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PENN Automotive Inc Director of Manufacturing Engineering in Waterford, Michigan

  • Manage day to day of manufacturing engineering department including the (3) manufacturing departments, facilities and maintenance to successfully achieve the goals and objectives of the corporation.
  • Ensure production is adequately being supported with manufacturing engineering technical resources.
  • Drive accountability within Manufacturing Engineering group to ensure tasks, projects, and processes are timely and sufficient.
  • Facilitate interdepartmental communication within all facets of the business.
  • Responsible for Engineering's adherence and support of IATF-16949 certification, ISO-9001 and support ISO-14001 requirements.
  • Support new customers and new product onboarding, APQP, and feasibility analyses.
  • Participate in daily GEMBA walks and provide support for all engineering issues in the facility.
  • Ensure compliance with all corporate procedures.
  • Develop departmental budgets and perform all duties within the boundaries set by the approved budgets.
  • Develop, maintain, and oversee the use of engineering design standards for process / technology platforms (including BOMs, routers, material specs, ECN's, drawings).
  • Lead and enables an employee engaged safety culture.

Project Management:

  • Work with management team to identify business opportunities that can be turned into actionable projects.
  • Define project requirements, establish priorities, and manage expectations with Engineering staff.
  • Oversee and manage project pipeline and track team's progress to ensure company's goals and objectives are being met.

Financial Leadership:

  • Lead strategic capital process including 5-year vision and plan, current year progress tracking, new capital creation and execution.
  • Aggressively investigate new techniques, materials, and sources in a constant effort to reduce costs.

People Development:

  • Hiring, Training, Development, and movement of Engineer Staff across Profil N.A. team.
  • Develop cross-functional engineering team members capable of fully supporting each business unit.
  • Coach and mentor engineers within the business to continually expand their skillsets, responsibilities, and competencies.
  • Develop short- and long-range operating objectives, organizational structure, staffing requirements and succession plans.
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