Engineering Manager: Lead Innovation & Process Excellence

Grammer Ag; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GRAMMER AG is seeking an Engineering Manager to steer the lead engineering activities, drive continuous improvement, and ensure processes meet customer specifications. You will integrate with the plant leadership team to manage processes, tooling, and productivity across automotive interiors and seating systems.

The role emphasizes problem solving, root-cause analysis, and strong leadership to guide a skilled engineering team and align with Grammer’s standards and organizational goals.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead front-to-back engineering activities to achieve optimum productivity and quality while meeting customerSpecifications.
• Oversee development and administration of the Engineering Process.
• Coach and develop engineering team members.
• Establish and review process controls; pursue continuous improvement and waste reduction.
• Achieve target cost, improved efficiency, and identify potential production issues.
• As part of plant leadership, contribute to process flows, labor and machine standards.
• Review proposed changes to processes/equipment/molds to ensure reliability and compatibility with Grammer standards.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Kaizen / CI

Communication skills

Delegation

Lean manufacturing

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Job description

We're looking for Visionaries, enablers and innovation drivers.

Breaking new ground. Realizing innovative ideas. Helping to shape the future of mobility. At GRAMMER, you can make a big difference - for yourself as well. As a global partner to the automotive industry, we are successful worldwide with our two divisions Automotive and Commercial Vehicles. Every day, we develop and produce systems for passenger car interiors as well as driver and passenger seats for offroad commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and trains. We shape the way people are mobile today and in the future. Bring your unique talents to the diverse GRAMMER community. More than 14,000 employees in 20 countries want to change the world together with you.

What are your main tasks?

• Taketheleadinengineeringactivitiesinordertoobtainoptimumproductivity andqualitylevelswhilecomplyingwith customerspecifications.
• ResponsiblefortheoveralldevelopmentandadministrationoftheEngineeringProcess.
• Coachanddevelopengineeringteammembers
• Establishandreviewprocesscontrols,emphasizecontinuousimprovementandimproveproductivitythroughwastereduction.
• Responsibleforachievingproducttargetcost,improvedefficiency,identifyingpossibleproductionproblemsforexistingproducts.
• Asapartoftheplantleadershipteam,theEngineeringManagerwillbeinvolved,processflows,laborandmachinestandards.
• Allproposedplansforchangestotheprocess,equipment,molds,andtoolingaretobereviewedbytheEngineeringManagertoensurereliabilityandcompatibilitywithexistingGrammerstandards/systems
• SupportmultipleprojectsandworkwiththeplanttomaintainthirdpartyregistrationtoISO/IATFstandards.
• Supportproductlaunchstrategy
• Reviewequipmentandprocessdesignandmakerecommendations
• Developworkflow,effectivelayoutandoptimizeprocesses
• Assistinquotingandcontractingtoolsourcestobuildsupporttooling
• Evaluateandimplementprocess/productimprovements
• Workwiththeteamtodeveloptoolingandpokeyokemethods
• Assistwithtrainingofbothtechnicalandproductioninprocessingstandards
• Developsshort-andlong-termstrategytosupportcustomerrequirements
• Authorizesengineeringchangenotices(deviations),processalerts,purchaseorders,equipmentsparepartsinventory,andpersonneltrainingrequests
• Supportsplantsafetyrules
• Approvesdepartmentexpensesandappropriationsrequirements

What are your qualifications?

• Bachelor’sDegreeinEngineeringpreferred
• 5+yearsofexperienceinAutomotiveindustrypreferred
• LeanManufacturingexperiencepreferred
• Experienceleadingcontinuousimprovementprojects/Kaizens
• Demonstratedmanagementskills
• Abletoperformproblemsolvingandrootcauseanalysis.
• Excellentwrittenandverbalpresentationskills
• Aself-starting,goal-oriented,customer-focusedindividualwhotakespersonalaccountabilityandisdrivenbytheachievementofthebusinessunit’svisionandobjectivesinaccordancewiththeCompany’sLeadershipValues
• Abletodelegateresponsibilities;objectivelyevaluatestheperformanceofdirectreports;andabletoholdothersaccountableinaconstructivemanner
• Strongleadershipandfacilitationskillscoupledwiththeabilitytoremainrationalandincontrolwhenconfrontedwithdifficultcircumstancesorcrises

And most importantly, what can you expect from us?

The well-being of our employees is our top priority. That's why we offer you:

Grammer is rated as top employer 2023, 2024 and 2025