Job Director, Manufacturing Engineering

Director, Manufacturing Engineering

Location : Garden City, NY, US, 11530

Position Summary : The Director, Manufacturing Engineering (ME Director) is responsible for supporting business goals including product cost and quality, schedule adherence and delivery on-time to customer demand. It is a hands-on position that is responsible for ensuring the manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment support the Safety, Quality, Delivery and Productivity goals of the business. This ME Director plays an integral part in plant operations, special projects, OPEX, and is responsible for developing and maintaining motivated team and for supporting budgetary and production targets.

Supervisory Responsibilities : The position has direct reports but must be able to work in partnership with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain and Production in support of the departmental objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• The Manufacturing Engineering team is responsible for developing the standard processes used to manufacture heat exchangers including selection and definition of all tooling, equipment, fixtures, and anything else related to the process. The team is responsible to ensure all production processes are defined using the standard work formats and templates as well as to create any training documents required to ensure production operators can perform the work in accordance with the documented standard.
• Design and develop any tooling or fixtures needed to support the production processes.
• Support the Operations team in the achievement of KPI's related to shipping volume targets, on-time delivery, past due backlog, customer lead time, efficiency, utilization, and overtime premium expense.
• Support and drive continuous improvements in manufacturing metrics including quality, yields, cycle time, productivity, and cost. Promote process improvement, and LEAN manufacturing methodologies and 5S processes.
• Implement and drive continuous improvement activities through implementation of change management process and best practices.
• Timely and thorough implementation of engineering changes. Actively partner in the creation and review of engineering changes when needed.
• Establish and monitor overall performance for product and quality standards; recommend process improvements / quality control programs. Recommend changes in work practices to improve production standards and product quality.
• Ensure the ME team is properly deployed to support the daily needs of the business, new product introduction, cost reduction projects, or other duties as needed.
• Oversee the Operational Excellence (cost reduction) plans for the site. Coordinate and manage the projects at a tactical level and develop the project tracking tools to report out to senior management.
• Coordinate, review, and present data for the purchase of capital equipment, tooling improvements to audiences at various levels of the company.
• Provide technical support and recommendations to both internal and external customer technical / quality teams regarding process improvements, non-conforming parts, defects, and repair / rework.
• Author annual performance reviews and develop continuing education and advancement paths for entire department.
• Provide oversight for manufacturing activities in the Reynosa Mexico facility. Minimal travel expected. Potential travel to facility in Reynosa, Mexico in support of overall business objectives.

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