Manager, Engineering – Program Sr.

Job Description:

Position Summary:

A Senior Program Engineering Manager is ultimately responsible for the product design development and the release of their respective departments products. This individual must demonstrate discipline vision and leadership in order to ensure direct reports are engineering company products appropriately. This is accomplished through documentation administration implementation and enforcement of the procedures standards and best practices inside and outside of the department.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support approve and enforce engineering standards through implementation of best practices company processes and design reviews
• Enforce full design and specification reviews across all components and assemblies according to TS Cooper Standard Design and Process Standards
• Anticipate and recognize systemic issues within and outside the department and develop action plans for improvement
• Accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams
• Support and implement the overall department product strategy and translate into actionable items for the team
• Develop departmental plans including business production and/or organizational priorities
• Develop and meet department personnel expense capital budgets and ensure that budget line items are tracked and expensed properly between departments facilities and regions
• Ensure products are developed by utilizing CAE and 6 Sigma tools and structure to ensure product and processes are fully validated
• Impacts the business results of a discipline by supporting and funding of projects products services and/or technologies and developing policies and plans
• Ensure clear communication of lessons learned are shared within their respective department and across other departments including but not limited to Purchasing Materials Quality etc.
• Allocate resources to ensure proper support of all department business
• Identifies and resolves complex technical operational and organizations problems
• Provide leadership to managers and professional staff
• Influence others internally and externally including senior leaders
• Oversee reporting of DV and PV plans/status/results including any failures and root cause analysis to executive management
• Work closely with crossfunctional teams with regards to identified VA/VE opportunities
• Support the evaluation and troubleshooting of product build issues during all phases of the product lifecycle
• May on occasion be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description. Performs other related duties

Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree preferred; Masters or other advanced degree is a plus
• Minimum of seven years prior management experience
• Working knowledge of customer functional performance requirements
• Experience with launching several products from initial concept prototype and customer trials production launch and service
• Experience in tracking and recording internal and customer identified open issues from point of identification through to resolution
• Ability to apply indepth understanding of the business and of how own discipline integrates within the function to contribute to the achievement of business results
• Requires broad understanding and application of concepts theories and principles within own discipline and knowledge of other disciplines
• Black Belt or SixSigma experience a plus
• Must have excellent technical and mechanical aptitude
• Complete understanding of DFMEA DVPR&R PFMEA Control Plans APQP and Problem Solving
• Excellent written verbal and presentation skills
• Experience and understanding of the new vehicle development process
• Knowledge of customer product development and engineering change processes acronyms are a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Willingness and ability to travel as necessary

Work Environment/Work Conditions:

• Professional Office Environment
• Must wear proper personal protection equipment while on manufacturing floor
• Travel to manufacturing facilities or customer locations when required
• Equipment used requires proper training on the potential for and avoidance of injury

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