Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Job field: Industrial Engineering

Location: Carson, California, United States

Contract type: Permanent

Contract duration: Full-time

Required degree: Bachelor's Degree

Required experience: More than 8 years

Salary range: USD $129,780 - $144,200

POWERED BY TEAMWORK. Are you ready to be part of a team that drives big ideas and even bigger wins? At Safran, we believe in the power of both collaboration and individual contributions. We understand that it takes diverse perspectives, problem-solving skills, dependability, and trust to push each other forward and achieve great success. For us, working here is more than just a job; it's a passion. There's the unique opportunity to lead the way in aerospace and defense and contribute to creating a safer and more sustainable world.

In the role of Manufacturing Engineering Manager you'll play a pivotal part on our Industrialization Department team.

This position contributes to our vision by:

1. Managing the Manufacturing Engineering team in the sustaining engineering of the production lines, supporting the Operations teams in accomplishing key performance metrics in safety, quality, delivery and cost.
2. Supporting continuous improvement efforts of the production floor, implementing Lean fundamentals of 5S and visual management, and on projects that increase productivity and efficiencies, rate improvement, quality improvement, and cost reduction.
3. Supporting new product development, working with the Industrialization teams, and other functional teams, in the definition of manufacturability from engineering designs to the definition of process flows, layouts, tooling/testing needs, cost, and its integration to the production floor.
4. Using knowledge and expertise to support the team with critical deliverables of the Industrialization dossier, such as the Manufacturing Bill of Materials, Routers, and Standardized work instructions.
5. Leading and providing feedback on improvements on ease of manufacturing, error-proofing, optimization of cost, and time to manufacture products for the site.
6. Ensuring that review of engineering drawings and 3D models for manufacturing/assembly takes place effectively and providing feedback and expertise to the Engineering team for DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly).
7. Identification and justification of capital expense as needed to support sustaining engineering, continuous improvement, and new product introductions.

Job Requirements

At Safran Cabin, diversity & inclusion is a source of richness that adds quality of life, performance, and innovation. We seek service-oriented team players with strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude, adaptable to our innovative and evolving environment.

Across all team members, we are looking for the following attributes:

1. Team oriented
2. Process focused
3. Open & honest communication
4. Quality minded
5. Ability to persevere and honor commitments
6. Recognizes success
7. Executes with urgency
8. Creates solutions
9. Customer focused in everything we do

Job Requirements:

Education: Bachelor's degree in an engineering field (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering)

Experience: Minimum 8+ years of related experience in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or manufacturing engineering.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

1. Master's Degree in an engineering field is a plus.
2. Experiences in a manufacturing industry, preferably Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial, Electronics.
3. Knowledge of electro-mechanical products and systems, mechanical and electrical assembly.
4. Knowledge of composites manufacturing processes and associated tooling.
5. Knowledge of mechanical and electrical tooling and testing equipment.
6. Knowledge of computer applications such as Power BI, MES, LabView.
7. Prior direct team management experience.
8. Certified Green or Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma.
9. Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
10. Broad knowledge of manufacturing constraints and a strong understanding of phase-gated processes.

Computer Skills:

1. Knowledge of CAD modeling applications such as SolidWorks, Catia, AutoCAD.
2. Proficient experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project).
3. Knowledge of ERP systems software.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities and qualifications may vary based on assignment or group.

Specificity of the job

Traveling may be required.