Manufacturing Engineer and Facilities Manager (Fort Payne, AL)

Manufacturing Engineer and Facilities Manager

Operating Company Environmental Solutions Group - Heil EnvironmentalLocation Fort Payne AL POSITION SUMMARY Provide planning direction and supervision for the Manufacturing Engineering Tooling Maintenance and Facilities Departments. Achieve safety quality and productivity goals in a continuous improvement environment as it relates to manufacturing facilities equipment processes and procedures. Possess great communication verbal written and management skills. Have sound knowledge of problem-solving methods lean manufacturing and just in time delivery principles. Provide key leadership in the implementation of lean manufacturing principals. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE Specific FunctionsManage lead and support the Manufacturing Engineering Maintenance Facilities and Tooling Teams. Lead and support the development of all required manufacturing processes to ensure products are produced safely and within required quality cycle time and cost specifications. Develop the annual capital equipment budget. Oversee the justification planning and execution of individual capital projects within schedule and budget guidelines. Oversee the maintenance of all routings and labor standards as well as manufacturing procedures and associated documentation including. Help manage the document control system. Write and manage ECNs. Provide planning and support for new product introductions. Seek out research develop cost analysis and justification for new methods procedures equipment and materials. Support production department managers with machine capacity labor balance and flow concept analysis in a high mix configured-to-order environment to optimize efficiency capacity and lead-time. Participate in and support Make vs. Buy initiatives. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management. Continuous ImprovementLead and support continuous improvement efforts to improve Safety Quality Delivery and Cost. Develop and lead cost reduction projects including labor efficiency improvements and both direct and indirect material spend. Identify manufacturing variability issues and work with Design Production and Maintenance to reduce or eliminate variance. Work with operations personnel to create standard work procedures enhance flow and implement Lean concepts throughout the plant including 5S Kaizen etc. JOB SPECIFICATIONS Bachelor s Degree in an Engineering field required. Professional Engineer s license preferred. At least 5 years experience in fabrication paint and assembly operations Experience in heavy industrial manufacturing preferred. At least 5 years previous experience as a supervisor or manager. Must have knowledge with actual experience preferred using Pro E CAD system. Lean Manufacturing and structured problem-solving experience. Demonstrate prior experience with quality procedures such as SPC and FMEA preferred ISO 9001 knowledge and experience preferred. At least 2 years experience with machine and fixture design. At least 5 years experience with developing writing and executing capital equipment and facility layout projects. Must be a self-starter and work under limited supervision. Must exercise substantial degree of judgment. Must have excellent oral and written communications skills.