costs.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 2-3 years of experience in a leadership role.

About the company

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. Headquartered in Detroit, MI, the company operates in 24 countries with over 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries—GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy—Dauch combines deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to advance mobility.

For more information, visit www.dauch.com.