Engineering Manager

GRAMMER Americas; Shannon (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GRAMMER Americas seeks an Engineering Manager for its Shannon, MS location. This role involves leading engineering activities to enhance productivity and quality while coaching team members. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in the automotive industry and relevant management experience. Responsibilities include establishing process controls, developing strategies for improvement, and ensuring compliance with ISO/IATF standards. The position fosters collaboration in a supportive team environment, focusing on significant impact within the Engineering Department.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the automotive industry.
• Experience leading continuous improvement projects/Kaizens.
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering activities to optimize productivity and quality.
• Coach and develop engineering team members.
• Establish and review process controls and improve productivity.

Skills

Management skills

Problem solving

Lean Manufacturing

Leadership

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Job description

GRAMMER is specialized in developing and manufacturing components and systems for car interiors as well as driver and passenger seats for off-road vehicles, trucks, buses, and trains.

As a global partner to the vehicle manufacturing industry we are represented around the world by our two divisions, Automotive and Commercial Vehicles. Our employees are constantly engaged in developing and producing innovative, flexible solutions to meet challenges in today’s competitive global market. GRAMMER can be found on four continents with more than 50 production, distribution and logistics sites in 20 countries.

GRAMMER is a leading North American full service automotive supplier of highly engineered thermoplastic components and assemblies for interiors and air and fluid management systems.

Culture:

Here at GRAMMER, we foster a culture that embraces our Grammer CODE: Collaborate in an inclusive environment, Openness in communication and ideas, Drive for results with energy and Empower yourself and others by taking ownership of decisions and actions.

What we are looking for:

Grammer is looking for an Engineering Manager to join our location in Shannon, MS. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a team environment. This individual will have an opportunity to make lasting and positive changes in our Engineering Department!

What you will be doing:

• Take the lead in engineering activities in order to obtain optimum productivity and quality levels while complying with customer specifications.
• Responsible for the overall development and administration of the Engineering Process.
• Coach and develop engineering team members
• Establish and review process controls, emphasize continuous improvement and improve productivity through waste reduction.
• Responsible for achieving product target cost, improved efficiency, identifying possible production problems for existing products.
• As a part of the plant leadership team, the Engineering Manager will be involved, process flows, labor and machine standards.
• All proposed plans for changes to the process, equipment, molds, and tooling are to be reviewed by the Engineering Manager to ensure reliability and compatibility with existing Grammer standards/systems
• Support multiple projects and work with the plant to maintain third party registration to ISO/IATF standards.
• Support product launch strategy
• Review equipment and process design and make recommendations
• Develop workflow, effective layout and optimize processes
• Assist in quoting and contracting tool sources to build support tooling
• Evaluate and implement process/product improvements
• Work with the team to develop tooling and poke yoke methods
• Assist with training of both technical and production in processing standards
• Develops short- and long-term strategy to support customer requirements
• Authorizes engineering change notices (deviations), process alerts, purchase orders, equipment spare parts inventory, and personnel training requests
• Supports plant safety rules
• Approves department expenses and appropriations requirements

What you will bring along:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering preferred
• 5+ years of experience in Automotive industry preferred
• Lean Manufacturing experience preferred
• Experience leading continuous improvement projects/Kaizens
• Demonstrated management skills
• Able to perform problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills
• A self-starting, goal-oriented, customer-focused individual who takes personal accountability and is driven by the achievement of the business unit’s vision and objectives in accordance with the Company’s Leadership Values
• Able to delegate responsibilities; objectively evaluates the performance of direct reports; and able to hold others accountable in a constructive manner
• Strong leadership and facilitation skills coupled with the ability to remain rational and in control when confronted with difficult circumstances or crises