Manufacturing Systems Engineering Leader - Plant 5 - Ti-Cast

Responsibilities

• Lead Manufacturing Engineering Team
• Plan meetings, assign tasks, manage staffing, conduct performance reviews, and coach employees in manufacturing engineering discipline.
• Introduce new hires to EHS rules, company policies, and business initiatives to foster a safe, productive culture.
• Maintain adherence to all relevant regulations and internal standards.
• Flow & Throughput Optimization
• Analyze production flow and identify bottlenecks, congestion points, and excessive queueing.
• Improve throughput while balancing labor, equipment utilization, inventory, and lead time.
• Design production systems that minimize variability and improve flow stability.
• Optimize line balancing and workstation design.
• Capacity & Variability Management
• Monitor utilization levels and identify where excessive loading creates instability.
• Develop buffering strategies for inventory, staffing, and machine capacity.
• Reduce operational variability caused by downtime, scheduling volatility, changeovers, quality losses, and material shortages.
• Support preventive maintenance and reliability initiatives.
• Production Planning & Scheduling
• Partner with planning teams to improve schedule realism and execution.
• Reduce WIP and manufacturing lead times through pull systems, batch reduction, and improved sequencing.
• Evaluate tradeoffs between responsiveness, inventory, and capacity.
• Data Analysis & Modeling
• Use operational data to model cycle times, queue behavior, throughput, and capacity.
• Develop KPIs focused on system performance: Throughput, On-time delivery, WIP inventory, Flow time, OEE, Schedule attainment.
• Conduct simulation or what-if analysis for process changes.
• Continuous Improvement
• Lead Lean / Six Sigma / Kaizen initiatives grounded in system-level thinking.
• Facilitate root cause analysis for chronic operational instability.
• Implement standard work and visual management systems.
• Drive digital manufacturing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Engineering.
• Minimum of 3 years of people leadership experience.
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• BS in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Understanding of: Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, Queueing concepts, Statistical process variation, Capacity analysis, Production scheduling.
• Experience with ERP/MES systems.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to translate operational data into practical floor-level improvements.
• Thinks in terms of systems rather than isolated departments.
• Comfortable balancing competing operational priorities.
• Understands human and organizational realities.
• Focuses on sustainable flow instead of short-term utilization metrics.
• Can communicate complex operational tradeoffs to leadership and frontline teams.