Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Position Summary/Objective:

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager leads the Manufacturing Engineering department - its personnel, priorities, procedures, projects, and documentation and provides management oversight for Facilities and Equipment Maintenance. A central part of the role is coordinating and completing customer and program documentation: preparing portions directly, compiling technical inputs from engineers and other functions and ensuring complete, controlled documentation is ready for Program Management, Quality, Design Engineering and other customer-facing functions. Hands-on technical work remains with assigned engineers and technical personnel keeping them focused on developing, commissioning, validating and improving manufacturing systems.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• 1. Lead, manage, coach, and establish priorities for the Manufacturing Engineering team.
• 2. Work with Design Engineering and Quality to review customer specifications, drawings, standards and program requirements to identify Manufacturing Engineering requirements, technical responsibilities, required documentation and timing.
• 3. Lead manufacturing process and equipment development coordinating Manufacturing Engineers, Automation Engineers, Technicians, Quality, Design Engineering, Production suppliers and equipment manufacturers from selection through installation commissioning and validation.
• 4. Prepare, compile, revise and control customer-required and departmental Manufacturing Engineering documentation managing due dates, technical inputs from engineers revisions and completeness so compliant documentation is ready for customer submissions and program milestones.
• 5. Coordinate prototype builds process validations capability studies capacity reviews run-at-rate activities production launches and other program milestones.
• 6. Maintain Manufacturing Engineering process documentation customer forms reports and technical records so they remain current and aligned with the approved manufacturing process.
• 7. Ensure applicable plant process customer and equipment safety requirements are incorporated into process and equipment development.
• 8. Provide management oversight for Facilities and Equipment Maintenance including priorities preventive and predictive maintenance effectiveness contractor support and escalation of equipment or facility issues.

Education and Experience:

• 1. Bachelor’s degree preferred minimum 10 years of related manufacturing engineering process development program management maintenance/facilities oversight or manufacturing leadership experience.
• 2. Demonstrated experience developing coaching and coordinating technical team members.
• 3. Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects priorities and customer-documentation requirements simultaneously.
• 4. Ability to review and interpret customer specifications engineering drawings technical requirements and customer-specific requirements.
• 5. Working knowledge of APQP PPAP Process Flow Diagrams PFMEAs Control Plans Work Instructions capacity reporting capability studies process validation and run-at-rate activities.
• 6. Fundamental knowledge of manufacturing process development equipment and automation systems tooling and fixtures preventive and predictive maintenance and safety and customer compliance requirements.
• 7. Proficient in Microsoft Office and common document-control or project-tracking tools.

Supervision:

Directly supervises the Manufacturing Engineering team consisting of Manufacturing Engineers Automation Engineers Manufacturing Engineering Technicians Facilities and Equipment Maintenance personnel and other assigned personnel.

Why work at Muth?

• Competitive wages.
• Clean, safe and climate-controlled environment.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Company provided STD LTD and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program provides 100% confidential 24/7 support resources and referrals for work and personal life challenges at no cost to employees and family members.
• 401(K) with company match.
• Onsite fitness center.
• Employee game room.
• Tuition assistance program.
• Employee referral program.
• Monthly employee appreciation anniversary day.
• Offsite wellness center.
• Summer picnic and winter holiday party.
• Free soda and coffee!

If you’re ready to contribute to an innovative company that values quality and safety apply today to become part of the Muth Company family!