Product Engineering Manager

Fee Paid By Company and Relocation Assistance! . Our Client a TIER 1 supplier of engines to OEM's is seeking a Product Engineering Manager for their Mississippi location. Ideal candidate will posses but not limited to the following:

General Description:

Develop and lead the Product Engineering team at the manufacturing facility. This team's charter is to establish and maintain complete product engineering responsibility for all launched products including:
· Lead effort to establish plant autonomy
1. Identify and resolve resource gaps
2. Establish interface with customer engineering
3. Coordinate installation of CAD resource
4. Manage logistics of personnel and equipment transition
5. Clarify documentation release process
· Lead and Support productivity improvements
· Lead and Support cost reduction activities
· Assess and determine part disposition on product integrity concerns
· Provide New Product Development support
1. Manage resources to support prototype construction and testing
2. Participate in design reviews
3. Participate in preliminary process capability studies

The team supports this activity and plant production through reviewing all Change Management System requests, reviewing component deviation requests, developing and issuing and making print and specification changes through the APCN system, performing data analysis for continuous improvement, and participating in customer quality issues.

Primary responsibility is the direction and supervision of engineering personnel and the control of activity prioritization. Provides the leadership and direction that fosters team progress and the initiative to take on challenging assignments. Capable of guiding problem solving activity and fostering the use and development of pertinent analytical skills.

Considered technical expert with good customer interface skills. Must provide in-depth product focus with ability to perform and manage all of the Key Accountabilities while demonstrating strong Key Competencies. Provides strong project management skills.

"Dotted line" reporting to Plant Manager. Represents Product Engineering on Plant Manager's staff.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Leadership - Creates strong morale and team spirit within the team while actively fostering wins/successes through results.
2. Project Success - Primary responsibility for attaining project and management goals on time and within established budget. May be responsible for establishing project budgets. Responsible for predicting and communicating difficulties in meeting these objectives to management.
3. Program Management - Primary responsibility for managing engineering activities related to production launch and support in production including participation in design reviews, support of prototype construction, testing and preliminary process capability studies and continuing production, DV and PV testing as required.
4. Customer Management - Provide technical interface with customers as necessary to support development, production release, and maintenance of products including ACRM and warranty improvement. This would include professional representation of BW in all arenas of possible customer presence. Responsible for recognizing the need for and initiating appropriate management actions to assure positive customer relationship.
5. Teamwork - Responsible for providing in-plant support of platform team objectives. Considers and seeks out the impact of his/her actions within the team. Actively seeks collaboration with internal and external team members, especially the Powertrain Center.
6. Responsible for supporting division wide cost reduction and containment initiatives.
7. Document Control - Responsible for management of all aspects of document control requirements as indicated in Design Control section of QS9000 Manual at initiation of product launch phase. This would include Design Control files, DFMEA, Parts Lists, Drawings, Specifications and DVP&R's.
8. Prototype Program Management - Support all activities related to the development, testing and delivery of prototype products to customers, plants and internal TS uses.
9. Special Assignments - Responsible for completion of special assignments as required.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Education/Experience
· Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical (preferred)
· Greater than 5 years product design and development experience with electromechanical products required
· Production manufacturing experience with Tier One automotive supplier preferred
· Supervision experience in technical business preferred
· Management presentation skills and experience
· Project leadership experience desired
· Familiarity with Program Management concepts required

Key Competencies
· Priority Setting - Spends his/her time and the time of others on what's important; Quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; Can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; Eliminates roadblocks; Creates focus.
· Decision Quality - Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgments. Most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; Sought out by others for advice and solutions.
· Motivating Others - Creates a climate in which people want to do their best; Can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team or project members; Can assess each person's hot button and use it to get the best out of him/her; Pushes tasks and decisions down; Empowers others; Invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility; Makes each individual feel his/her work is important; Is someone people like working for and with.
· Building Effective Teams - Blends people into teams when needed; Creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; Shares wins and successes; Fosters open dialogue; Lets people finish and be responsible for their work; Defines success in terms of the whole team; Creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
· Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; Probes all fruitful sources for answers; Can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; Looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
· Timely Decision Making - Make decisions in a timely manner; Doing so at times with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; Able to make a quick decision.
· Drive for Results - Can be counted on to exceed goals; Successful, is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; Very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
· Dealing with Ambiguity - Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
· Listening - Practices attentive and active listening; has the patience to hear people out; can accurately restate the opinions of others even when he/she disagrees.
· Functional Technical Skills - Has the functional knowledge and skill to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
REQUIREMENTS
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