Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Welding & Fabrication

About the role

Kewaunee Fabrications is a top-quality, heavy fabrication specialist established in 1941. We provide comprehensive services including manufacturing, engineering, cutting, forming, welding, machining, blasting, painting, and assembly under one roof. Our mission is to offer the single-source advantages of greater control and efficiency, improved accuracy, and complete accountability.

Responsibilities

• Direct high-level engineering analysis and design of new and modified components and subsystems in accordance with engineering standards and project scope to ensure designs meet customer requirements, corporate objectives, are safe, and can be manufactured.
• Lead direct reports and manage multiple priorities.
• Collaborate with other engineering business support disciplines internally and suppliers externally.
• Research, study, and propose use of new technologies for product development.
• Maintain effective communication with suppliers, internal and external customers, and outside resources concerning technical issues.
• Enforce the proper use of engineering criteria and drawing standards.
• Ensure designs meet customer requirements, statutory requirements, and corporate objectives.
• Provide subject matter expertise leadership to a large technical staff to ensure program success.
• Support BU and Corporate business objectives through the development of cost-effective, innovative products and processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in operations, engineering, or related field.
• Seven (7) or more years of relevant experience.
• Outstanding leadership experience in leading engineering teams of manufacturing, fabrication, or weld engineers.
• Experience working in an union environment.
• Experience prioritizing and managing projects.

Qualifications

• Standout qualifications include experience in leading engineering teams of manufacturing, fabrication, or weld engineers, experience working in an union environment, and experience prioritizing and managing projects.

Skills

• Internal Contacts: Explanation of information, gathering factual information, maintaining external working relationships.
• External Contacts: External contact involving a requirement to maintain a continuing external working relationship with individuals or organizations.
• Communication Skills: Read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos, read and interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions and procedure manuals, write routine reports, correspondence, and speak effectively before both internal and external groups, read, analyze, and interpret business manuals, technical procedures, and/or government regulations, prepare and/or present written communications that pertain to controversial and complex topics.
• Decision-Making: Significant responsibility for decisions and final results, affecting more than one function or a function with multiple units, significant analysis is required and many factors must be weighed before a decision can be reached, considerable judgment, initiative, and ingenuity in areas there is little precedent.
• Complexity, Judgment and Problem Solving: Work requires the ability to plan and perform work in light of new or constantly changing problems, work from broad instruction, and deal with complex factors not easily evaluated.
• Supervisory/Managerial: General instructing, scheduling, and reviewing the work of others performing the same or directly related work, acts as “lead worker”.

Benefits

Competitive total rewards package, opportunities for growth and success, and a people-first culture. Oshkosh Corporation is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates with disabilities during all phases of the recruitment and hiring process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $92,600.00 - $154,400.00. Individual pay is determined by various factors including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education, and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions.

Schedule

Routine shift hours. Infrequent overtime, weekend, or shift rotation. High volume and variable work demands and deadlines impose strain on routine basis or considerable stress intermittently.