What you will doYou will manage activities and allocate resources within the Manufacturing Engineering Team to develop and meet Divisional, Site, and Value Stream goals. You will lead a group of manufacturing engineers and technicians to design and develop tools, controls, equipment, and processes to support manufacturing fabrication and assembly operations of commercial units. A significant portion of your time is dedicated to team development, performance management, and organizational leadership responsibilities. You will also work closely with the manufacturing operations team with a Lean mindset in developing new production methods, workstream consolidation layouts, and interfacing with the quality control staff to establish standards and resolve manufacturing issues.
How you will do it- Position is responsible for managing Manufacturing Engineering personnel and Lean Manufacturing professionals (4 currently)
- Develop Future State vision and drive and monitor the implementation plan.
- Provide direction and guidance to technician and engineering staff who exercise significant latitude and independence in their assignments.
- Align resources and identifies opportunities for improvement within the existing processes and systems.
- Build strong relationships and collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, Maintenance, Quality, New Product Introduction, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Team, Supplier Engineering, and Continuous improvement functions.
- Ensure that inputs from all internal and external customers are understood, plans are appropriately developed and drives accountability and execution to plans.
- Utilize excellent communication skills, demonstrating leadership communicating both up and down the organization.
- Influence, guide, and manage internal/external resources to achieve program goals.
- Provide significant guidance and approval regarding technical strategies and approaches.
- Recruit, coach, and develop organizational talent.
- Foster a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives.
- Create an entrepreneurial environment.
- Keep the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.
- Demonstrate effective change leadership.
- Monitor and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Make decisions regarding work processes or operational plans and schedules to achieve department objectives.
- Strong Capital Planning skills: budget, application and project management.
- Direct activities of manufacturing engineers in developing labor standards, work instructions, operational description sheets, and labor costing.
- Responsible for achieving the plant's annual Continuous Improvement (CI) Savings Goal by:
- Enhancing Workflow (Material Presentation, Material Flow, Support Plan for Every Part)
- Balancing Production Lines
- Conducting 3P Kaizen events
- Adopting a Lean mindset to eliminate waste and reduce controllable conversion costs
What we look for- University degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer or Industrial Engineer or equivalent degree preferred
- Minimum of 8 years manufacturing and production operations and/or manufacturing engineering experience including at least 5 years' successful supervisory/management experience of manufacturing engineers.
- Demonstrated track record of project management execution and a high-level of performance in current and previous positions.
- Hands-on experience in cost estimating, project management, contract negotiations and interaction with product vendors.
- Strong knowledge and experience with Lean layouts and related flow strategy using Six Sigma and Lean principles.
- Experience with manufacturing process improvement and production tools.
Hiring Salary Range$89,400.00 - $149,200.00 USD Annual (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us
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