Senior Manager Engineering

Elbit-America; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Elbit-America in Merrimack, NH is seeking a Senior Manager Engineering to provide direct management oversight within the business unit, guiding product/service delivery to meet customer needs.

This role executes strategic plans, drives quality, process improvement and financial management, and leads staff planning and budgeting to achieve department goals with a focus on Lean manufacturing and supply chain practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• Master's degree or PhD is optional.
• ESD Safety Training within one year of taking position.
• Strong leadership and budgeting experience.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and uses resources necessary for accomplishing work and reports to the Director.
• Leads cost-efficient task execution while improving processes.
• Leads preparation of accurate cost estimates and budget proposals.
• Directs staff planning to ensure appropriate staffing levels.
• Assesses qualifications and hires/promotes best-fit candidates.
• Communicates with senior management and aligns tasks with objectives.

Skills

Staff leadership

Budgeting

Strategic planning

Lean manufacturing

Supply chain management

Communication skills

Cost analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree (optional)

PhD (optional)

Job description

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager Engineering will provide direct management oversight within the business unit so that a product or service, or an array of products is delivered in response to customer needs. The Senior Manager Engineering will carry out the strategic plan by meeting the goals & objectives within an assigned action plan, or multiple plans for quality, process improvement and financial management of the product or service.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Identifies and uses resources required (e.g. staffing, training, equipment, facilities and monetary resources), both internal and external, for accomplishing work by providing this information to the Director of the assigned unit.
• Consistently seeks to perform departmental tasks in a cost-efficient manner; identifying ways to produce the same level and quality of product or service while utilizing fewer resources by creating an organizational climate in which cost effectiveness is valued and rewarded.
• Leads the preparation of highly accurate and precise estimates of costs, obtaining the most recent cost estimates from vendors, catalogs or internal allocations.
• Directs the preparation of budget justifications and proposals that reflect the needs of the department, submitting proposals that are thorough & accurate and that receive management acceptance and approval with little or no stoppage questions.
• Effectively leads staff planning that helps to ensure the department is appropriately staffed to accomplish its goals and objectives.
• Assesses and verifies candidate qualifications thoroughly and accurately, recognizing and hiring /promoting those who possess the skills needed to fulfill vacant positions.
• Makes healthy use of conflict and disagreement to promote learning and expand team perspectives, encouraging the parties to work together towards problem resolution by working with the parties to identify a range of acceptable solutions and when appropriate, proposes effective compromises that satisfy some of each party’s needs; ensures mutual commitment to a solution.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect and cooperation among work group leaders by seizing opportunities and utilizing creative methods to build team cooperation and cohesion.
• Efficiently delegates tasks so that organizational goals are met within established timelines; delegates tasks that are not central to the leader’s role and which allow the leader to use worktime more effectively.
• Clearly explains job duties, responsibilities and priorities to managers and supervisors of the work for which they will be responsible for (through accurate job descriptions) and helps them establish priorities by checking to ensure that employees understand duties and responsibilities which is used to establish performance goals that are clear, specific and attainable.
• Explains relationship between individual work tasks and overall organizational objectives, continually rethinks job duties and responsibilities as organizational objectives shift and communicates new roles and responsibilities to employees as appropriate.

Education, Experience, License, or Certification:

• PhD is optional
• Master's degree is optional
• Bachelor's degree is required
  • Specific Degree Field Required: Engineering
• Training Pre-requisites (Within One Year of Taking Position):
  • ESD
  • Safety Training, as dictated by Safety Department

Skills and Abilities:

• Successful experience in managing a business unit with a for-profit company.
• Recognized staff leadership abilities and willingness to take initiative.
• Ability to implement product or service goals and monitor their progress.
• Provide thorough, accurate information to answer customers’ questions and to meet commitment times or performance guarantees.
• Actively look for ways to help customers by identifying and proposing appropriate solutions and/or services, adjusting services based on customer feedback.
• An understanding of how to manage programs & projects through lean manufacturing and good supply chain management.
• Have an understanding of quality systems and how it affects quality work.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Have computer skills that include using electronic information for timely decisions.
• Ability to manage product or service staff to accomplish successful business results by working effectively in teams while solving technical or administrative problems.
• Willingness to learn and improve in all areas.
• Maintain confidentiality as appropriate about matters encountered in the workplace.
• Treat managers, supervisors, employees and peers with respect.
• Practice honesty with regard to company time and property.
• Accept help from managers, supervisors & employees and peers.
• Has basic knowledge about all the products or services of the company.
• Ability to communicate to senior management with suggestions & critical feedback.
• Knowledge of the defense and military industry with some specific knowledge about the customer base for the assigned product.
• Ability to calculate and determine the cost & price of products through complex Accounting calculations and entries, to include Profit and loss calculations.
• Choose behaviors and/or actions that best support work-teams and leads toward the accomplishment of work tasks.
• Effectively change plans, goals, actions or priorities to deal with changing situations, changing gears in response to unpredictable or unexpected events.
• Be able to understand a number of different approaches to problems and then select the best solution to accomplish the task.
• Observe and evaluate the outcomes of implementing the solution to assess the need for alternative approaches and to identify lessons learned.

Travel/Physical Requirements:

• Approximately 10% travel time (~2-3 trips of up to 1 week each per year) will be required to support multiple Twenty-Six Defense sites and cross-site projects.