Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Hiab offers a variety of different career possibilities for different backgrounds and ambitions, so whatever your passion is, we may just have the job for you! We want to bring in new expertise and fresh ideas, while providing our existing employees with new and interesting career opportunities. Your talent, experience and passion may just be what we seek or need to shape the future of Hiab and our industry. We offer as well:

• Employees First way of life: all of us should experience Easiness, Empowerment and Excellence every day at work
• Comprehensive benefit package including; health, vision, dental, company-paid & voluntary life insurance upon first day of employment
• 401k program with 6% company match
• Personal time off and company-paid holidays
• Opportunities for career growth and competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Paid training
• Company mentoring program
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related continued education
• Referral Program
• You may also be provided with a company cell phone, laptop and/or credit card, all to be used for the purpose of conducting company business

Purpose of the Position

• Provide leadership for the manufacturing engineering department within a matrix environment
• Ownership of the manufacturing engineering strategy so as to deliver the factory of the future manufacturing vision using best in class manufacturing techniques
• Provide professional development for manufacturing engineers
• Make sure that D-FMEA is shared with Value Streams and make sure that the draft version of P-FMEA is shared with the Manufacturing Engineer from the Value Stream [support te Value Stream with P-FMEA development]
• Responsible for plant maintenance
• Oversee the installation, maintenance and improvement of production methods, ensuring that HS&E requirements are adhered to
• Participate in news product development, engineering changes to ensure timely execution on cost

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

Safety

• Ensuring all lost time incidents are reporting and investigated
• All risk assessments are carried out and maintained
• Accountable for all safety incidents within manufacturing engineering

Quality

• Ensuring quality standards
• Ownership of all material item masters within ERP
• Promote a culture of RCCA

Delivery

• Act as the main interface/conduit between the Value streams and R&D functions, facilitating improvements to the assembly process through product/process changes in a timely manner including NPD
• Full ownership and development of the E2E value stream maps
• Creation and ownership of Std hour
• Creation and updating of ERP product master data, including the BOM and product routings
• Management of ECO implementation and tracking
• Creation and updating of all Standard Operating Procedures
• Responsible for Cell design and line layout
• Liaise with NPI team to ensure that all new products are transferred into manufacturing on time and on cost
• Provide training to a value stream team on new products
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice manufacturing engineering; planning vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance and support the PSC growth strategy
• Develop detailed work instructions for the assembly of the machine range ensuring they are assembled to correct technical standards utilizing tools and fixtures to remove any H&S or Quality Assurance risks
• Create plans and budgets in support of the PSC growth strategy
• Responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the facility

Inventory

• Work with VSM and Logistics to ensure that the correct material replenishment method is defined and in line with PSC inventory policy
• Define the runner, repeater, stranger strategy in line with the VSMs and logistics manager

Productivity

• Promote & develop a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Implement and manage continuous improvement principles by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes
• Optimize value stream and factory layout
• Reduce waste and variance by applying Lean tools and principles in order to increase efficiency and productivity
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Deliver productivity improvements in line with PSC KPIs
• Lead the value stream 6S and KAIZEN programs
• Prepare and create Capital expenditure requests to support the VSMs in line with budget
• Deliver productivity improvements
• Work across the Value stream and act as a functional expert in order to support the Value Streams with Manufacturing Engineers skills/competences development

People

• Manage the Manufacturing Engineering team, performance management and development, assessing priorities and providing direction to ensure all tasks are completed to the highest of standards
• Ensure all training and skills development programs are up to date and maintained
• Promote a culture of high accountability, empowerment and high engagement
• Development and management of the manufacturing engineering governance model to follow standard work at daily, weekly & monthly levels in alignment with the site's overall governance framework and policy deployment
• Bring to life each day our HIAB values of caring, reliable and pioneering and demonstrate these behaviors in his/her leadership style

What You'll Need to Succeed

Education:

• Degree caliber preferably Mech Eng., Manufacturing Eng. Innovation or Digitalisation
• Msc or post graduate qualification in manufacturing
• Lean Six Sigma black or green belt

Working experience:

• 7 to 10 years' experience in a working in a manufacturing engineering
• 5 years' experience in a management role
• Knowledge of techniques and tools for process improvement (six sigma)
• In depth knowledge and experience of DFMEA, FMEA, APQP, PPAP and Lean Manufacturing techniques
• Working knowledge of 2D and 3D CAD and ERP systems
• Experience of New Product Introduction, reworking design changes and upgrades through to production

Skills and competencies:

• Technical knowledge of volume manufacturing engineering practices including Factory 4.0
• Ability to work in a matrix environment
• Problem solving capability
• Strong project management skills
• Critical thinking and decision making
• Proven strong focus on Health & Safety, Q.A.
• Ability to work in a multi-functional team, high paced and multi-task environment

Desired behavior:

• High personal integrity
• Collaborative and influential
• High resilience
• Innovative and forward thinking

Interested to Join?

If you are excited about this opportunity, please submit your Resume/CV today for consideration!

HIAB USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, and training, are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. #LI-ONSITE