Project Engineering Manager

American Woodmark - Gas City, IN

Full-time - Mid Level

Gas City, IN

5,001-10,000 employees

Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing

About the position

Overall Coordination of engineering, projects and systems to support the manufacturing operations in meeting and/or exceeding established goals. A key part of this role will be to install and commission a first of its kind progressive build cell and install future automation of the cell and the entire assembly process.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership skills in successfully leading projects from start to completion without frequent direct supervision.
• Responsible for reporting activities and results to management as required.
• Utilizes AWC Project Management roadmap, processes, templates and tools to track all aspects of Capital Projects along with document control.
• Identify, develop, plan, and implement capital projects as needed.
• Provide leadership in planning, directing and supervision of engineering and plant personnel in support of ongoing operations and projects.
• Support the plant operations by defining improved process flows and continual improvement efforts.
• Support and lead cross functional teams as well as interact with all levels of employees, external vendors and customers.
• Conduct Capacity Modeling and equipment capability studies.
• Actively participate on assigned teams and/or projects.
• Provide a safe and productive work environment, including housekeeping.
• Role model CITE and Working in Teams principles.
• Perform other tasks as directed by direct supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering; electrical or mechanical desired, but other disciplines will be considered.
• Computer aided drafting required. AutoCAD preferred with Inventor proficiency a plus.
• Minimum of 6 years of manufacturing engineering experience; wood related preferred.
• Experience in material flows, continuous improvement practices; and process analysis.
• CNC programming experience is highly preferred but not required.
• Six Sigma and or lean training is a plus.
• Strong planning/Organization & Time Management skills.
• Completion of a variety of capital projects in an industrial setting.
• Demonstrated project management/leadership roles with complete project ownership.
• Experience managing internal maintenance staff and external contractors on a project basis.
• Previous experience with complying with regulated environments (i.e. OSHA, EPA).

Nice-to-haves

• CNC programming experience.
• Six Sigma and or lean training.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.