Manager Manufacturing

Leonardo DRS, Inc.•West Plains, MO

41d•Onsite

About The Position

The Leonardo DRS Land Systems business is a recognized leader in the design and integration of complex technologies into new and legacy systems and platforms for global military and commercial customers. We are a 6 year running Top Workplace in the Greater St. Louis area. This role is responsible for supervising a team of engineers on an activity and completion of activity on time and budget. The manager will also manage budget, cost and schedule input for design assignments, drive the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements, and communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer as required. They will participate in the preparation of proposals, perform design reviews, and supervise and direct the work of others as assigned. The role also involves supporting, communicating, reinforcing, and defending the mission, values, and culture of the organization, and attending appropriate engineering, customer, or business meetings. Additionally, the manager will oversee the development and implementation of manufacturing processes to maintain proper product functionality as well as cost efficiency, ensuring the engineering team and other manufacturing departments work together cohesively. This includes responsibility for the development of equipment to aid in the manufacturing process, reviewing, evaluating, and implementing engineering changes and specification requirements, and providing input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. The role requires the capability to resolve escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments, as well as developing manufacturing process plans, test requirements, manufacturing flow, and capacity plans. Finally, the manager will review detail designs for manufacturability and producibility and lead Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis workshops.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 5 years of experience

Responsibilities

Responsible for supervising a team of engineers on an activity and completion of activity on time and budget
Ability to supervise a technical group independently
Manage budget, cost and schedule input for design assignments
Drive the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer as required
Participate in preparation of proposals
Perform design reviews
Supervise and direct the work of others as assigned
Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings
Manage/supervise a team of engineers
Other duties as assigned
Manage a team that oversees the development and implementation of manufacturing processes to maintain proper product functionality as well as cost efficiency.
Ensure the engineering team and other manufacturing departments work together cohesively.
Responsible for the development of equipment to aid in the manufacturing process.
Review, evaluate and implement engineering changes and specification requirements.
Provide input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility.
Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments.
Develop manufacturing process plans, test requirements, manufacturing flow, and capacity plans.
Review detail designs for manufacturability and producibility.
Lead Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis workshops.