Summary
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Lead plant engineering and maintenance operations for a manufacturing environment. You will oversee engineering projects and product changes, establish labor and process standards, coordinate engineers, direct maintenance technicians, and ensure consistent technical documentation and processes. The role requires relocation to Ohio within two weeks of accepting an offer.
Highlights
Engineering leadership role overseeing plant engineering, maintenance, projects, engineering changes, and process standards. The position provides broad operational responsibility, direct leadership of engineering and maintenance teams, and influence over production efficiency and reliability.
Description
The ideal candidate will be able to relocate to Ohio within 2 weeks of offer.
Manages, controls, and implements all day to day plant engineering and maintenance functions.
Also, the establishment of standardized methods, material, equipment, and manpower is completed while providing technical expertise in engineering processes.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Controls all project/engineering activities for new business and engineering changes for existing products.Establishes labor and method standards for all processes in the plant.Coordinates activities of engineers to ensure adherence to time lines.Manages and directs the work of maintenance technicians.Ensures all proper documentation and standard engineering processes are followed.Ensures engineering is pro-active and responsive to needs of the plant production lines.Works to minimize and maintain engineering costs in the plant.Interfaces with customers to communicate problems and solutions while maintaining a high standard of quality.Manages special projects as requested by the General Manager.Assess, train and develop subordinates.Responsible for all customer specific requirements where applicable, including those referenced in the QMS manuals.Frequent communication with all levels of management, corporate support groups, Quality Assurance, and plant personnel.Frequent communication with customers is necessary.Responsible for related safety requirements.Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Education & Experience
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation, or a related field.Experience
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent.8 plus years of experience in engineering.Experience in automotive manufacturing.Competencies
Technical Skills
Performance ManagementTechnical CapacityOrganizational SkillsLeadershipCollaborationTeamwork OrientationProblem Solving/AnalysisComputer ProficiencyAbility to communicate with all levels of personnel including customers & suppliersKnowledge of part print reading, gage and tooling, and materials and processes.Knowledge of related safety requirements.GD&T, Quality Function Development (QFD), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Value Engineering (VE), FEA, CAD, CAE, Reliability Engineering Plans, and SPC.Confidentiality
Supervisory Responsibility
This position manages all employees of the department and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.
