Engineering Manager

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This role does have supervisory responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages and coordinates the activities of the engineering department.
• Discovers potential problems, solves problems, implements changes, and continuously monitors progress.
• Attends production meetings on a regular basis for status updates and product launches.
• Leads quoting process
• Oversees the development of Engineering Masters.
• Attends and participates in on-site client visits.
• Budget responsibilities for engineering department including all software seats, training, travel and identifying new opportunities for continuous improvement in operations.
• Develops and monitors policies and procedures for department.
• Develops and presents updates in management meetings, such as management review meetings.
• Directs department in scheduling workload and status of available hours.
• Maintains and enforces compliance of directory structure.
• Determines needs and cross-trains all employees to ensure backup in all areas.
• Monitors programming machining times to quoted times.
• Effectively and proactively manages continuous improvement on existing programs.
• Sets goals for each employee and monitors their activity.
• Responsible for employee development, including programming skills, problem solving, teamwork, and identifying team members for program management projects.
• Facilitates good working relationships among subordinates and across all departments.
• Monitors creation of set-up and tear-down documentation.
• First line of engineering assistance for operations.
• Responsible for all project schedules and projects within the department.
• Conducts regular staff meetings and one on ones with staff.
• Works with other functional areas (Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing, etc.) to obtain cooperation, agreement or assistance as required to get the job done correctly within budget and on time.
• Responsible for Performance Management, including selection, training, employee development, performance reviews, and disciplinary action.
• Support manufacturing process in varying capacities, as required.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Strong personnel leadership skills leading a team while developing leaders within the dept.
• Strong communication and presentation skills up and down the organization.
• Project Management skills to monitor and manage programs to meet internal and customer need dates.
• Good organizational skills, ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong problem solving, decision making and process improvement skills.
• Ability to develop and implement key engineering metrics to monitor dept. performance and ID gaps.
• Must be an analytical thinker to think outside the box to come up with solutions.
• Must be a team player that can work x functionally within the organization to come up with solutions.
• Knowledge of manufacturing process
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, CAD (solid works) - knowledgeable with CAM software (AutoCAD Part Maker, SurfCam, Mastercam, etc.)
• Must be able to develop and modify work instructions for the Mfg. engineering dept. along with the programming team.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize needs in a fast-paced environment
• Willing to do other things as required.