Manufacturing Process Engineering Manager

CPC - Colder Products Company; Arden Hills (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Colder Products Company (CPC) is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Process Engineering Manager in Arden Hills, MN. The role leads a team of engineers and technicians focused on building robust processes for new product development and sustained production.

Responsibilities include driving a multi-year roadmap, mentoring staff, aligning with Design, Operations, QA, Testing and Supply Chain, and delivering measurable improvements in productivity and process capability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product development, manufacturing, or automation.
• 3+ years supervisory or management experience.
• Strong communication and people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop a vision and a multi-year road map focusing on foundational manufacturing engineering to support customer needs and product road maps.
• Manage the manufacturing process engineering team, including interviewing, hiring, training, coaching and mentoring design engineers, planning work assignments and appraising performance.
• Guide a team of engineers and technicians, manage talent, and improve critical processes and productivity for NPD.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Design, Operations, QA, Testing and Supply Chain to deliver value to customers.
• Set SMART objectives, monitor progress, and foster a performance-oriented culture.
• Oversee engineering workflows, SOPs, tools, and processes to accelerate new product development.
• Provide technical oversight and review of manufacturing processes for new product development.
• Coordinate product transfers of new products into released/volume manufacturing.
• Partner with Manufacturing leadership to align on day-to-day production performance and budgets.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Strong communication

Lean concepts

Kanban

5S

DMAIC

PDCA

Process modeling

Job description

Develop a vision and a multi-year road map that focuses on achieving excellence in the foundational elements of manufacturing engineering to support customer needs and product road ma

pManages the manufacturing process engineering team and carries out responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, training, coaching and mentoring design engineers, planning work assignments, and appraising performance

.The role acts as an influential manager to guide a team of Engineers and Technicians, manage talent, and improve critical processes and productivity for NPD. This role interacts closely with other departments including Design, Operations, QA, Testing and Supply Chain to deliver value to our customers

.Sets SMART objectives, evaluates progress against those objectives, and instills a sense of urgency, energy, agility and a performance-oriented culture

.Advances our culture of inventiveness, collaboration, customer-focus, experimentation for fast learning and engineering excellence necessary for the transfer of robust designs to manufacturing/production

.Continuously improves and defines critical engineering workflows, WIs, SOPs, processes, methods and tools to accelerate new product development

.Collaborate cross-functionally to enhance toolset development and utilization and execute to a high standard (e.g. FMEA, SPC; process modeling, Six Sigma)

.Provides technical oversight, approval, and review of all activities as it relates to manufacturing processes to support new product development

.Work with Product Engineering to transfer new products into released/volume manufacturing

.Partner with the Manufacturing leadership team and engage in day-to-day operations related to manufacturing performance

.Monitor progress of engineering projects, and provide leadership to guide and coach teams to completion

.Manages a budget along with project costs and capital expenditures

.Understands and monitors the IP and process capability landscape; ensures that novel ideas that may lead to breakthrough and incremental innovations are captured in invention disclosure submissions and novel ideas are converted into intellectual property and trade secrets

.Performs other job duties as assigned to meet business needs

.Manage functional project work as Business Unit needs require

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Direct oversight of the Manufacturing Process engineering team assigned to the Business Unit suppor

tedDemonstrated history of proactive ownership, focus on results, and actively prioritizing and managing competing dema

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Qualificati

ons:
Basic Requirem

ipline10+ years of experience in product development, manufacturing, or automatio

n role3+ years supervisory or management expe

rienceStrong communication and people management

skillsThis role may require up to 5% travel domestically and internationally. Candidates should be comfortable with occasional travel as needed to support business objec

tives.Preferred S

kills:
Prior experience leading engineerin

g teams5+ years supervisory or management exp

erienceExperience implementing and using lean concepts (i.e. Kanban, 5S

, SMED)Structured problem-solving experience (i.e. DMAIC, PD

CA, 5S)Process Validation experience coordinating installation, operational, and performance qualifi

cations