Manufacturing Engineering Manager

TA Aerospace; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan options

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

TA Aerospace in Valencia, CA seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead the manufacturing engineering organization, oversee processes, tooling, equipment, and standards to meet operational objectives. The role drives process development and cost-reduction while building capacity and leading a technical team.

The manager will establish priorities, manage budgets, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure quality and productivity improvements in molding operations and production

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing or related field.
• 5–7 years of manufacturing engineering management experience; aerospace preferred.
• Experience improving molding operations, mold design, tooling, and molding-process performance.
• Experience specifying, qualifying, and implementing molds and molding equipment.
• Strong knowledge of Lean, process validation, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency with ERP, routings, BOMs, capacity planning, and cost estimating.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the manufacturing engineering team; set priorities, plans, timelines, and performance expectations.
• Manage the engineering project portfolio and hold engineers accountable for schedule, budget, quality, and results.
• Upgrade molding department equipment, tooling, processes, controls, and capabilities.
• Develop in-house expertise in rubber and silicone molding design, prototyping, validation, and production support.
• Build the tooling room’s skills and equipment to take molds from concept to production.
• Establish mold-design standards, reviews, documentation, and tooling acceptance criteria.
• Optimize molding parameters, setups, cycles, material flow, and process controls for quality and cost.
• Interface with mold designers, toolmakers, equipment suppliers, and automation vendors.
• Define vendor requirements, evaluate proposals, lead technical reviews, and manage vendor performance.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve productivity and labor efficiency.
• Lead new-product introduction, molding-process development, capacity planning, and transition to sustained production.
• Manage department resources, budgets, capital requests, tooling expenditures, and project spending.
• Establish performance metrics and drive improvements in scrap, rework, cycle time, downtime, tool life.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Project management

Mold design

Tooling

CAD CATIA

ERP systems

Process validation

Root-cause analysis

Team leadership

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing

MBA (preferred)

Tools

CATIA

ERP systems

Job description

Position: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Location: Valencia, CA

Job Id: TA000343

# of Openings: 1

Position Summary

The Manager, Manufacturing Engineering leads the manufacturing engineering organization and is accountable for themanufacturingprocesses, tooling, equipment, technical standards, and resourcesrequiredto achieve the company's operationalobjectives. This role directs process development and industrialization, improves manufacturing efficiency and quality, builds production capacity, and delivers productivity and cost-reduction commitments. The manager develops the team, manages the department budget and capital plan, and provides technical leadership across Operations. This position is a key member of the TA Aerospace management team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the manufacturing engineering team; set clear priorities, project plans, timelines, and performance expectations.
• Manage the engineering project portfolio and hold manufacturing engineers accountable for schedule, budget, technical quality, and results.
• Upgrade the molding department’s equipment, tooling, processes, controls, and technical capabilities.
• Develop in-houseexpertisein rubber and silicone injection mold design, prototyping, process development, validation, and production support.
• Build the tooling room’s skills and equipment to take molds from concept and design through prototyping, qualification, production release, and maintenance.
• Establish mold-design standards, design reviews, documentation requirements, and tooling acceptance criteria.
• Optimize molding parameters, setups, cure cycles, material flow, and process controls to improve quality, yield, throughput, and cost.
• Serve as the primary interface with mold designers, toolmakers, equipment suppliers, and automation vendors.
• Define vendor requirements, evaluate proposals, lead technical reviews, and manage vendor performance, cost, timing, and delivery.
• Identifyand implement automation opportunities that improve productivity, process consistency, capacity, and labor efficiency.
• Lead new-product introduction, molding-process development, capacity planning, validation, and transition to sustained production.
• Manage department resources, budgets, capital requests, tooling expenditures, and project spending.
• Establish performance metrics and drive improvements in scrap, rework, cycle time, downtime, tool life, and project execution.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline; MBA preferred.
• Five to seven years of manufacturing engineering management experience; aerospace experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience improving molding operations, mold design, tooling, and molding-process performance.
• Experience specifying, qualifying, and implementing molds and molding equipment.
• Strong knowledge of process validation, process capability, root-cause analysis, Lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, routings, bills of material, capacity planning, and cost estimating.
• Proficiencywith Microsoft Office and CAD software; CATIA experience preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, project-management, and problem-solving skills.
• Union-environment experience and bilingual English/Spanish capability are preferred.
• Set clear priorities and hold the team accountable for results.
• Use data to solve molding and manufacturing problems and sustain improvements.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships and communicate effectively at all levels.

Benefits include 8 health plan options, dental, life and supplemental insurance, and 401(k) with employer match.

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