Hardware Engineering Manager jobs in Benton Harbor, MI

Engineering Manager

Shift: 1st shift 6:00am – 3:00pm

Pay Range: $90,000 - $120,000/year based on experience and qualifications

Location: Lawrence, MI

Job Overview-

• Engineering Managers will consult with management, production, and marketing staff to discuss project specifications and procedures, and to coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities. 
• The Engineering Manager will study product requirements carefully to find ways to reduce waste and improve performance.
• The Engineering Manager will discuss and lay out project specifications and make detailed plans to accomplish goals. 
• The Engineering Manager will recruit employees, assign, direct and evaluate their work; and oversee development and maintenance of staff competence. They will train new employees how to safely use machinery and follow procedures. They will write performance review and solve internal issues. 

Job Description-

• Oversee the review of production schedules, engineering specifications, process flows, and other information to understand methods that are applied and activities that take place in manufacturing and services
• Figure out how to manufacture parts or products, or deliver services, with maximum efficiency
• Develop management control systems to make financial planning and cost analysis more efficient
• Supervise quality control procedures to resolve production problems or minimize costs
• Design control systems to coordinate activities and production planning in order to ensure that products meet quality standards
• Work with customers and management to develop standards for design and production
• Confer with clients about product specifications, vendors about purchases, management personnel about manufacturing capabilities, and staff about the status of projects
• Perform time studies and create plant layouts
• Process flow mapping and process flow improvements

Job Requirements-

• Has SolidWorks & CAD Experience
• Experience with designing automated conveyor systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent education & work experience.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of Industrial Management Engineering type work experience.
• Ability to use creativity and ingenuity to design new production processes in many kinds of settings to reduce use of material resources, time, or labor while accomplishing the same goal
• Ability to create new systems to solve problems related to waste and inefficiency
• Must have logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Good listening and communication skills to solicit feedback from customers, vendors and production staff in order to fully grasp ideas and problems the first time
• Must have good math skills to use the principles of calculus, trigonometry, and other advanced topics in mathematics for analysis, design, and troubleshooting
• Ability to problem solve in designing facilities for manufacturing and processes for providing services
• Must have speaking skills to explain instructions to production staff or technicians. Being able to explain concepts clearly and quickly to prevent costly mistakes and loss of time
• Must have writing skills to create documentation for other professionals or for future reference. The documentation must be coherent and explain thought processes clearly so that others can understand the information

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