Koch Industries

Senior Manger, Development Process Engineering (DPE)

Koch Industries • $150K — $180K *
Lisle, IL 60532In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent education
  • 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing engineer role within automation and semi-automation settings
  • 3+ years of supervisory or management experience
  • Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to make sound decisions
  • Strong organizational skills for workload management
  • Ability to build rapport with external contacts and guide team members
  • Skilled in problem assessment and long-term planning
  • Effective communication skills in both written and verbal formats
  • Knowledge of troubleshooting automation equipment

Responsibilities

  • Manage and supervise activities of team members for end-to-end manufacturing process development
  • Provide technical and costing support for complex issues to marketing, sales, and customers
  • Share technical information across groups to implement global best practices
  • Participate in or lead design reviews and design for manufacture meetings globally
  • Coordinate manufacturing process development with tooling suppliers to meet production requirements
  • Review engineering system improvement opportunities regularly
  • Evaluate staff performance and provide training and cross-training activities
  • Support management in improving department methods and recruitment activities
  • Drive adoption of company standards like ISO9001 and Six Sigma initiatives
  • Contribute to TQM and EH&S management systems and support international travel as needed

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance, AD&D, and disability coverage
  • Retirement plan options
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance
  • Infertility assistance and paid parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
Full Job Description
Your Job

The Senior Manager, Development Process Engineering (DPE) provides leadership and administration to the new product development e ngineering team as it relates to the development of a product design and manufacturing strategy from concept through production. This person also supports the global coordination of implementation and launching of new products in DSS plants.

What You Will Do
  • Manage/Supervise and assign the activities to staff members to ensure the development of all end to end manufacturing processes to support new product development and modifications of existing products to meet or exceed customer expectations.
  • Provide technical and costing support to marketing, sales and outside customers for issues that have been escalated, highly complex and/or atypical where necessary.
  • Provide and share technical information between teams within group and mfg plants to assure "best practices" are embraced and implemented globally.
  • Participate in or may lead design reviews and design for manufacture meetings globally.
  • Coordinate manufacturing process development and work with internal and external tooling suppliers to design, build and debug processes within budget and schedule as required for each program to meet production and volume requirements.
  • Regular review of engineering system improvements opportunities.
  • Manage, Review and evaluate RRE's, activities, and performance of staff members by providing appropriate advice, training, and guidance. Train employees on how to develop processes and develop advanced skills as well as coordinating cross training activities with other departments to reach maximum capabilities.
  • Support department manager/senior manager/Director in developing and improving department methods and procedures. Leads in department recruitment and selection activities.
  • Support company specific standards such as TS16949, ISO9001, TQM, Six Sigma initiatives. Drive OpEx/GLSS efforts as a champion for our team for both Lean/DMAIC projects and 6S efforts.
  • Understand, support and contribute to current Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures.
  • International travel will be required to support installation and production activities.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned by management


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent education.
  • 5+ years' experience manufacturing engineer in automation and semi-automation environment.
  • 3+ years of supervisory or management experience.
  • Leadership skills that demonstrate the ability to take charge, initiate actions, make sound decisions and direct others toward the accomplishment of goals.
  • Strong organization skills that anticipate, plan, organize and monitor workload.
  • The ability to build rapport with external contacts and give guidance and advice to direct reports.
  • Ability to assess a problem, weigh alternatives, and consider long-range as well as short-range implications.
  • Ability to work with global teams
  • Ability to travel 20%
  • Good written and verbal skills for clear and concise communication.
  • Knowledge of troubleshooting automation equipment


What Will Put You Ahead
  • Master's Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering
  • Experience with high speed synchronous, asynchronous, flexible (robotics) assembly systems.
  • General understanding of basic accounting.


For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $180,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
Learn more about Koch Industries
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Founded
1940
* Ladders Estimates

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