SENIOR MANAGER, PRODUCT ENGINEERING

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 headings for sections present. No job title heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like Reports to, Position Type, Location, Summary of Position Mission? Actually we need to preserve substantive information. The "Summary of Position Mission" is a heading? It's a paragraph. We can treat as a

. The "Reports to: Vice President, Engineering Position Type: Full-Time Location: Florida (on-boarding in VT)" is metadata; we can fold into a short

maybe. We should not create headings for those. We need sections: About the role? Not present. Responsibilities: yes. Qualifications & Knowledge Required: yes. Working Conditions: yes. Physical Demands: yes. Possibly Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not present (no specifics). So we omit those. We need to use

for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we will use

for Responsibilities, Qualifications & Knowledge Required, Working Conditions, Physical Demands. Possibly also "Summary of Position Mission" could be considered "About the role"? But we can just put that as a

before sections. We need to use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The responsibilities are a long paragraph with many sentences; we could split into list items? The instruction: Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The responsibilities section is essentially a list of duties; we can format each duty as
  • . Similarly qualifications as list. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to capture each duty sentence as separate list item? Might be okay. But we need to ensure we don't lose any detail. We'll break the responsibilities paragraph into separate sentences each as
  • . Similarly qualifications. We need to remove boilerplate like "Disclaimers" etc. Also remove "Working Conditions" heading? Actually we keep Working Conditions as a section with

    . The content includes sentences; we can keep as

    or list? It's not a list; we can keep as

    . Physical Demands similarly. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's extract metadata: "Reports to: Vice President, Engineering Position Type: Full-Time Location: Florida (on-boarding in VT)". We'll put that in a

    maybe as metadata. Now responsibilities text: Let's copy the responsibilities paragraph exactly as given, then split into sentences. Responsibilities paragraph: "Manage the research and development team to conceive, design, develop, test, validate and release to production new products while supporting and improving all existing product lines. Work in close concert with the business development, product management, and marketing teams, implement and advance the strategic product direction for the company. Manage, grow and mentor the research and development team while maintaining a positive and energetic work environment. Effectively communicate to all levels of the organization both presenting to leadership and working directly with the manufacturing floor. To prove success in all phases of the product life cycle—identification of need, development of product requirements, product design, quality and production hand-off, launch and ongoing product management. Work with the product director to follow and implement the new product development stage process through the organization. Define, adapt, or improve the processes essential to the successful execution of product development. Key processes include but are not limited to product lifecycle management, requirements management, product specifications, product workflow, and NPD (new product development stage gate process. Analyze vertical integration opportunities for the company and help set strategic direction for manufacturing. Create firearm designs and product innovations using DFMA techniques to grow the product portfolio of the company while reducing operational cost. Manages new process development projects and coordinates activities with various internal & external suppliers. Utilize GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance) to review assembly, component designs and details to verify manufacturing feasibility. Create/participate in development of design and process FMEA's (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis). Optimize manufacturing methods eliminating waste throughout the product process. Work with manufacturing engineering and operations to analyze vertical integration opportunities for the company and help set strategic direction for manufacturing. Design for manufacturing methods, processes and systems. Work with manufacturing engineering and operations to validate and qualify new tooling, process changes, and manufacturing equipment. Lead material science efforts for product improvements and cost reduction efforts. Interface with suppliers and research development centers to develop new manufacturing process design, and technology concepts. Work with manufacturing engineering and operations to determine equipment requirements for current and future production plans. Ability to effectively attract and select motivated and dedicated staff. Responsible for annual budget submission. Drive business results, manufacturing improvements, throughput increase, scrap reduction, overall COG’s reduction, and enhanced safety. Responsible for evaluating and recommending and implementing new technologies to support new and existing product lines. Ensure information and documentation is consistently accurate. Provide technical reports in-house and to the technical community. Attend training sessions, seminars, and conferences to expand job knowledge and skills repertoire. Actively participate and support the 5S process within the work area on a daily basis Actively participates in continuous improvements efforts both in identifying and implementing opportunities. Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential. Support and adhere to all ISO standards applicable to the Company. Wears all necessary Personal Protective Equipment directed by the Company at all times. Demonstrates sound working knowledge of firearms safety. Maintains and keeps workstation and department area clean. Immediately acts on any maintenance and/or safety issues presented. Demonstrates a positive attitude toward co-workers, other department and the Company. Maintains respect, courtesy and professionalism toward all co-workers and the Company. Communicates clearly and effectively with co-workers and management. Other duties assigned as required." We need to ensure each sentence ends with period. Some lines missing period; we can keep as is. Now Qualifications & Knowledge Required paragraph: "To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. These requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or extensive experience and demonstrated ability as an Engineer. Minimum of ten (10) years in new product development in a manufacturing environment. Program/project management experience required: leadership role preferred. Extensive experience in various manufacturing processes including but not limited to: castings, metal injection molding, plastic injection molding, machining, forgings, and additive manufacturing. Extensive knowledge of CAD (Solidworks preferred) with FEA and functional expertise in the application of GD&T. Experience in Firearm Manufacturing and Product Development. Self-motivated with good written and verbal communications skills; ability to effectively prepare and deliver technical reports and presentations. Ability to lead and function in a team environment, while effectively communicating across various levels of the organization. Comprehensive understanding of ISO 9001 requirements and Lean Manufacturing concepts." We can split each bullet as

