Wire Harness Manufacturing & Lean Leader

MWC de México, S. de R.L. de C.V.; Agua Prieta; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Commercial Vehicle Group (CVG) seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams and drive continuous improvement in wire harness production. You will shape process layouts, tooling, and standards while coordinating cross‑functional efforts with Quality, Operations, and Design to meet customer requirements.

The role emphasizes Lean initiatives, standardization, and data‑driven decisions to achieve productivity gains, cost reductions, and quality improvements across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 7–10 years in manufacturing/ process engineering or continuous improvement.
• 3–5+ years of leadership/people management.
• Strong experience in automotive, commercial vehicle, or wire harness manufacturing.
• Proven Lean Manufacturing and CI leadership in production environments.
• Proven ability to improve productivity, reduce costs, optimize processes, and improve quality.
• Experience with production line design, process flow, workstation optimization, capacity analysis, and labor utilization.
• Strong knowledge of root cause analysis, problem solving, and corrective action implementation.
• Experience managing engineering projects, budgets, resources, and performance metrics.
• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the manufacturing engineering team, setting priorities and standards.
• Oversee development and continuous improvement of processes, layouts, tooling, and equipment.
• Ensure processes are capable, efficient, and aligned with requirements.
• Support new product introductions, engineering changes, validations, and launches.
• Drive standardization across lines and stations.
• Collaborate across Design, Quality, Operations, Maintenance, and Program Management.
• Develop and execute a continuous improvement roadmap.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing initiatives (VSM, 5S, Kaizen, standardized work, waste elimination, line balancing).
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, throughput, scrap, rework, OEE.
• Lead process improvement projects to reduce costs and cycle times.
• Apply root cause analysis and 5 Why, Fishbone, Red X, and CAPA.
• Establish and monitor KPIs; ensure sustainment of improvements.
• Ensure improvements are documented and sustained with follow-up and controls.
• Optimize wire cutting, stripping, crimping, terminal insertion, connector assembly, sealing, taping, bundling, and testing.
• Evaluate methods, ergonomics, labor utilization, material flow.
• Support equipment selection and optimization including automation.
• Ensure processes meet customer specifications and quality standards.
• Partner with Quality Engineering to address crimp quality, terminal retention, testing, and dimensional requirements.
• Support engineering change implementation and update process docs.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Process optimization

Project management

Root cause analysis

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field

Tools

CAD tools

Process simulation

Manufacturing software

Job description

Commercial Vehicle Group (CVG) seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams and drive continuous improvement in wire harness production. You will shape process layouts, tooling, and standards while coordinating cross‑functional efforts with Quality, Operations, and Design to meet customer requirements.

The role emphasizes Lean initiatives, standardization, and data‑driven decisions to achieve productivity gains, cost reductions, and quality improvements across