Manufacturing Engineering Leader - Lean & Capex

Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc.; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc. in Spartanburg, SC, is seeking an Engineering Manager to direct and coordinate all engineering activities across the plant and organization.

The role ensures projects, equipment, processes, and systems align with policy, safety, quality, and targets while leading cross-functional teams to improve capability, schedule, scrap, containment, and cost performance. You will define manufacturing processes for current, service, and new products, review work scopes, BOMs,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years of people leadership experience.
• Experience in an automotive manufacturing environment preferred.
• Knowledge of IATF quality systems required or strongly preferred based on site requirements.
• Willingness and ability to travel to manufacturing facilities or customer locations as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and administer engineering policies, procedures, and systems consistent with manufacturing, plant operations, quoting, capital acquisitions, environmental/safety, quality, and lean continuous improvement requirements.
• Serve as a liaison between Engineering and other plant departments to help ensure products are manufactured or purchased to meet functional requirements at the lowest practical cost.
• Define, review, and quote new work, including process flows, tooling requirements, bills of material, routing, standards, and equipment needs for manufacturing.
• Analyze workforce utilization, space requirements, process flow, and equipment needs; design, purchase, install, and oversee equipment and special production machinery needed to maintain competitive manufacturing operations.
• Monitor production and operating reports; resolve operational, manufacturing, maintenance, facility, and process issues to reduce cost, prevent delays, and maintain production continuity.
• Maintain surveillance over product design and manufacturing processes for cost reduction, cost control, process optimization, and overall equipment efficiency.
• Lead cross-functional engineering and plant teams to meet targets for manufacturing capability, production schedules, scrap, containment, service delivery, operational margin, lean savings, and efficiency optimization.
• Support operations in applying lean principles, Kaizen, and continuous improvement practices across the plant with multidisciplinary teams.
• Promote and supervise proper use of quality system procedures and practices, including IATF requirements; comply with ISO 14001 responsibilities as applicable.
• Participate in customer complaint, customer PPM, service delivery rating, mandatory training, emergency drill, evacuation, safety, security, cleanliness, code of conduct, and policy compliance activities.
• Supervise, direct, mentor, and develop engineering, program engineering, maintenance, and other assigned personnel; encourage employee involvement and lead projects and teams as required.
• Provide accurate reporting of products produced, labor, material consumption, scrap generated, and other performance indicators needed to support plant objectives.
• Maintain facility responsibilities, including process equipment, piping, electrical requirements, and support through internal labor or contracted services as needed.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor or as business needs require.
• May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Multi-tasking

Continuous improvement

Team-building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Five years people leadership experience

Experience in automotive manufacturing

Knowledge of IATF quality systems

Tools

PFMEA

GD&T/drawing interpretation

Lean manufacturing systems

Job description

Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc. in Spartanburg, SC, is seeking an Engineering Manager to direct and coordinate all engineering activities across the plant and organization.

The role ensures projects, equipment, processes, and systems align with policy, safety, quality, and targets while leading cross-functional teams to improve capability, schedule, scrap, containment, and cost performance. You will define manufacturing processes for current, service, and new products, review work scopes, BOMs,