Die Engineering Program Manager

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer/Program Manager to lead die engineering initiatives for stamping plants in the United States. You will drive engineering change management, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, and manage large budgets to meet milestones.

This role requires 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, strong supplier collaboration, and hands-on procurement with Ariba. Expect cross-functional communication and a focus on cost, quality, safety, and on-time

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional manufacturing engineering experience.
• Knowledge of design processes and stamped sheet metal part manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of engineering change management across programs.
• Experience aligning manufacturing requirements with vehicle development milestones.
• Extensive program management for large-scale, cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience overseeing timelines, multi-million-dollar budgets, and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of Vehicle Development Process timing.
• Die stamping/engineering experience preferred.
• Manufacturing process engineering experience preferred.
• Supplier quality or product engineering experience is a plus.
• Must not require GM sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Deliver project management services supporting Die Engineering, die shops, and stamping plants.
• Manage die procurement activities from requirements to RFQs through Ariba Shopping Carts, verification tryout material, and change management.
• Deliver ready-to-run, lean dies on time to stamping plant customers while meeting Body Shop quality requirements and program investment targets.
• Engage in advanced engineering activities and source die/checking fixture work to suppliers.
• Support supplier scoping meetings, provide engineering deliverables, and conduct vendor kickoffs and P2 production release reviews.
• Support steel/aluminum procurement for primary die tryout material.
• Bundle competitive bids and create quote packages for Purchasing.
• Submit shopping carts and follow up with approvers through purchase order completion.
• Provide supplier cost and timing to support engineering work orders through the Change Management Tracking process.
• Manage batch changes and elevate to commodity managers when required.
• Support the flowback process by providing cost and timing to the launch team.
• Drive and support business plan initiatives in safety, people, quality, responsiveness, cost, and environment.

Skills

Manufacturing Engineering Experience

Engineering Change Management

Program Management

Die Engineering Processes

Supplier Quality Experience

Tools

Ariba Shopping Carts

Change Management Tracking

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer/Program Manager to lead die engineering initiatives for stamping plants in the United States. You will drive engineering change management, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams, and manage large budgets to meet milestones.

This role requires 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, strong supplier collaboration, and hands-on procurement with Ariba. Expect cross-functional communication and a focus on cost, quality, safety, and on-time