Manufacturing Engineering Leader

Summit Polymers; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Polymers is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead the plant's engineering team and deliver robust product designs, tooling, and processes for production. You will direct injection molding, paint, and assembly processes, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with corporate engineering on new products and ECs.

This role requires strong leadership, extensive automotive engineering experience, and the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams across plant operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related engineering discipline.
• Five years’ engineering experience in an automotive environment.
• Working knowledge of injection mold design, maintenance and repair, scientific injection mold processing, robotic part removal end of arm tooling and programming.
• Desired – working knowledge of paint processing and robotic programming, and secondary assembly processes (including plastic welding techniques, PLC programming).
• Supervisory or managerial experience in an automotive environment.
• Independent thinking with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally both verbally and in writing at all levels in the organization.
• Outstanding leadership, team building, coaching and decision making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Directs, prioritizes and schedules activities of subordinates to achieve plant and department performance objectives for safety, quality, productivity, and delivery.
• Ensures proper training of engineers and mentors them and other key personnel to ensure a competent workforce.
• Owner of capable manufacturing processes throughout plant.
• Directs the development, validation, documentation, control of all: Injection molding processes and molding automation systems; Paint processes, robot programs and paint automation systems; Assembly processes; All other processes.
• Develops standardized work (Operator Instruction Sheets) and trains key manufacturing personnel.
• Leads root cause problem solving and continuous improvement activities, working with manufacturing and maintenance, to solve problems related to safety, scrap, operational availability, and productivity.
• Collaborates with the plant lean manufacturing team on eliminating waste and implementing lean tools and practices.
• Collaborates with corporate engineering, advanced manufacturing, and plant staff on new products in development and production engineering changes.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering management

Automotive engineering

Injection molding

Problem solving

Team mentoring

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related engineering

Job description

Summit Polymers is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead the plant's engineering team and deliver robust product designs, tooling, and processes for production. You will direct injection molding, paint, and assembly processes, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with corporate engineering on new products and ECs.

This role requires strong leadership, extensive automotive engineering experience, and the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams across plant operations.