About This Role:
   

Responsible for ensuring that both new and existing manufacturing processes: equipment, tooling, facility, methods, standard work, manufacturing engineering systems, and process controls; produce products that meet: EH&S requirements, customer requirements, Modine risk management objectives, quality requirements, standard labor cost, overhead cost, and material costs.

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The Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor reports to the Plant Manager, Rockbridge.

 

The following functions report to the Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor:

• Plant Manufacturing/Process Engineering

• Maintenance

• Janitorial

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Key Responsibilities:

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• Maintaining a high level of core technology competence within the engineering staff.

• Direction and coordination of product and process launches using APQP procedures and principles.

• Ensuring that the manufacturing process is established with equipment, tooling, and process controls that can meet customer, risk, and operational targets.

• Ensuring that the engineering staff is trained and competent to apply effective project management skills.

• Managing, through direct reports, the implementation of the PM system and the maintenance and repair of the equipment, tooling, and physical plant.

• Equipment and tooling capacity monitoring and planning.

• Establishing a capital budget and expense budget for management approval.

• Ensuring that applicable Standard Practices are understood and applied.

• Maintaining metrics on: equipment and tooling capacity utilization, regulatory conformance, launch conformance, process performance, process control, PM performance, and labor standards conformance.

• Oversee maintenance and implementation of Engineering Change Management in the plant making sure to coordinate with cross functional teams. 

• The Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor supervises Engineering interaction with the Product Groups regarding product/process launches, field failures, DV and PV failures, design review/technical feasibility, capacity, capability, capital equipment costs, tooling costs, and labor content.

• The Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor interacts with all plant department heads by providing and receiving advice/assistance on topics such as personnel policies, manufacturing, production or quality issues, etc.

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Specific Accountabilities:
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• Improve/maintain technical competency via the hiring process and PDP process

• Maintain launch plans and ensure that regular launch meetings with key personnel are scheduled and held

• Monitor capacity utilization to ensure OEE conformance and maintain 1 year and 5 year capacity plan. Work closely with production on capacity issues/opportunities.

• Monitor and ensure that all processes meet capability requirements.

• Establish and monitor labor standards for accuracy and issues. Coordinate with production on variance issues.

• Monitor key operational measurables – scrap, FPY, RC’s, energy cost – and provide support for CA and CI.

• Plan PM requirements for all key tooling and equipment and monitor system to ensure compliance and performance.

• Oversee the development and use of structured project plans for all products and process launches and/or changes.

• Prepare capital and expense budgets and track conformance.

• Mentor the ME Team in 80/20 principles and ensure continuing development and use the 80/20 throughout the plant

Required Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Business required

• 5-7 years minimum experience as a Manufacturing Engineer working in a similar industry

• Launch management – demonstrated experience with structured APQP process

• Project management – history of successful development and management of project plans for a product launch

• Capital management – history of planning, development, and management of large capital projects

• Process control – understanding and application of SPC

• Experience in metal forming and joining technologies – preferred experience in plant product materials and core joining processing – brazing, welding, etc

• Working knowledge of labor standards

• Experience conforming to ISO9001 requirements

• Supervisory experience – technical and maintenance staff preferred

• LLC equipment and tooling souring preferred

Physical Job Requirements:

The physical job requirements for the position of Manufacturing Engineer include being able to do the following:m

• Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.

• Stand for less than 4 hours per day.

• Walk for less than 4 hours per day.

• Sit for more than 4 hours per day.

• Occasionally grasp items with either hand