Manufacturing Engineering Director

Our client is a global high-tech power conversion and control company.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, and Industrial Engineering teams across multiple product platforms.
• Take overall responsibility for the performance and effectiveness of the ME, PE, and IE functions.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive Manufacturing Engineering strategy and roadmap aligned with global and local business objectives.
• Drive manufacturing technology initiatives, including SMT process deployment, assembly automation, manufacturing equipment management, and fixture/jig development.
• Build, recruit, train, and develop a strong local technical engineering organisation over the next two years.
• Provide strong Manufacturing Engineering support for New Product Introduction (NPI), including early involvement in product development and Design for Manufacturing (DFM).
• Actively participate in the new plant setup project, ensuring project milestones are achieved on time, within budget, and in line with customer requirements.
• Lead engineering support for plant operations, including order fulfilment, on-time delivery, quality improvement, cost control, capacity planning, and workplace safety.
• Establish and monitor Engineering KPIs aligned with global business objectives.
• Proactively review manufacturing capacity and technical capability to support future business growth.
• Drive productivity and efficiency improvements through automation, TAKT time balancing, line balancing, process optimisation, and mistake-proofing (poka-yoke).
• Standardise and document manufacturing and assembly processes, including process parameters, to minimise dependency on individual knowledge and improve knowledge sharing.
• Work closely with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to identify and mitigate manufacturing risks.
• Partner with Quality teams to improve First Pass Yield (FPY), reduce overall failure rates and scrap, and support Total Quality Management (TQM) initiatives.
• Collaborate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering teams to evaluate and deploy new manufacturing technologies.
• Partner with Operational Excellence teams to implement Lean Manufacturing and best-in-class manufacturing practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Automation, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 15 years of manufacturing engineering experience in the electronics or high-tech manufacturing industry.
• Strong experience in new plant setup, manufacturing ramp-up, NPI, and production transfer.
• Strong knowledge of electronics manufacturing, SMT, assembly processes, automation, and manufacturing equipment.
• Willingness to travel internationally.