Location
Meriden, CT | United States
Job description
- The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the engineering team and ensuring that key projects and engineering duties are fulfilled.
- Responsible for solving any engineering issue that comes up in a project.
- A few of the main duties of an engineering manager are answering technical questions proposing budgets for projects training new employees and working with various other departments. They must also prepare reports on progress of various projects.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Directs and oversees the development and implementation of engineering policies programs and processes which promote improved safe reliable and efficient performance of projects.
- Participates in the development evaluation and introduction of new technology changes.
- Ensures that improvements in systems processes and procedures are identified and delegated to the perspective engineers for team implementation.
- Identifies and implements improvements in processes and procedures.
- Provides expertise and focused attention on the companys growing and emerging technologies.
- Establishes plans to improve the cost effectiveness timeliness and reliability of engineering department operations.
- Directs the development and implementation of work process changes needed to improve efficiency quality and productivity.
- Plans and manages the departments financial resources through defining and developing capital operations and maintenance budgets.
- Manages selects coaches delegates and develops engineering staff.
- Assesses the need for and oversees implementation of programs to ensure employees possess technical and behavioral skills required to support project/operating plans.
- Problemsolving and provide solutions to engineering process problems. Identify and recommend improvements.
- Leads develops and delegates to the engineering team with the writing process policies procedures etc.
- Assign tasks to engineers gauge progress of various projects and collaborate with customers and various teams/departments on projects.
- Propose budgets create reports with project manager and other departments for various projects.
Qualifications:
- Minimum required bachelors degree (MBA or Masters in Engineering field preferred) and 5 years of engineering experience in Aerospace and/or Polymer industry preferred) with increasing responsibilities.
- Must have superior analytical and math skills and ability to make quick decisions.
- Ability to communicate in English and any another language is a plus.
- Demonstrate problemsolving abilities and ability to collaborate with multiple departments on various levels.
- Ability to create a set of qualifications for a new product and/or existing product.
- Interpersonal skills to manage a team of engineers and give constructive criticism.
- Cascade and translate strategies into action plans.
- Communicate goals and priorities (company department team); ensure line of sight.
- Drive accountability/monitor progress and communicate communicate communicate.
- Experience with writing procedures work instructions processes and policies.
Cognitive/Physical requirements:
Cognitive:
- Must be able to read and write English; requires ability to communicate effectively; subject matter expert of engineering practices and procedures.
- Skilled in both oral and written communication.
- Skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relations.
- MS Office and or related software/computer skills required. Knowledge of MRP or applicable software preferred.
- Familiarity with engineering software is also preferred.
Physical:
- The functions in this position will involve some physical effort of up to 50 lbs periodically.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit and stand climb stairs and occasionally bend and/or crouch.
- The employee is regularly required to walk and reach with hands and arms.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include normal and normal adjusted vision.
- The employee is regularly required to work in/out of an office as well as a production/manufacturing environment.
Direct Reports:
- This position reports to Sr. Program Mgr and Executive VP. This position has approximately three to four engineering direct reports.
Elastomeric,Polymeric,Rubber Compound
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