Location
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika | Germany
Job description
About the Voith Group
The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 21,000 employees, sales of € 4.9 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
Voith Paper is hiring for:
Manager of Engineering
Neenah, WI
Summary:
In this position, you are responsible for all aspects of engineering for the service and repair of paper machine rolls. You will manage, lead and coach your team in order to achieve site and regional objectives and goals. You will simultaneously manage multiple projects and allocate resources effectively aligning with the demands of the business and customer base, while fostering a cooperative relationship with other key stakeholders within the region, in order to support regional and local strategies, in order to meet financial goals and targets.
Responsibilities:
- Motivate and lead direct reports, communicate targets, goals and expectations to meet site strategy and budget (25% of time spent).
- Provide technical recommendations and support, both to internal and external customers (15% of time spent).
- Investigate problems , and lead in facilitating recommendations for improvements to ensure highest level of all quality throughout product offering and services provided (20% of time of spent).
- Evaluate workloads within department to ensure appropriate facilitation of job tasks and work load in order to optimize departmental efficiency (20% of time spent).
- Develop and coaches team , to develop expertise, knowledge and enhance skill set (20% of time spent).
- Perform other duties as assigned .
Manage and lead department
- Knowledge of paper machine industry experience is preferred, but not required, in order to develop and guide team, increasing level of knowledge and ability throughout all direct reports.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and problem solve effectively.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, strong people person in order to develop and work with stakeholders at all levels inside the business and external customers.
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Provides timely and relevant updates to management when needed.
- Applies time management techniques on a daily basis to accomplish tasks.
Drive and execution
- Determined and passionate regarding field of responsibility.
- Results orientated.
- Willing to challenge status quo.
- Use of data and facts to support decision making.
- Expect and challenges team to highest possible level of productivity and quality.
- Conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times.
Communication and problem solving
- Develops short term as well as long term action plans and present to customers.
- Collaborates with other technical resources as needed to gain required knowledge to resolve issues.
- Maintains an open minded perspective during problem solving exercises.
- Inspects and investigates using analytical thought processes to solve problems.
- Can function autonomously and as a team member as the situation requires.
Facilitates and delegates tasks
- Communicates with shop personnel in a manner that is positive and reduces risk.
- Demonstrates a good technical aptitude, makes good decisions and is willing to ask questions rather than make mistakes.
- Understands proper delegations when needed to spread workload and make things happen.
Requirements:
- At least 5 years of Pulp & Paper and/or Machine shop related experience.
- Proven leader with previous experience of managing others.
- Data analysis background with high proficiency in excel and experience working with databases.
- English Language Required.
- Bachelor degree in Engineering related field or 2 years higher education considered with >8 years industry experience.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, entrepreneurial skills, and interpersonal skills necessary to operate in a team environment.
- Lean Management, Six Sigma and/or Operational Excellence training preferred.
Physical Demands:
Employees in this position are regularly required to sit, walk, stand and use hands to finger, handle or feel. They are occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employees regularly talk and hear and must be able to lift 10 pounds. Rarely employees are required to lift up to 50 pounds. Safety glasses, hearing protection and other PPE are required in designated areas.
* This job description is not all encompassing, however, is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.
Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team? We encourage you to apply – your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles!
Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.
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