Senior Process Engineering Manager - Lean & Six Sigma

SANMINA-SCI TECHNOLOGY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED; Colorado; On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation is seeking a Process Engineering Manager to lead manufacturing process development and continuous improvement across metal fabrication and assembly operations supporting data center infrastructure products. You will drive world-class performance using 42Q, Lean, Six Sigma and Industry 4.0 techniques.

The role partners with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and Product Engineering to optimize processes, scale new products and improve cost and throughput.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering or related field.
• 6+ years of manufacturing engineering and process improvement experience in metal fabrication.
• 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience supporting high-volume and mixed-model manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of sheet metal fabrication and assembly.
• Strong experience leading Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Proven experience with PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, Value Stream Mapping, Capacity Modeling, Manufacturing Automation and ERP/MES Systems.
• Preferred experience in automotive, aerospace or other highly technical manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of Sanmina’s 42Q, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies across fabrication, welding, painting, and assembly operations.
• Establish a culture of continuous improvement utilizing DMAIC, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Visual Management, 5S, SMED, and Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
• Drive improvements in OEE, labor productivity, throughput, first-pass yield, and manufacturing cost.
• Develop and implement annual productivity roadmaps supporting operational and financial objectives.
• Lead manufacturing optimization projects focused on waste elimination, flow improvement, inventory reduction, and lead-time compression.
• Partner with Product Engineering to ensure Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles are incorporated into product development.
• Lead manufacturing readiness reviews for new products and customer programs.
• Develop routings, work instructions, process flows, PFMEAs, control plans, and process validations.
• Support rapid scaling of new data center infrastructure products and customer programs.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Leadership

Process Improvement

DMAIC

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PFMEA

Control Plans

SPC

MSA

ERP/MES Systems

Job description

Sanmina Corporation is seeking a Process Engineering Manager to lead manufacturing process development and continuous improvement across metal fabrication and assembly operations supporting data center infrastructure products. You will drive world-class performance using 42Q, Lean, Six Sigma and Industry 4.0 techniques.

The role partners with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and Product Engineering to optimize processes, scale new products and improve cost and throughput.