    . Working Conditions paragraph: "Work is normally performed in a climate-controlled office environment and throughout a heated manufacturing and warehouse facility. Exposure to conditions of extreme heat/cold, poor ventilation, fumes and gases is very limited. Noise level is moderate and includes sounds of light manufacturing, shipping and receiving, and normal office equipment (computers, telephones, etc.). No known environmental hazards are encountered in normal performance of job duties." Physical Demands paragraph: "The Physical Demands And Work Environment Characteristics Described Here Are Representative Of Those That Must Be Met By An Employee To Successfully Perform The Essential Functions Of This Job. Reasonable Accommodations May Be Made To Enable Individuals With Disabilities To Perform The Essential Functions Be able to lift objects up to 50 lbs. Be able to lift, push and pull objects as necessary May be required to stand and walk throughout the workday Occasionally required to bend, stoop, kneel and crouch Ability to travel in support of job function (plants, customers, suppliers, etc.). Some overseas travel may be required 40 hours per week (Monday through Friday), (Project timelines and work volume/deadlines may require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job. Flexibility to work early mornings, evenings and weekends as needed) Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing and speaking English language) to perform the duties proficiently" Note: The physical demands includes schedule info (40 hours per week). That's schedule info; we could include it under Physical Demands or maybe we could create a Schedule section? But instruction: only create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections if posting actually states them. The posting does state schedule info (40 hours per week etc.) inside Physical Demands. Should we extract schedule into its own section? The instruction says "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state schedule info, but it's within Physical Demands. Should we still create a Schedule section? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we keep schedule info within Physical Demands rather than creating a separate Schedule section. However, the instruction says to use

    for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we could use Schedule heading if we have schedule info. But we also have schedule info inside Physical Demands; we could still create a Schedule section with that info, but then we would duplicate? Better to keep schedule info within Physical Demands to avoid thin sections. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state them, but we could still include them; but they say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we might keep schedule info within Physical Demands to avoid a thin Schedule section. However, the schedule info is a substantive detail; but we could still include it in Physical Demands as a paragraph. That seems acceptable. Now we need to output HTML fragment. Structure:

    Reports to: Vice President, Engineering. Position Type: Full-Time. Location: Florida (on-boarding in VT).

    Then maybe a

    for Summary of Position Mission? Actually the "Summary of Position Mission" is a heading? The text after that is the mission description. We could treat that as a

    as well. Let's extract mission summary: "Mission The Senior Product Development Manager leads, manages, and directs all product development engineering efforts at Century Arms. This position is responsible for designing, testing / validating, and releasing to production all new products as well as product enhancements and design related cost reduction efforts. This position reports to the VP of Engineering and working throughout the organization, will be responsible for designing, planning, and implementing new product designs, and technologies to ensure that Century Arms has the products necessary to rapidly grow our product portfolio and feed the product roadmap. The Senior Product Development Manager will work in concert with the Operations teams to improve internal manufacturing processes for efficiency and effectiveness as well as work with suppliers to identify and reduce defects and costs." We'll put that as a

    . Then sections:

    Responsibilities

    ...

    Qualifications & Knowledge Required

    ...

    Working Conditions

    ...

    Physical Demands

    ...

    Make sure to preserve all details. Now we need to ensure we didn't miss any substantive info like "Ability to effectively attract and select motivated and dedicated staff." That's in responsibilities; we included as a list item. Check for any duplicated lines: we should not duplicate. Now produce HTML. We need to be careful with special characters like &, etc. Use & for & inside text? In HTML, we can keep & as is if it's part of "GD&T"? Actually "GD&T" includes &? No. There's "&" in "internal & external suppliers". We need to escape as &