Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Job Title: Manager Manufacturing Engineering
Job Code: 15590
Job Location: AMF North/AMF South - Toney, Alabama
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineering Manager to join our team at our Advanced Manufacturing Facility located in Huntsville Alabama. This position will be responsible for overall research and development for the manufacturing engineering team.

We're looking to bring on someone with a passion and enthusiasm for cutting edge technologies in the manufacturing space and a willingness to be a hands-on leader.

Essential Functions:

Lead, manage, and mentor a team of Manufacturing Engineers
Develop and implement strategies for research and development group
Prepare and oversee budgets for the group
Develop and evaluate all processes and operations of the production line
Identify areas of the system that need improvement
Ensure the efficient utilization of materials, labor, and machines
Establish and maintain best practice standards
Monitor performance and quality objectives of Production process
Liaise with design engineering regarding product specifications
Create reports and documents as needed
Ability to obtain a US security clearance

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior manufacturing engineering experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior manufacturing engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior manufacturing engineering experience

Preferred Additional Skills:

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) is desired
Leadership experience is desired
Experience with Lean Six Sigma is desired
Knowledge of project management tools and techniques to plan and execute jobs
Ability to troubleshoot and think critically to determine solutions to complex manufacturing problems
Ability to work well with a wide range of personnel from production workers to executives
Understanding of complex manufacturing processes and the ability to identify areas of improvement is desired
Ability to smoothly handle disagreements and help teams find consensus
Ability to motivate and engage personnel in a productive manner
Firsthand experience onboarding new product lines
Process Failure Mode Affects Analysis (PFMA) experience is desired
Experience with Earned Value Management is desired