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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and manage the engineering change in the manufacturing plants along with business partners in manufacturing, quality, and product engineering.
• Align resources to the strategic goals and objectives of the organization through influence in the planning phases.
• Lead the continuous product improvement and cost reduction efforts with business partners (i.e. manufacturing, quality and product engineering) ensuring that a rigorous process is followed and that all efforts are aligned with Lean manufacturing principles.
• Define and communicate performance targets established through policy deployment for safety, quality, customer service, costs and associate satisfaction/development with engineering, maintenance and facilities team.
• Work with business partners to determine appropriate projects to focus on, using data driven decisions.
• Participate in the testing/analysis effort with business partners to determine root cause of problems. Participate in plant level resolution efforts for Supplier and Customer corrective action process.
• Interface with Product Engineering and other business partners on the decision for manufacturability, process capability, and production builds of new product or product revisions.
• Participate with business partners and customers in the capital expenditure and design change processes with a focus on building quality assurance into the process.
• Accountable for the preventative maintenance program and maintenance of production equipment and facilities.
• Oversees the design, justification, planning, scheduling and building of machines and tools required for operations, quality and design.
• Plan, schedule and direct in-house staff and external contractors in the maintenance of company building and grounds. Develops and maintains an operating budget to ensure that such maintenance is carried out on a cost-effective basis. Ensures operational facility by overseeing the regular maintenance of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning.
• Oversees and direct all building renovations. Ensure renovations occur within budgeted levels and conform to company specifications, by obtaining and preparing cost estimates; coordinating all construction, remodeling and repair projects; and inspecting completed work.
• Assure environmental compliance and partner with the enterprise for improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with plant management and other business partners on the execution of policy deployment and establishing employee involvement programs (Kaizens, etc.)
• Promote Lean Manufacturing principles with a focus on creating value and eliminating waste.
• Establish an environment conducive to high levels of morale, associate satisfaction, and performance.
• Deliver performance to budget. Use participative approach in budgeting process.
• Ensure alignment of activities and resources within the team, and ensure cross-organization collaboration and associate involvement where appropriate.
• Acquire the appropriate people, technology, equipment and financial resources necessary to meet customer expectations and implement the business improvement plans.
• Provide coaching, information, ideas, feedback and encouragement to associates to promote the growth and development of the performance engineering team.
• Continued personal growth and development. Support and encourage continuous learning within Performance Engineering team.
• Be highly visible to associates and create a safe environment for participation. Promote going to Gemba to solve problems and also promote hands-on, high involvement approaches to problem solving.

• Interface with materials management/vendors on quality issues that arise from any external/internal source.
• Interface with enterprise groups responsible for methodologies (i.e. new product development, continuous product improvement, or process improvement.

• 2-3 Supervisors
• 5-7 Engineers/Technicians
• 10 – 15 Maintenance Associates

• 4 year degree or equivalent
• 3-5 years of supervisory or leadership experience in engineering or area of technical support.
• Background in engineering management, product development or manufacturing leadership preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of maintenance programs, quality processes, SPC and process capability work.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities.
• Business acumen and knowledge:
     - Budgeting
     - Financial justification
     - Cost Accounting
• Communication
     - Listening skills
     - Effective 1:1 and in groups
     - Developing upper management level presentation skills
     - Persuasiveness and ability to debate/sell ideas
• Leadership
     - Able to motivate associates
     - Bias for action
     - Displays energy for the business
     - Demonstrates courage to make difficult decisions and act
     - Collaborates with associates
     - Supports and foster change
     - Able to coach and develop associates within value stream 
     - Able to develop and maintain a respectful and safe work environment
     - Able to support and foster a continuous improvement culture
     - Able to effectively manage conflict
• Technical Knowledge
      - Strong knowledge of engineering and quality processes and systems