Engineering Manager

Austin Allen Company - Professional Recruitment; Missouri; On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid relocation

Benefits

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an Engineering & Maintenance Manager for a manufacturing facility in Missouri. This role focuses on supporting production activities, solving problems, and leading engineering and maintenance teams towards optimizing performance and reducing costs. Candidates must possess at least 8 years of engineering experience, and familiarity with manufacturing principles and methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma is required. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits, along with paid relocation to the Southern USA.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in engineering or manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing quality principles.
• Experience with Continuous Improvement methodologies required.

Responsibilities

• Support production activities and respond to production problems.
• Lead engineering and maintenance groups for optimization.
• Direct cost reduction efforts through goal setting and performance review.

Skills

Engineering principles

Lean Manufacturing

Problem Solving methodologies

Communication skills

Job description

Engineering & Maintenance Manager – Mississippi Manufacturing

Salary $140,000 - $160,000 + Benefits & Paid Relocation to the Southern USA

Lovely area provides a great escape from city life to incredibly scenic forests, rivers, and lakes. Temperate weather, charming people & lower cost of living. Solid schools, fine shopping, festivals, outdoor activities year round, community events, art & museums.

Our award-winning client is seeking an Engineering & Maintenance Manager for their manufacturing facility. In this role, you will support production activities, provide timely responses to production problems, lead engineering and maintenance groups and provide direction to optimize cycle time, uptime, yield, costs and MRO expenditures. Lead engineering group to remove production barriers such as downtime items, process and systems problems. New equipment, tooling, and systems designed and implemented into production.

As the Engineering &Maintenance Manager, your focus will be:

• Direct staff to write specifications to best define process and equipment needs & requirements
• Direct development of DCP and function as lead for launch phases
• Provide estimates in Capital, Tooling, Expense, and Timing for product changes & new products
• Provide direction for cost reduction efforts through clear goal setting, review of processes, tooling, methods, layout, departmental performance (scrap/MRO/OEE, etc.), cost reduction meetings, and active improvement efforts
• Support budgeting, forecasting and departmental training efforts
• Establish, manage & meet departmental budget
• Support the quality practices of records maintenance, customer requirements, direction and support provided
• Assure industry system and specific customer requirements are met.
• Oversee Preventive and preventive maintenance.

Minimum requirements for this Engineering Manager position:

• At least 8 years’ experience in engineering, automotive or global manufacturing facility preferred
• Experience of Manufacturing and Quality principles, methodologies and systems (APQP, FMEA, PPAP, MSA, SPC, etc.)
• Experience in Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Problem Solving methodologies, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.