Engineering Manager

Ranger Die, Inc.; Coopersville (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible Spending Account

401k

Paid time off

Job summary

Ranger Die, Inc. in Michigan seeks an experienced Design/Engineering Scheduler to organize workloads, balance designer assignments, and ensure projects are started with enough lead time to meet tooling and production needs.

You will oversee issue resolution, maintain strong customer relationships, document all job activity, and push the engineering department toward best practices, technology adoption, and continuous training.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of design principles and manufacturing systems.
• Strong time management, leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to pass background check and pre-employment physicals.

Responsibilities

• Distribute design & engineering workload to optimize resources.
• Schedule work to balance Designer workloads and customer commitments.
• Communicate time requirements and review status for every job.
• Provide information needed to begin a job to tooling and production.
• Oversee processes to resolve design issues between design, tooling/CNC, and production.
• Maintain good relationships with all customers.
• Alert Scheduler to special customer requirements for shipping dies or parts.
• Ensure company procedures for job documentation are followed.
• Keep Ranger Die's engineering department on the cutting edge in processes, technology, and training.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Design principles

Manufacturing systems

Time management

Leadership

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Job description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Distribute design & engineering workload to make best use of available resources, including individual skills.


• Schedule work assignments to balance Designer workloads and customer commitments; ensure design work begins with sufficient time to meet the needs of tooling and production.


• Communicate time requirements for each job to Designers; review work status updates.


• Communicate information needed to begin a job to tooling and production.


• Oversee the process to resolve design issues, ensuring designers work well with tooling/CNC/production.


• Maintain good relationships with all customers.


• Alert the Scheduler to special customer requirements for shipping dies or parts.


• Ensure company procedures for job documentation are followed.


• Make sure Ranger's engineering department is on the cutting edge in processes, technology, and training.


• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Experience

Minimum 5 years' experience in engineering in relevant field

License(s)/Registration(s)/Certification(s)

none

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

advanced knowledge of design principles and manufacturing systems; effective time management, leadership and communication skills

Ranger Die offers a benefit package for eligible full time employees that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; flexible spending account; 401k; and paid time off.

Must be able to pass a background check. We also conduct pre-employment physicals with drug screens. Any job offer will be contingent upon the results of the background check and physical with drug screen.