ECR Change Coordinator

Brose Sitech Group; Blythewood (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stable employment

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Brose Sitech Group is seeking a seasoned change-management professional to lead plant-level engineering changes, ECO/ECRs, and model year launches. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across Production, Quality, Logistics, and suppliers to ensure readiness and timely execution.

The role requires five years in manufacturing, a degree in engineering or related field, and strong ERP/MRP experience (SAP), as well as MES and MS Office proficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent manufacturing experience will be considered.
• Minimum five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with engineering change management, product launches, or process changes.
• Strong project coordination and problem-solving skills, detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate plant implementation of engineering changes, product updates, and model year launches.
• Serve as primary plant coordinator for ECRs/ECOs, deviation permits, and readiness processes.
• Manage cross-functional launch teams across Production, Quality, Logistics, Engineering, and suppliers.
• Assess operational, timing, and cost impacts on processes, equipment, and inventory.
• Develop implementation plans, schedules, and readiness reports for change programs.
• Organize first sample reviews, pre-series readiness meetings, and cross-functional launch reviews.
• Review and maintain engineering documentation including drawings, BOMs, and change records.
• Monitor progress and drive corrective actions to meet timing, quality, and cost targets.
• Act as communication interface between plant operations, engineering, suppliers, and customers.
• Drive continuous improvement of change management, readiness, and launch processes.

Skills

Project coordination

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

SAP ERP/MRP

MES systems

MS Office

Job description

• Leading and coordinating the plant implementation of engineering changes, product modifications, model year updates, and new vehicle launches to ensure successful and timely execution
• Serving as the primary plant coordinator for Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), deviation permits, technical change activities, and related readiness processes
• Managing cross-functional launch and change implementation teams, ensuring alignment between Production, Quality, Logistics, Engineering, Maintenance, Program Management, suppliers, and customer stakeholders
• Evaluating and coordinating the operational, timing, and cost impact of proposed changes on manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, material flow, inventory, quality, and overall plant readiness
• Developing and maintaining implementation plans, launch schedules, milestones, action trackers, readiness assessments, and management status reports to support change and launch activities
• Coordinating implementation timing for engineering changes, purchased-part modifications, model year updates, and launch activities across all affected functional areas
• Coordinating prototype, first sample, pilot, pre-series, and launch builds, ensuring technical requirements are implemented, validated, approved, and successfully transitioned into serial production
• Organizing and facilitating first sample reviews, pre-series readiness meetings, and cross-functional launch reviews with internal teams, suppliers, and customers as required
• Reviewing, processing, and maintaining engineering documentation including drawings, work instructions, product data management (PDM) records, production documentation, bills of material, and change-related system updates
• Monitoring the status and approval progress of engineering changes, deviation permits, model year updates, and launch activities, ensuring all actions are completed according to agreed timing
• Supporting material and supplier readiness activities by coordinating serial tooling, first sample timing, purchased-part availability, and issue resolution for successful implementation
• Analyzing and resolving system, BOM, and process-related issues impacting readiness, launch activities, and engineering change implementation
• Monitoring change and launch performance, identifying risks and roadblocks, driving corrective actions, and escalating critical issues to ensure achievement of timing, quality, and cost targets
• Acting as the primary communication interface between plant operations, engineering teams, customer teams, suppliers, and corporate functions to ensure effective information flow and decision-making
• Driving continuous improvement and standardization of change management, readiness, and launch processes while supporting manufacturing system readiness, traceability requirements, and best practice implementation
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience in manufacturing, production, logistics, or project coordination will also be considered
• Minimum five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in Engineering, Production, Logistics, Industrialization, Program Management, or Change Management
• Experience with engineering change management processes, product launches, or manufacturing process changes
• Strong project coordination, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP), MES systems and Microsoft Office applications

We offer:

• Stable employment and interesting, challenging work, contact with new technologies
• Individual opportunities for professional development