A top manufacturer is seeking an engineering manager to oversee the engineering team and be an anchor point of contact for sales and engineering support.

Summary:

The Engineering Manager will be mainly responsible for ensuring the engineering team is carrying out processes on-time, in-scope, and providing high quality designs for new products while addressing issues from past products throughout the product life cycle. As well as managing the engineering team, the individual will be a primary part of the business leadership team and will take care of quote-engineering support, customer service, and being a contact for sales.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Complete all aspects of engineering activities.
Improving products, output, and reducing costs by participating in concept development, proposal quotes, detailed design, configuration definition, verification, qualification, manufacturing specification, and documentation for all activities.
Give progress evaluations of projects to support engineering team to reach highest possible performance of the end products.
Assess final results of development projects to make sure objectives are met.
Able to communicate and interact with other design teams to promote similar objectives and transfer product and technologies between all groups.
Develop operational objectives and projects with the ability to delegate them to subordinates.
Develop and keep leading by company policies, which will affect immediate operations, as well as having company wide-effects.
Interacting with senior management regularly on concerns over several functional areas, and/or customers.
Coordinating activities through subordinates of the engineering department, with responsibility for best results in terms of cost, methods and employees.
Other projects as assigned.

Base Qualifications:

A 4-year Bachelor’s degree and Master’s in an applicable engineering field or at least 4 years of equivalent work.
At least 5 years of working with custom capital equipment design, including industrial controls (PLC, CNC).
Strongly advise at least 3 years of management experience.

Desired Qualifications:

Broad working knowledge of manufacturing automation and machine tooling; experience with robots, 5 axis motion, anorad, Parker, Aerotec, and Rockwell controls.
Previous project management experience with use of software and tools and/or a PMP certification.
Degree in Engineering Management.
Gaining support from top management by strong communication skills and ability to communicate these goals to influence others.
Ability to drive and increase individual/team performance by coaching and engaging your team.
Would like a candidate who can take ownership of decisions with incomplete data available to you or in a new situation.
The courage to determine and initiate change when needed and communicate this difficult message.
Desire to always learn new things and passion for the industry while staying up to date on latest industry trends, technology and approaches.
Ability to imagine and come up with new or unique solutions to problems and keeping and open mind in trying other’s new ideas or solutions.
Always focusing on the end results or solution for the customer and/or the business.
Must be knowledgeable in Microsoft Office products to keep up with system and efficiency in email and the internet.
Demonstrated written and oral skills are important for everyday functions.
High attention to detail and ability to balance tasks while staying focused with each project.

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