Engineering Manager

Job Purpose:

Manage engineering teams to ensure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are understood and met, and that engineering activities align with organizational needs and priorities.

Qualifications:

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; 8–10 years of experience in the automotive industry, including 3–5 years managing engineers (preferred).
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of automotive manufacturing products and processes.
• Skills & Abilities: Demonstrated management and leadership capability; strong interpersonal and communication skills; solid understanding of tooling design and construction; working knowledge of automotive documentation (e.g., GD&T, APQP, PFMEA, 8D corrective actions/problem-solving). Proficient with CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD/DraftSight, CATIA).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee all aspects of the engineers that report to you.
• Provide guidance and direction to engineers to ensure processes are developed and operated effectively, consistently, and in accordance with UWH standards and best practices.
• Review and approve tooling and capital expenditures based on approved budgets and quoted amounts.
• Review and approve continuous improvement initiatives to reduce costs, improve safety, and deliver projects according to established timelines.
• Quote processes to support customer demand and meet financial targets (NPV, IRR, ROI), ensuring capital investment meets the needs of the organization.
• Develop and maintain master project timelines to support Internal and external projects.
• Collaborate with customer engineering teams to improve designs for manufacturability and address engineering concerns.
• Support the development of policies and standards that advance company goals and strategic initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key Performance Metrics:

• Safety: Ensure processes are safe, ergonomic, and meet high safety standards.
• Quality: Ensure processes produce low scrap, maintain customer PPM within targets, and support IATF, ASI, and ISO certification and audit requirements.
• Delivery: Ensure processes meet efficiency and OEE standards so customer delivery is not impacted.
• Cost: Partner with plant leadership to meet budget targets such as efficiency, scrap, and manufacturing overhead (e.g., indirect labor, supplies, perishable tooling, equipment repair, and maintenance).

Level of Authority:

Make decisions related to Engineering Department activities, with input from the Director of Engineering and/or Plant Manager as needed.

Training Requirements:

New employee orientation; Safety training; Plex ERP; Power BI.

Physical Demands:

Requires standing or walking a total of 2–4 hours in an 8-hour day (no more than 1 hour at a time); sitting a total of 2–4 hours in an 8-hour day (no more than 1 hour at a time); frequently lifting less than 10 lbs.; and occasionally lifting up to 50 lbs., 3–5 times per week. Intermittently (5–10% of the day), may need to stoop/bend, crouch, kneel, twist, reach, and pull or push.

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; 8–10 years of experience in the automotive industry, including 3–5 years managing engineers (preferred).
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of automotive manufacturing products and processes.
• Skills & Abilities: Demonstrated management and leadership capability; strong interpersonal and communication skills; solid understanding of tooling design and construction; working knowledge of automotive documentation (e.g., GD&T, APQP, PFMEA, 8D corrective actions/problem-solving). Proficient with CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD/DraftSight, CATIA).