Senior Chief Manufacturing Engineer

About Pierce an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913 building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized carefully designed and engineering pumpers aerials tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today youll find more than 30000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in peoples lives every day. To us every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

Senior Chief Manufacturing Engineer R41162

This role will lead and manage a manufacturing engineering team and be responsible for driving continuous improvement efforts across different engineering disciplines. This role will be responsible for making critical decisions that have a large impact on projects and engineering initiatives and develop and foster engineers to think innovatively hold accountability and process improvement on a daily basis.

YOUR IMPACT:

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

1. Manage an engineering team by planning directing and coordinating activities establishing work priorities and ensuring program success.

2. Provide leadership coaching and development for team members through regular feedback mentoring training opportunities and creation of individual development plans.

3. Participate in the budgeting process including preparing and controlling budgets forecasting operating costs recommending capital improvements and preparing justification data. May have some level of P&L responsibility and is expected to demonstrate business acumen.

4. Research evaluate and propose new technologies to improve manufacturing processes and product quality.

5. Evaluate designs for manufacturability and provide technical assistance for prototype pilot and production support.

6. Participate in all phases of the New Product Development (NPD) process to ensure successful product launches in manufacturing.

7. Collaborate and maintain effective communication with suppliers internal and external customers and outside resources regarding technical issues and project objectives.

8. Create and maintain project documentation including project planning requirements analysis risk management issues management status reporting communication and quality assurance.

9. Analyze and resolve engineering issues reported via verbal or written communication.

10. Prepare technical proposals quotations reports and presentations; present and defend technical engineering decisions to Engineering leadership Oshkosh leadership and external customers.

11. Provide leadership to the Business Unit (BU) engineering group as needed to support BU and Corporate objectives including developing a strategic vision and innovative processes. 12. Lead Lean initiatives and continuous improvement efforts across teams; train mentor and engage engineers in lean thinking including 5S and Kaizen practices.

13. Identify implement and sustain process improvements that drive efficiency and quality. 14. Perform duties in an ethical professional manner consistent with the Oshkosh Way mission statement quality objectives and defined policies and procedures.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in operations engineering or related field.
• Twelve (12) or more years of relevant experience.
• Management experience.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience managing large capital projects
• Exposure/experience with Industry 4.0 digital factory and automation
• Possess a strong mechanical knowledge of vehicles and related systems
• Strong verbal presentation and written communication skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Experience and active participation in relevant professional organizations (SAE IFEE etc.)
• Previous experience with tooling and fixturing and tool design activity
• Extensive background in welding of all kinds and welding certifications
• Knowledge of different drawing softwares ( Catia Solidworks etc. ) and business operating systems
• Prior hands on experience with 5S Kaizen and continuous improvement methodologies

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