Management Recruiters of the St. Croix Valley

Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Machining 

Looking for a great opportunity to join a rapidly growing manufacturing company with a core competency in machining? We are looking for a seasoned Manufacturing Engineering Manager with upward mobility that has experience leading Manufacturing/Process Engineers and taking the organization to a world class level! 

JOB DESCRIPTION 

This position reports to the Plant Manager.

• Managing the Process, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers and ensuring shop floor support is immediate when issues arise, driving to root cause and implementing all levels of the corrective action
• Managing the new part introduction process and ensuring new parts and assemblies are properly routed along with all tooling required
• Developing, implementing and managing the plan for headcount and budget for the Manufacturing Engineering department
• Ensuring the plant layout is effective
• Working with and supporting the lean initiative to continually drive out waste and supporting Kaizen events
• Developing the strategy to continually improve the current manufacturing processes and generating a long range strategy to drive out waste
• Working with Quality to ensure PPAP’s are generated and processes are capable of consistently producing within specifications
• Ensuring changes to products are managed, updated prints are available and old inventory is accounted for
• Developing the long range capital plan including new equipment justification and refurbishment of current equipment
• Ensuring the group is continually looking for better ways to process parts, reduce scrap, improve quality, reduce set up time and improve overall plant processes
• Working with Manufacturing and Purchasing to implement new cost saving designs, components, and techniques
• Working with Quality to determine root cause and corrective action on issues from internal or external suppliers/customers 

JOB REQUIREMENTS 

• Bachelor’s degree Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering desired or equivalent work experience
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a machining environment
• A minimum a 5 years of experience in a Manufacturing Engineering management role or an Operations Management role
• Excellent blue print reading skills
• Strong familiarity with the processes and tooling for machining, preferably have experience machining gears
• Ability to work with a wide variety of individuals
• Familiar with ISO quality systems
• Proven experience applying lean principles (5S, kaizen, value stream mapping, etc.) 

This position is a very high visibility position within the company. You’re success in this role will position you for advancement opportunities with senior level positions.

Interested? Please send your resume to mike.armbrust@mrstcroix.com or apply direct to this posting.