OEM Engineering Manager

BARNES; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BARNES is seeking an experienced engineering leader to oversee all new product introduction activities in a Warren, MI facility. You will direct engineering staff to support sales, manufacturing, and quality, ensuring milestones, budgets, and customer expectations are met.

Responsibilities include improving manufacturing processes, providing technical support to customers, and mentoring engineers to achieve peak performance.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years aerospace engineering experience with manufacturing of Ti and Ni alloys.
• 3–5 years in supervisory roles; demonstrated leadership and EI.
• Knowledge of AS9100, Nadcap and aerospace contracts preferred.
• Strong communication and change leadership abilities.
• Familiarity with ERP systems; Syteline experience preferred.
• Bachelor's in engineering; MBA preferred; Six Sigma Black Belt a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee new product introduction engineering to meet milestones, budgets, and technical customer expectations.
• Plan, organize, and direct engineering staff to support sales, manufacturing, and quality.
• Ensure tooling and processes comply with standards.
• Direct development of new manufacturing processes and revisions for better part production.
• Provide technical support to customers on engineering issues.
• Develop, coach and mentor engineers to high performance; foster excellence.
• Lead with Emotional Intelligence to motivate and direct the team.
• Coordinate tooling and NC programs for part processing.
• Manage inventory and accountability for customer-owned tooling.
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce costs for legacy products.

Skills

Leadership

Emotional Intelligence

Financial modeling

Change management

Communication skills

ERP Systems

Lean Principles

Six Sigma Black Belt

MS Project

Syteline

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Syteline

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Project

Job description

Description

Core Responsibilities:

• Oversee all new product introduction engineering activities to ensure that milestones, budgets, and technical customer's expectations are met.
• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the engineering staff ensuring they provide the necessary technical support to sales, manufacturing, and quality to achieve division objectives.
• Ensure that all manufacturing special processes and tooling conform to customer, organizational, and governmental standards.
• Direct the development of new manufacturing processes and the revision of existing processes to facilitate the improved manufacturing of parts.
• Provide technical support to all customers on engineering issues.
• Develop, coach and mentor team of engineers to ensure the highest level of performance and standards of excellence.
• Manages by way of Leadership Effectiveness (EI). Recognizes his/her emotions and that of his/her team and develops actions to motivate, inspire and direct in a more effective manner.
• Experience with financial modeling (Revenue stream vs. product costs vs. capital costs)
• Coordinate the development of tooling and N/C programs to support the processing of parts.
• Manages/supports inventory and accountability for customer owned property (tooling).
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs to produce legacy product

Qualifications:

• 7 to10 years of aerospace industry engineering experience preferred with a process engineering background in the manufacturing of Titanium and Nickel based alloys including sheet metal forming, 3 and 5 axis machining, laser trimming, chemical processing, welding, and heat treating.
• Experience with AS9100, aerospace customer contracts, system requirements and Nadcap preferred.
• 3 to 5 years of supervisory experience. Demonstrated leadership effectiveness (Emotional Intelligence). Must be an effective change leader; balances consistency with flexibility and willing to change ideas in the face of new information.
• Seeks ideas for continuous improvement and change; suggests and encourages innovative ideas for products and processes.
• The successful candidate must be highly professional and ethical, with unquestioned integrity.
• Excellent communication skills required and ability to communicate change(s) effectively. Has the ability to influence, build commitment and overcome resistance to drive change initiatives.
• Knowledge of financial modeling (Revenue stream vs. product costs vs. capital costs)
• Understanding of ERP systems and engineering's role within the system (Syteline experience preferred)
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project.
• Manage the design and build of all tooling for both internal and external build.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required in engineering. MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Understanding of lean principles and techniques. Six Sigma Black Belt certification a plus.

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