Manufacturing Engineer Manager

Upbound staffing is focused on employment and created in partnership with the Autism Alliance of Michigan. We specialize in serving individuals with ASD or neurodevelopmental disorders and connecting them with employment opportunities. With this, we have professionals who will develop and support candidates throughout the hiring process, transition into work, and during the first year of employment to ensure a successful employment experience.

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Description:

Guides and directs Manufacturing Engineering staff to provide dependable processes and equipment to the manufacturing organization. Continuously strives to drive improvement in machine up-time, production efficiency, and overall plant productivity through improvement and automation opportunities. Responsible for creating, maintaining, and improving the CN programs required to fabricate components on the equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Improves manufacturing process to drive optimal efficiency performance.
• Monitors and improves the machine up-time on all major pieces of equipment.
• Coordinates Manufacturing Engineering department workload within the department and with expectations of those outside the department.
• Assists with Safety and Environmental compliance for the production facility.
• Proposes and manages all capital expenditures for the production facility.
• Drives accountability and ownership of plant Safety, Quality, and Efficiency performance and goals.
• Ensures that all production equipment has optimized CN programs to efficiently produce the required product.
• Manages staff priorities. Selects, hires, and trains employees. Recommends salary increases and conducts performance reviews.
• Solves problems with departmental and internal customers.
• Assists the Maintenance Supervisor and/or other appropriate leadership with programs, activities, and responsibilities of the maintenance department.
• Writes reports, general correspondence, and employee appraisals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering.
• More than eight years of manufacturing experience required.
• Experience managing a team of engineers required.

Skills Required:

• Knowledge of various manufacturing processes including metal fabrication, vacuum forming, robotics, and assembly.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Proven track record of automation and labor optimization.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills required.

Working Conditions:

• Plant environment with occasional discomfort due to dust, noise, and fumes.
• Extended work hours frequently required.
• Work requires attention to details, pressures related to meeting deadlines, scheduling requirements, and simultaneous projects. Work is frequently interrupted by distracting influences such as people, telephone calls, etc.
• Work may occasionally require heavy lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying of up to 40 pounds.

Status: FT

Hours per week: 40 (extended work hours frequently required)