Job Description

Summary/Objective:

The engineering manager plans, organizes, directs, or coordinates engineering activities to meet company objectives for design, new part/process development and improvement of existing parts/processes by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

Essential Functions/Duties:

• Select, develop, train, and supervise engineering staff.
• Create and maintain part master, part routing, operational prints, tooling prints and other documents as required on production parts.
• Review, approve and process customer-initiated changes and internal change requests.
• Provide technical guidance/assistance to customers, suppliers, and co-workers.
• Create miscellaneous non-production technical drawings and non-technical documents as required.
• Establish and maintain robust engineering document control systems.
• Develop, determine, and implement policies, procedures, and standards.
• Report on and maintain Key Process Indicator (KPI) goals.
• Provide assistance on new equipment justification projects.
• Participate in cost reduction/process improvement projects.
• Promote Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) principles as part of continuous improvement activities.

Equipment/Machines Used:

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software (Epicor)
• Computer Aided Design software (AutoCAD)
• Microsoft Office applications (outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Measure equipment (micrometer, caliper, optical comparator, etc.)
• Finite Element Analysis software (DEFORM)

Work Environment:

• Much of the day is spent sitting and working in a professional work environment.
• Frequent exposure to normal machine shop environment (smoke, oil mist, and shop noise)
• Travel is minimal and is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required based on customer or supplier needs.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science degree preferred
• 10 years of related work experience
• Experience in all phases of tool design, fastener manufacturing and product engineering

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