Manager, Advanced Manufacturing

EOS•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

The Advanced Manufacturing Manager will lead the Advanced Manufacturing team to drive the development and integration of factory automation, manufacturing tooling and new technology to deliver results to achieve strategic goals to support manufacturing growth. This role will oversee the technical aspects of large-scale projects while leading a team of advanced manufacturing, controls, robotics and tooling engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, mechanical, industrial) or similar discipline required
Minimum 10 years of applied professional experience leading and facilitating engineering initiatives in a manufacturing environment required, advanced manufacturing experience preferred
Minimum 5 years of people management experience
Demonstrated business acumen with an ability to understand and identify improvement opportunities that will provide financial benefit to the business
Experience designing and deploying various automation and Industry 4.0 technologies
Robotics experience, Fanuc preferred
Plastic welding experience preferred
A strong understanding of digital technologies, data analysis skills, agility and adaptability, a collaborative and team-oriented approach, fostering innovation.
Strong communication skills, the ability to empower employees, and a focus on continuous learning/mentoring to navigate the rapidly changing landscape
Travel Overnight/North America: 10-25%

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing advanced manufacturing team fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
Develop automation strategies that align with business long range strategic planning.
Lead the design and execution of advanced manufacturing strategies to sustainably enhance productivity, reduce cost, and improve consistency of product quality leveraging leading edge industry 4.0 technology
Participate in the assessment of integrator/supplier technical and commercial capabilities.
Collaborate with quality, manufacturing, and engineering to identify and address systemic causes, implementing lasting solutions in processes and tools to prevent the recurrence of development issues.
Maintain documentation, SOPs, and best practices for advanced process development, tool development, and knowledge transfer to manufacturing.
Develop preferred methods/manufacturing systems in conjunction with manufacturing stakeholders.
Collaborate with manufacturing plants and functions to align business objectives
Own manufacturing technical readiness as a critical member of advanced manufacturing, with specific emphasis on manufacturing producibility, cost effectiveness, process repeatability; negotiate conflicting requirements, identify lessons-learned and DFM/DFA/DFSS opportunities and share/escalate to upstream product design engineers, supply chain and downstream manufacturing engineers.
Manage the release of new equipment/process into manufacturing; drive manufacturing readiness; secure production at scale capacity, throughput, yield, and process capability before release to sustaining teams in the factory.
Lead projects and technical teams from concept through deployment, ensuring performance requirements, timely delivery and ROI.