Manager, Production Engineering- Naval Systems

Marotta•Montville, NJ

64d•$110,770 - $163,307•Onsite

About The Position

Elevate your career at Marotta Controls, a New Jersey Top Workplace three years running! Dedicated to innovation, quality and excellence, we deliver cutting edge control systems for the Aerospace & Defense industry. At Marotta, we value bold thinking and teamwork, and we empower our employees to push boundaries while delivering top-tier solutions to our customers. Our team fosters a fun, collaborative culture where creativity and technical excellence thrive! Your next big opportunity starts here. Be part of a company where your work supports a mission that makes a difference-apply today! Manager, Production Engineering (Naval Systems) Position Profile: The Manager, Production Engineering role leads the team of engineers that are responsible for product specifications, documentation, tooling and procedures for manufacturing Naval products from low-rate initial production through sustaining legacy product lines in a cost effective and timely fashion to meet the customer's needs and schedules. The Manager, Production Engineering executes this responsibility through the planning, organizing, directing and supervision of direct staff as well as assigned cross functional staff, as needed. This role is responsible for assigned engineering activities in the production phase including definition, plans, analysis, test definition and review, results, manufacturing coordination, schedules, budgets and reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
>5 years' relevant work experience in an advanced manufacturing environment (Aerospace, Military, Automotive, etc.)
Demonstrated relevant leadership experience
Familiarity with government contractual procurement procedures, standards and quality requirements
Exemplary verbal/written communication skills required for multi-faceted interactions with all levels of personnel within the organization, as well as any and all outside agents, including but not limited to, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential job candidates, etc.
Highly computer literate, with MS Office/PC expertise, and demonstrated experience with applicable systems, programs, equipment, etc.
Must be a US Citizen

Responsibilities

Drive the advancement of the company's production engineering capabilities and product streamlining initiatives.
Support the team to execute on manufacturing readiness initiatives for new and legacy products.
Develop manufacturing fixtures and custom tooling for new products, including stress calculations, tolerance stackups and ergonomic considerations.
Generate procedures, processes, and fixtures for product lines to scale with the growth targets of the organization.
Utilize computational tools to achieve improved process capabilities, including, but not limited to, dynamic analysis (MATLAB), requirements traceability (DOORS), FEA structural and thermal analysis (Pro/Mechanica), CAD/CAM (Pro/E), and internally developed analysis techniques (Valve Design).
Support proposals, program costing, operational efficiencies, and effectiveness (cost reduction) programs.
Generate and review work orders/routing steps for new and existing products. Cross-communicate with other operations functions to establish accurate capacity and production flow.
Generate and review complex assembly procedures for new and existing valve models, including the design of novel fixturing for new products.
Handle constantly changing requirements in an organized fashion to meet challenging design requirements, delivery dates, and cost goals.
Actively participate in the development of Marotta business and engineering strategy to achieve company financial and business goals.
Develop, manage, and maintain engineering knowledge, expertise, and resources to support past, current and developing products.
Monitor the progress of Projects, take action to keep on track (time, money, quality) and make adjustments when needed.
Provide information to internal and external customers on project progress and latest expectations.
Recruit, hire, orient, manage, develop, motivate, recognize, reward and, where necessary, discipline personnel.
Develop external relationships with customers, consultants and vendors to extend the engineering competencies and resources to address Marotta business needs.
Address potential issues proactively and apply real-time problem solving skills to achieve prompt resolution.
Allocate resources, materials and the scheduling of equipment for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel.
Bring initiatives and activities to closure in a timely manner through effective interaction with individuals, both internal and external to the Marotta organization.
Manage and facilitate training, as needed, to maintain a cross-trained workforce and to support operational goals and objectives.
Ensure self, and other personnel are abiding by all safety, quality, housekeeping and company policies/procedures to ensure compliance to all regulatory and internal system requirements.
Promote and foster a positive and cooperative work environment through effective communication at all levels internal and external to the organization.
Organize and lead team meetings, improvement initiatives/programs, etc. to provide constructive recommendations and initiate actions to support company initiatives/goals.
Consistently demonstrate commitment to company values.
Keep Executive management informed of area activities and any significant problems.
Assume responsibility for related duties as required or assigned.
Ensure that work area and work areas of direct reports are clean, secure, and well maintained.
Complete special projects and miscellaneous assignments as required.
Continually pursue improvement opportunities.