Required Skills :
- 7-12+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, complex assemblies and overseeing tooling / engineering teams
- Understands skills of one-piece flow and lean manufacturing, improving yields
- Experience with building up new facilities from scratch, continuous improvement, and process automations,
- Previous management experience 10+ direct reports
- Ability to travel to Salt Lake City, Utah or Huntsville, AL (x1-2 a month)
Job Description :
An employer sitting in Simi Valley, CA is looking to hire a (Senior) Manufacturing Engineering Manager who will be managing the Manufacturing Engineering Department (10 team members consisting of Engineers, Tooling etc.) to provide support to internal and external manufacturing facilities and resolve any manufacturing or related issues on sustaining and new products. This role will be providing rapid scale to production efforts growing current product landscape from 200 units / month to 700 units / month in a couple months time. This person will be responsible for building out a new facility in Salt Lake City, Utah from the ground up. He / She will be putting benches in place, setting up production equipment, ensuring production is meeting the ramp up schedule requirements for mechanical / electrical subassemblies, understanding one-piece flow, lean manufacturing principles etc. He / she will ensure product quality and final integration and testing of systems. Works closely with the other functional leaders and Program Managers to execute key objectives and programs to meet schedules and budgets.
Responsibilities :
Create short and long-term plans that effectively communicate to leadership, operations, and program management tasks to meet critical program milestones for the entire AV operationsApply advanced manufacturing processes, model-based manufacturing, and development of manufacturing strategyDevelop advanced tools to analyze delivery, capacity, costs vs benefits, supply chain, and operations to guide executive decisions in anticipation of changeDevelop and manage strategy for production line product flow, tooling, training and build process and ensure all are updated according the latest design configuration, including estimation and maintenance of capital requisitionsLeads implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles and apply Six Sigma methodology to achieve continuous improvement in productivity, quality, and lead time reductionLeverage operational data to identify trends, propose leading indicators, and provide predictive information to steer executive decisionsEnsure that Manufacturing Engineering operations are validated and well documented, and in compliance with internal regulatory and safety policiesDevelop and manage financial and manpower budget for manufacturing engineering, adhering to established budget parametersChange Management leader, lead implementation task forces to implement stages of best practicesWorks on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understand of current business trends