Manager, Production Engineering (Wilson Road)

Default•Chattanooga, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Manager establishes and directs a technical engineering team to define, develop, and design new product lines from concept to full production as well as expand existing product lines for the forestry and recycling markets ensuring customer technical and cost requirement satisfaction. As a member of the Leadership Team, the Engineering Manager will develop cost effective and product improvement strategies for existing products and provide leadership and mentoring to the Engineering Department and site staff

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field or equivalent and/or combination of training and experience.
5 – 8 years in an Engineering related field.
Proficient in the use of SolidWorks and/or Autodesk Inventor to generate 3D solid model designs from concept to fabrication.
Familiarity with industry policies and procedures to ensure safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance.
Must possess in-depth understanding in one of mechanical engineering and design criteria.
Thorough working knowledge of plant engineering, industrial engineering, and tooling.

Responsibilities

Propose and schedule engineering deliverables to manufacturing.
Research and develop designs and products.
Provide clear and concise instructions to engineering teams.
Ensure that final machines designs are cost-effective and meets requirements.
Support manufacturing with product applications.
Directs a team of designers and drafters to establish deadlines, develop goals, and produce engineering deliverables for manufacturing.
Responsible for on-time delivery of engineering deliverables to manufacturing.
Develops, deploys, monitors, and measures internal design standards within all engineering groups and subgroups ensuring accuracy of the Bill of Material (BOM) and its structure on drawings and for computer use.
Ensures final output of machine designs are functional, cost-effective, and meet customer requirements.
Prepares, communicates, and monitors individual workloads to optimize and adhere to project schedules as well as capacity management.
Develops department best practices and standard operating procedures to include integration and hand-off of designs to manufacturing.
Promotes good communication and engagement amongst internal and external teams to ensure customer expectations are met.
Inspires, mentors, grows, and develops engineering talent while providing vision and direction for the team.
Promote and ensure adherence to Astec Global Engineering Governance.
Ensure synergy and standardization across multiple product lines.
Reviews manufacturing processes for cost effectiveness and feasibility.
Hold the Engineering Team accountable for Astec Core Values, strategic plan performance, budget performance and schedule performance.
Works with Operations to ensure new parts are compatible with capabilities. Identifies when new capability is required
Provides status reports to the Director of Engineering for projects under their supervision