Design & Engineering Manager

Flex • Buffalo Grove, IL

15h

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. Job Summary General Purpose: Responsible for managing a team of Engineering & Design employees to ensure that cost, quality and delivery targets are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience and training.
• 9 years of engineering experience, including supervision.
• Demonstrates expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas
• Solid knowledge of injection molding.
• Demonstrated ability to develop talent as a key element of executing operational business plans.
• Provides strategic leadership for the function and the site.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree or MBA

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction to Engineering & Design teams.
• Oversee resources budgeting, allocation, review and approval.
• Track projects and progress through regular reviews.
• Develop dashboards and reports, which accurately measure progress, identify potential technical problems, and implement timely corrective actions to ensure that revenue commitments are met.
• Participate in tool design and feasibility technical reviews.
• Aid and guide in the development of product designs from proposal to delivery.
• Provide technical support to customer and Sales team.
• Implement appropriate HR Strategies and actions to recruit and retain a qualified and motivated workforce.
• Provide technical direction through mold debug.

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Pay Range (Applicable to Illinois) $142,300.00 USD - $195,700.00 USD Annual

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager