Manufacturing Engineer and Facilities Manager

Location: Fort Payne, AL

POSITION SUMMARY:

• planning, direction, and supervision for the Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling, Maintenance, and Facilities Departments. Achieve safety, quality, and productivity goals in a continuous improvement environment as it relates to manufacturing facilities, equipment, processes, and procedures. Possess great communication, verbal, written and management skills. Have sound knowledge of problem-solving methods, lean manufacturing, and just in time delivery principles. Provide key leadership in the implementation of lean manufacturing principals.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:

• Manage, lead and support the Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Facilities, and Tooling Teams.
• Lead and support the development of all required manufacturing processes to ensure products are produced safely and within required quality, cycle time and cost specifications.
• Develop the annual capital equipment budget. Oversee the justification, planning, and execution of individual capital projects within schedule and budget guidelines.
• Oversee the maintenance of all routings and labor standards as well as manufacturing procedures and associated documentation including.
• Help manage the document control system. Write and manage ECNs.
• Provide planning and support for new product introductions.
• Seek out, research, develop cost analysis, and justification for new methods, procedures, equipment, and materials.
• Support production department managers with machine capacity, labor balance, and flow concept analysis in a high mix, configured-to-order environment to optimize efficiency, capacity, and lead-time.
• Participate in and support Make vs. Buy initiatives.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

• Lead and support continuous improvement efforts to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.
• Develop and lead cost reduction projects including labor efficiency improvements and both direct and indirect material spend.
• Identify manufacturing variability issues and work with Design, Production, and Maintenance to reduce or eliminate variance.
• Work with operations personnel to create standard work procedures, enhance flow, and implement Lean concepts throughout the plant including 5S, Kaizen, etc.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering field required. Professional Engineer's license preferred.
• At least 5 years’ experience in fabrication, paint and assembly operations
• Experience in heavy industrial manufacturing preferred.
• At least 5 years’ previous experience as a supervisor or manager.
• Must have knowledge with actual experience preferred using Pro/E CAD system.
• Lean Manufacturing and structured problem-solving experience.
• Demonstrate prior experience with quality procedures such as SPC and FMEA preferred
• ISO 9001 knowledge and experience preferred.
• At least 2 years’ experience with machine and fixture design.
• At least 5 years’ experience with developing, writing, and executing capital equipment and facility layout projects.
• Must be a self-starter and work under limited supervision.
• Must exercise substantial degree of judgment.
• Must have excellent oral and written communications skills.