Manufacturing Engineering Technical Leader - Strivector

Our client is an American-based designer and manufacturer of electric, electro-hydraulic and hydraulic motion, controls and systems for applications in aerospace, defense, industrial and medical devices.

THE JOB

As Manufacturing Engineering Technical Leader, you will provide the primary technical leadership of Manufacturing Engineering for the Aircraft Group s East Aurora Small parts machining and tool design operations. This leadership is directed to the manufacturing engineering personnel, currently consisting of six Manufacturing Engineers. You will direct the team's daily activity to support the shop areas over which they have been assigned.

As a Manufacturing Engineering Technical Leader your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Provide technical leadership to the Manufacturing Engineering department.
• Serve as the technical focal point for Manufacturing Engineering on the manufacturing floor.
• Provide leadership and support to the process teams to ensure the success of structured work teams.
• Organize and operate within the matrix organization philosophy.
• Provide input on job selections, job evaluations, performance appraisals, and training issues within the Manufacturing Engineering Department.
• Promote the building of relationships and respect between process teams, cells, functional manufacturing, design engineering, and product delivery.
• Promote the sharing of new concepts, ideas, and tooling between process teams, cells, functional manufacturing, departments, divisions, and campuses throughout companyto achieve one common goal.
• Promote a common goal to produce products in the most efficient, cost-effective, and timely manner .
• Control non-recurring costs and schedules to meet objectives established in original estimates.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Most importantly, you need to be a passionate Manufacturing Engineering Technical Leader who enjoys his work and is considered to be one of the best within your organization. The ideal Manufacturing Engineering Technical Leader would be someone with deep experience in many (if not all) of the following:

• BS Degree (ME or IE preferred) and 8 Years of Manufacturing Engineering Experience.
• Manufacturing processing knowledge and experience.
• CNC programming experience is preferred.
• Equivalent education and experience may be considered.

We understand that even if you are a seasoned Manufacturing Engineering Technical Leader you may not have all the skills listed here. If you are a good at what you do and have a willingness to learn, lets talk.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Compensation: Based on Experience. One of the best in the industry
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree
Minimum Experience: 7+ to 10 years experience
Type of position: Full time Permanent Position with benefits
Telecommute: No
Location: East Aurora, New York
Relocation accepted: Yes