The group leader for manufacturing process engineering will be responsible for day to day engineering and problem solving within the Electric Rack Steering assembly area. This position will manage the team responsible for ensuring targets are met in regards to safety, quality, cost and delivery by reducing scrap, improving cycle time, and other process improvements. In this role, the incumbent will work hand in hand with Planning Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Quality, and Logistics to ensure that we are meeting our targets.
Job Description
- Directs engineering work for manufacturing engineers supporting the problem solving process for scrap reduction, cycle time reduction, and overall process improvements
- Supports continuous improvement activities to improve safety, quality and productivity for assigned areas of responsibility
- Responsible for budget planning for line improvement activities, builds business cases and manages spending according to plan
- Ensure the equipment OEE, rejects/FTT, and IDC (scrap cost) are meeting the business targets
- Support and ensure the operations team is able to meet their production targets
- Coordinates the engineering change process for the ER value stream in close collaboration with design engineering, quality engineering and logistics
- Create, manage and maintain high performance culture within the engineering team
- Participate and build international and national network within the company