Advanced Manufacturing Engineer Sup

**Position:**Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor

**Department:**Engineering

**Functional Area:**Production Engineer

**Classification:**Exempt

Reporting Structure: Head of Engineering and Technology

Educational Background Required:

• Completed degree (Bachelor) in Manufacturing, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering
• At least 4 years of professional experience in a similar position or equivalent combination or education and experience

Skills and Training

• Leadership Skills
• Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies
• Mechanical Design (Solidworks Preferred)
• Electrical Design
• Knowledge and understanding of Programmable Logic Controllers
• Knowledge and Understanding of Robotics
• Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio)
• Understanding of Process Documentation (pFMEA’s, Work Instructions, etc.)
• Work measurement, methods, and procedures
• Facility layout and planning
• Project management and budgeting
• Ability to manage a variety of cross-functional team members
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills

Essential Functions Required for Job

• Team Leadership: Supervise and mentor Engineering Team Members, hold them accountable for performance, and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Process Creation: Determine processes required to manufacture customer part based on prints and information supplied by R&D including pricing related information (Cycle time, # of operators, Tact time, etc.)
  • Leverage internal/external resources to determine equipment or raw material/component pricing when needed
  • Interpret capacity data and monitor to ensure sustained growth and prevent over capacitation of equipment
  • Create Requirements for new equipment and processes
  • Ensure newly acquired equipment is up to local Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulations.
• Process Industrialization: Lead teams to industrialize new parts & projects.
• Process Optimization: Analyze and improve manufacturing processes, work methods, and layouts to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Process Standardization: Generate and implement standardized processes and use them to accomplish tasks
• Process Documentation: Create/modify pFMEA’s and Process Flows for new and existing business and ensure continuity with work/set-up instructions.
• Operational Oversight: Ensure machinery, equipment, and utilities function properly and meet operational requirements.
• Project Management: Lead or coordinate engineering projects, including equipment selection and procurement, scope definition, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with other departments (sales, operations, finance) to align engineering solutions with business needs
• Assist sales teams with technical scope generation and client visits
• Perform cost-benefit analyses to ensure efficient use of resources
• Coordinate work measurement and process redesign for new customer projects
• Other duties as assigned.

Interaction Required: Within the company and Externally

• Internal: All Departments
• External: Vendors and Contractors

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting
• Standing
• Lifting
• Repeated Hand Motion

Environmental:

• Uncontrolled temperatures: (heat/cold) production area

• Controlled temperatures: Offices / Labs

• Exposure to Noise, Dust, Oil/Solvent Fumes, Fiber Glass

• Other: Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Basic Competences:

• Courage, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Collegiality, Reliability

Strategic Competencies:

• Corporate Competencies: Interlaced Acting and Corporate Thinking, IT/SAP Knowledge and Language Skills: English (Fluent), Understanding in Business Administration, Intercultural Competences, Adaptability and Versatility, and Courage, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Collegiality and Reliability.

• Methodological Competencies: Quality and Cost Orientation, Problem Solving Competence and Time Management, Goal and Success Orientation, Problem Solving Competence, Time management and Specialist.

• Social and Self-Competences: Creativity, Flexibility, Discipline, Communication Skills, Conflict-Solving Ability, Self-Reflection, Critical and Learning Ability, and Leadership Competence, Flexibility, Discipline, Communication Skills, conflict-solving ability, and leadership competence.

Job Specific Competences:

• Detail Oriented
• Future Thinking
• Understanding of Manufacturing Concepts
• Understanding of Electrical, Controls, Robotic, Mechanical, and Pneumatic systems