Core Responsibilities:

• Oversee all new product introduction engineering activities to ensure that milestones, budgets, and technical customer’s expectations are met.
• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the engineering staff ensuring they provide the necessary technical support to sales, manufacturing, and quality to achieve division objectives.
• Ensure that all manufacturing special processes and tooling conform to customer, organizational, and governmental standards.
• Direct the development of new manufacturing processes and the revision of existing processes to facilitate the improved manufacturing of parts.
• Provide technical support to all customers on engineering issues.
• Develop, coach and mentor team of engineers to ensure the highest level of performance and standards of excellence.
• Manages by way of Leadership Effectiveness (EI). Recognizes his/her emotions and that of his/her team and develops actions to motivate, inspire and direct in a more effective manner.
• Experience with financial modeling (Revenue stream vs. product costs vs. capital costs).
• Coordinate the development of tooling and N/C programs to support the processing of parts.
• Manages/supports inventory and accountability for customer owned property (tooling).
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs to produce legacy product.

Qualifications:

• 7 to10 years of aerospace industry engineering experience preferred with a process engineering background in the manufacturing of Titanium and Nickel based alloys including sheet metal forming, 3 and 5 axis machining, laser trimming, chemical processing, welding, and heat treating.
• Experience with AS9100, aerospace customer contracts, system requirements and Nadcap preferred.
• 3 to 5 years of supervisory experience. Demonstrated leadership effectiveness (Emotional Intelligence). Must be an effective change leader; balances consistency with flexibility and willing to change ideas in the face of new information.
• Seeks ideas for continuous improvement and change; suggests and encourages innovative ideas for products and processes.
• The successful candidate must be highly professional and ethical, with unquestioned integrity.
• Excellent communication skills required and ability to communicate change(s) effectively. Has the ability to influence, build commitment and overcome resistance to drive change initiatives.
• Knowledge of financial modeling (Revenue stream vs. product costs vs. capital costs).
• Understanding of ERP systems and engineering’s role within the system (Syteline experience preferred).
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project.
• Manage the design and build of all tooling for both internal and external build.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required in engineering. MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Understanding of lean principles and techniques. Six Sigma Black Belt certification a plus.