Production Engineering - Manager

North American Lighting•Paris, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

North American Lighting (NAL) is looking for a Production Engineering Manager to join their team. The ideal candidate will plan and direct the production engineering function and provide technical support to other engineering disciplines, manufacturing, or staff functions within his or her assigned manufacturing facility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related discipline
8 - 10 years of experience in manufacturing environment
2 - 4 years of experience in Production/Process Engineering
4 years of experience in a lead, supervisory, or management position

Nice To Haves

MBA or MS in Engineering
Experience with an automotive lighting manufacturer

Responsibilities

Plans and directs all production engineering activities and personnel within the plant, ensuring proper and effective support of new product launches by the production engineering department.
Ensures process control systems for all production processes, and provides adequate training to the manufacturing groups to assure capability of implementing control system.
Oversees the on-time input of the BOM/routings, and ensures that production rates and machine cycle times are available for input for all new products per the established project plan.
Assists in the preparation of Process Failure Mode and Effect Analyses (PFMEA), Process Design Sheets, Process Flow Diagrams, and other Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) activities.
Ensures proper utilization of equipment through updating engineering standards (i.e. production rates, machine load).
Ensures the on-time delivery of all equipment necessary to support new product launches.