Senior Manufacturing Engineering Leader - Automation

Sunstar-Americas,-Inc; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 138,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On Site Fitness Center

Medical, Vision, and Dental benefits

401K retirement plan with employer 1:1

Paid holidays and generous paid time 0

Job summary

Sunstar Americas, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Manager of Manufacturing Engineering in Schaumburg, IL to lead the manufacturing engineering group, set priorities, and drive cost reduction, reliability, and efficiency across operations.

You will own the capital and expense budgets for manufacturing and packaging engineering, partner with maintenance, and guide the design for manufacturability of new products while ensuring on-time launches and strong project execution.

Qualifications

• Strong background managing resources in a continuous manufacturing setting with high speed equipment.
• Knowledge in high reliability system design and of injection molding, robotics, and packaging equipment.
• 10+ years of experience in a manufacturing and automation environment, including at least 5 years leading engineering teams.
• Proven track record delivering capital projects and equipment qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Lean / Six Sigma methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of site manufacturing technology and automation roadmap in support of the operations strategy.
• Lead team to develop and introduce new manufacturing / packaging technologies to our production facility.
• Lead the team through equipment specification (URS), supplier selection, FAT/SAT, installation, and IQ/OQ/PQ of new equipment.
• Ensure manufacturing systems are designed with high reliability and high efficiency and flexibility.
• Lead the identification and justification of automation, robotics, and vision inspection opportunities to reduce labor cost and improve quality and ergonomics.
• Own planning and execution of all manufacturing / packaging engineering projects, delivering to agreed scope, schedule, and budget.
• Collaborate with manufacturing in the identification and execution of cost reduction activities, such as cycle time reductions, lower cost materials, scrap reduction, etc.
• Partner with Maintenance to eliminate repetitive equipment failures and sources of contamination using structured root-cause analysis.
• Communicate and harmonize with all operations departments, Project Engineering, Innovation and Quality.
• Establish and track engineering KPIs (e.g., OEE, downtime, scrap, project delivery, and capital spend vs. budget) aligned with corporate goals.
• Lead, coach, and develop the engineering team, including hiring, performance management, and succession planning.
• Actively contributes to improving trends in labor efficiency, equipment utilization and quality.
• Provide support to all manufacturing and facility maintenance activities.
• Identify and implement energy, utilities, and sustainability improvements.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with the SAI Quality Management System, including change control, validation, and documentation requirements.
• Ensure new and modified equipment meets EHS and machine safety requirements (e.g., guarding, lockout/tagout, and risk assessment).

Skills

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Microsoft 365

ERP systems

CMMS systems

Minitab

Education

BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering, or related field

MBA preferred

Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt desirable

Job description

Sunstar Americas, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Manager of Manufacturing Engineering in Schaumburg, IL to lead the manufacturing engineering group, set priorities, and drive cost reduction, reliability, and efficiency across operations.

You will own the capital and expense budgets for manufacturing and packaging engineering, partner with maintenance, and guide the design for manufacturability of new products while ensuring on-time launches and strong project execution.