Pay Scale: $86,250 - $143,750

Elite Comfort Solutions, a Leggett & Platt Company, is comprised of hardworking individuals dedicated to delivering innovative, high-quality foam products for the bedding and furniture markets and beyond. With locations around the globe, we offer a world of opportunities in areas such as business, information technology, and manufacturing.

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

Bedding

The world leader in bedding technology.

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

Job Summary: The Project Engineering Manager is responsible for the ownership of their respective areas to ensure that pouring operations and projects achieve their goals and our customers’ expectations are surpassed for quality and delivery. The Project Engineering Manager will develop and evaluate new processes and improve current process capability, efficiency and over productivity in all areas of foam pouring maintenance.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Education & Experience: Must be at least 18 years of age to perform this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Plan, direct, and coordinate the development of new products, designs, processes or offerings.
• Develops innovative solutions to complex foam manufacturing problems through identification and implementation of advance manufacturing and maintenance processes including conducting process analysis, applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials and soliciting observations from the pouring production and leadership teams.
• Refines and enhances processes by applying continuous improvement and preventative maintenance measures.
• Improves pourline efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment lay out. Coordinates input that may cross multiple teams or areas; makes recommendations and implements changes.
• Manages the overall lifecycle of assigned process.
• Manages team of skilled maintenance technicians in project work within the scope of industrial and electrical maintenance acumen.
• Evaluates capital equipment investments and prepare cost justifications.
• Oversees the design and preparation of concept drawing of new equipment or modifications to existing equipment.
• Oversees the development of tooling and fixtures for new products and processes and works with tooling vendors to supply such designs.
• Identifies and implements solutions for issues relating to safety, quality, productivity, and cost reductions.
• Prepares reports summarizing analyzed process information and trends.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (BS) in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or manufacturing preferred

Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired (3-5 years of related experience)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Practical knowledge of manufacturing and production engineering principles, concepts and general business operations.
• Ability to create detailed work instructions from engineering blueprints
• Familiarity in creating standard work documents
• Strong math and computer skills.
• Must possess strong mechanical aptitude, ability to use basic measuring tools, and hands-on capabilities to work on projects without supervision
• Good communications, interpersonal and problem solving skills.
• Must have ability to work with people at a cross-functional level both oral and written form
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.

• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; maintains a clean and organized work environment.
• Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
• Safety - Observes all safety procedures and policies; Reports potentially unsafe conditions to supervisor; Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Good attention to detail.
• Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions.

This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continual basis. It does not exclude other duties that may be assigned.

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Our Values

Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.

• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
• Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

Our Commitment to You

We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!

We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.

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