Engineering Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in manufacturing industrial engineering and process development.

Nice To Haves

• Manager-level experience leading salaried direct reports.
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Master’s degree in Engineering or Business Management.
• Experience using MODAPTS to determine required labor levels for current and future products.
• Experience setting time standards and labor levels in assembly and backshop processes, including stamping, cavity fabrication, CNC fabrication, and finishing.
• Experience conducting ergonomic studies and implementing solutions to reduce ergonomic risks.
• Demonstrated ability to drive lean manufacturing initiatives, such as World Class Manufacturing.
• Experience as a Workplace Organization pillar leader and/or WCM site lead.
• Confidence and willingness to take calculated risks, implement new ideas, drive results, and sustain change.
• Demonstrated ability to provide an engaging work environment.
• Proven ability to attract and develop talented people and effectively allocate and utilize resources.
• Experience with Proplanner Manufacturing Data Management for the Product Lifecycle software (PLM-MDM).

Responsibilities

• Develop plans and drive actions to improve labor efficiencies and eliminate non-value-added activities.
• Lead production line rate increases and shift additions to reduce backorders.
• Drive World Class Manufacturing methodologies and champion the concept of “Zero” to eliminate losses in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people; serve as the site lead for WCM.
• Manage costs by monitoring and reducing controllable spend and overtime, and lead Kaizen projects to reduce losses and improve efficiency.
• Proactively seek and value diversity and help bring out everyone’s contributions.
• Coach direct reports in skill-building and career development to build organizational capability.
• Build relationships across manufacturing and with Human Resources, Legal, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, and Logistics.
• Collaborate with peers at other Whirlpool manufacturing locations and with global business, brand, channel/corporate technology, and finance organizations; leverage enterprise-wide expertise.
• Improve organizational, technical, and business information processes and systems through lean and innovative ideas.
• Partner with product development teams to ensure appropriate technology and processes support new products and enable seamless launches.
• Participate in product-line rationalization, simplification, and core/non-core discussions.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package.
• Whirlpool employee discount.
• Fitness and educational reimbursement programs.
• Kitchenettes.
• Always On Flexibility to manage personal, family, and outside-of-work commitments.
• Two weeks of work from anywhere per year, in minimum one-week increments.
• Four weeks of paid sabbatical leave after every five years of service.