Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Location: Duncan, SC – Duncan Plant

Supervise and coordinate assigned functions and programs within the Engineering and Maintenance Departments to include planning, process and equipment development. Incumbents in this classification are responsible for setting goals, establishing priorities, managing resources, developing concepts and approaches, and reviewing projects progress and results. Utilizing leading technology, core standards, best practices to provide the best quality and efficiency in the industry.

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Perform engineering work related to planning, devising, or adapting methods to improve manufacturing production
• Examine equipment, processes, operations, and assembly to determine time or quality revisions, and suggest improvements
• Evaluate vendor and supplier proposals for new equipment purchases
• Oversee the development, evaluation or review of plans and criteria for a variety of activities such as downtime and change analysis and procedure development
• Direct, coordinate, and review the work plan for assigned engineering operations and functions
• Assign work activities and projects; monitor workflow; review and evaluate work products, methods, and procedures
• Oversee and participate in performing a broad range of design activities on a variety of projects including automated equipment, storm drainage facilities, lighting, landscaping, water production and distribution facilities, and buildings
• Develop, evaluate, and improve manufacturing methods, utilizing knowledge of product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, and quality control standards
• Analyze and plan work force utilization, space requirements, and workflow, and design layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency
• Review design conformance and accuracy of plans to coordinate improvement projects with staff, project managers, contractors, utility companies and other agencies
• Confer with management, engineering, and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes
• Oversee facilities and equipment preventative maintenance and repair responsibilities
• Liaison to corporate engineering resources
• Create and manage technical budgets
• Ensure that role-driven operational key performance indicator (KPI) targets are met, including mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) and mean-time-to-repair (MTTR)
• All other duties as assigned

• Drive Company Standards
• Develop, implement, and maintain corporate standards
• Process, Labor, and efficiency
• (MOST) Maynard Operation Sequence Technique
• Line balancing
• Product Launch and Project Implementation
• Drive cross functional engagement
• Track spending
• Schedule and execute engineering tasks to meet launch milestones
• Advanced Program Readiness
• Team member with AME to conduct initial labor assessment
• Team Member with Materials to develop material process flow
• Lead of PFMEA
• Design for manufacturing and drive closure of build issues
• Operational strategy, capacity analysis, and equipment needs
• Timeline and critical path planning
• Spending forecasting
• Drive corporate standards
• Identify idle assets within Lear globally for reuse
• Attend design reviews and runoff of equipment
• Implement and improve equipment functionality
• Push new standards up in organization based on lessons learned
• Basic understanding of controls, PLC, Sensors, controls communications
• Quality
• Reduce frequency occurrence
• Increase detection
• Following fastening strategy standard
• Support Company Growth
• Support technical reviews with customers
• Provide inputs to develop cost models – capital, tooling, labor, & startup
• Seek out new manufacturing strategies to improve quality and efficiencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• 5+ years working in the Engineering function
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of principles, theories, and practices of engineering
• Knowledge of regulatory codes and standards such…