Engineering Manager, Test & Manufacturing Engineering

MSA, The Safety Company • Cranberry, PA • 1w ago

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate your ability to create solutions and drive improvements as the Cranberry Engineering Manager, Test & Manufacturing Engineering. In this exciting role, you'll manage a diverse team of Test Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, and Test Engineering Technicians. This position reports directly to the Plant Manager.

Lead Cranberry Test and Manufacturing Engineers maintaining the right mix of skills, staff size, and individual development activities to achieve organizational objectives; collaboratively set objectives for staff members, monitor progress, and provide coaching and support to achieve desired results; develop and maintain positive working relationships with individuals at all organizational levels, both inside and outside the Cranberry plant

Advocate for safety in all aspects of Cranberry plant operations, adhering to company and site-specific safety policies, practices, and programs, including the OSHA VPP program.

Manage and allocate resources for both Test Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers to support key stakeholders in Cranberry as well as support requests from other MSA locations.

Actively deploy the engineering resources to sustain existing test systems and assembly equipment and fixtures. Prioritize resources based on customer's needs as production demands change.

Leveraging the MSA Business System, allocate resources to effectively achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and CI goals.

Support initiatives to introduce new products into continuous serial mixed-model production, working collaboratively with product engineering to launch products on schedule at cost target

Utilize Manufacturing Engineers to support NPD assembly equipment and automation initiatives collaborating with the Operations Technology team.

Collaborate with the NPD Test Engineering Manager to ensure best practices are deployed across both Test Engineering functions.

Demonstrate the technical knowledge associated with test systems to best manage the Test Engineering team.

Engage the Jira system to understand trends in Test Engineering resource usage and use it to drive change within the team.

Develop programs and strategies for engineering and/or research of new or existing products. Continuously explore new opportunities, remaining open to new ideas, and championing innovation.

Collaborate with direct reports to establish developmental goals and plans. Create learning opportunities and monitor progress toward these goals. Ensure that employee development process is continuous.

Support the Cranberry Plant with CAPEX expenditures to meet annual CAPEX budgets

Plan and manage engineering budget and support plant conversion cost reduction plan to achieve annual goals.

Coordinate the development and implementation of test and manufacturing documentation

Effectively communicate information (both technical and administrative) to staff and senior management on an ongoing basis.

Qualifications

Special knowledge, skills and abilities required:

Proven ability to lead, develop, coach, and motivate people; and to promote teamwork, individual accountability, and to influence attitudes and behaviors at all levels of the organization, including stakeholders and parties, internal and external, to the Cranberry site

Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills

Proven ability to lead a diverse workforce and provide the motivation and sense of urgency to achieve increasing levels of performance.

Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks, solve technical problems along with proven project management skills

Proven ability to act independently, to take personal initiative, and to follow initiatives through to completion

Demonstrated and thorough knowledge of manufacturing processes

Proficiency with MS Word, Excel and Power Point.

Demonstrated ability to create innovative solutions and drive change.

Proven ability to project a positive, professional image and promote positive relations.

Excellent decision-making skills including the ability to identify project obstacles and creatively develop alternative solutions. Make recommendations on course of action for approval and follow through.

Up to 10% domestic travel

Education and experience required:

B.S. in an engineering discipline, preferably from an ABET accredited program

8+ years of relevant experience

M.S. degree may be substituted from up to 2 years of relevant experience.

Education and experience preferred:

M.S. in Engineering or MBA

Continuing education in management studies

5+ Years manufacturing experience

2+ Years supervisory experience

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