Position Summary The Manager, Manufacturing Engineering leads the manufacturing engineering organization and is accountable for the manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, technical standards, and resources required to achieve the company's operational objectives. This role directs process development and industrialization, improves manufacturing efficiency and quality, builds production capacity, and delivers productivity and cost-reduction commitments. The manager develops the team, manages the department budget and capital plan, and provides technical leadership across Operations. This position is a key member of the TA Aerospace management team.
Primary Responsibilities - Lead and develop the manufacturing engineering team; set clear priorities, project plans, timelines, and performance expectations.
- Manage the engineering project portfolio and hold manufacturing engineers accountable for schedule, budget, technical quality, and results.
- Upgrade the molding department's equipment, tooling, processes, controls, and technical capabilities.
- Develop in-house expertise in rubber and silicone injection mold design, prototyping, process development, validation, and production support.
- Build the tooling room's skills and equipment to take molds from concept and design through prototyping, qualification, production release, and maintenance.
- Establish mold-design standards, design reviews, documentation requirements, and tooling acceptance criteria.
- Optimize molding parameters, setups, cure cycles, material flow, and process controls to improve quality, yield, throughput, and cost.
- Serve as the primary interface with mold designers, toolmakers, equipment suppliers, and automation vendors.
- Define vendor requirements, evaluate proposals, lead technical reviews, and manage vendor performance, cost, timing, and deliverables.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities that improve productivity, process consistency, capacity, and labor efficiency.
- Lead new-product introduction, molding-process development, capacity planning, validation, and transition to sustained production.
- Manage department resources, budgets, capital requests, tooling expenditures, and project spending.
- Establish performance metrics and drive improvements in scrap, rework, cycle time, downtime, tool life, and project execution.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline; MBA preferred.
- Five to seven years of manufacturing engineering management experience; aerospace experience preferred.
- Demonstrated experience improving molding operations, mold design, tooling, and molding-process performance.
- Experience specifying, qualifying, and implementing molds and molding equipment.
- Strong knowledge of process validation, process capability, root-cause analysis, Lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems, routings, bills of material, capacity planning, and cost estimating.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and CAD software; CATIA experience preferred.
- Strong leadership, communication, project-management, and problem-solving skills.
- Union-environment experience and bilingual English/Spanish capability are preferred.
Leadership Expectations:- Set clear priorities and hold the team accountable for results.
- Use data to solve molding and manufacturing problems and sustain improvements.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships and communicate effectively at all levels.
BenefitsBenefits include 8 health plan options, dental, life and supplemental insurance, and 401(k) with employer match.
Pay Range: $100,000 - $160,000 per year
