Job Description:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Working with Innovation Strategy Manager to understand industry strategy changes and apply these to new product and application designs
•    Innovates creative product solutions to meet customer needs and works with internal patent department, collaborating with program managers, manufacturing, and sales team throughout the innovation process – from Discover through Create and into Develop
•    Plans and formulates for project timetable to meet CBI pipeline needs
•    Works with S&E teams to partner with customers (Automotive OEMs) and understand the needs, using market trends and current product knowledge to make appropriate recommendations
•    Coordinate activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling and resolving engineering design and test problems reporting results and status as needed
•    Manages and develops suppliers in various fields of manufacturing concerning metal, plastic injection mold makers and rubber industries.
•    Forms production, QA and engineering teams dedicated to specific phases or aspects of project such as technical studies, product design, preparation of specifications and technical plans and product testing.
•    Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards and customer contract requirements and related specifications.
•    Acts as facilitator to ensure commitments to customer are met in a timely manner and within budget.
•    Coordinates parts design and tool design activities per customer specification
•    Responsible for financial budget for individual preproduction and development projects
•    Follows IATF 16949 procedures if customer required and descriptions per the ITW handbook.
•    Interprets engineering specifications
•    Authors DFMEA’s, PFMEAs and champions 8D problem solving activities
•    Review RFQ package:  Identify customer part numbers, create bills of materials, derive part weights, evaluate annual volumes, key dates, assembly plant locations.
•    Develop BOM’s (bill of Materials)
•    Interpret customer specifications.
•    Prepare customer reviews, technical presentations and open issues list.
•    Develop design validation test plans.
•    Develop and maintain tooling, assembly and test equipment financial plans and documents.
•    Participate in regular APQP activities and meetings and AAR events.
•    Create FEA reports.
•    Lead customer, supplier and ITW tooling and product design signoffs and kick offs.
•    Lead RFQ activities with tooling, automation and gauge suppliers.
•    Nominate supplier:  Tooling/Parts/Gauges/Automation.
•    Develop packaging plans per customer requirements.
•    Support customer build and launch activities.
•    Monitor tooling, gauge and assembly concepts according to ITW standards.
•    Maintain customer milestone timing in customer portals.
•    Issue molding sample requests.
•    Monitor serial part history.
•    Monitor release of production to operations.

QUALIFICATIONS
•    B.S. in Engineering or Engineering Technology with an emphasis in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
•    5+ years of experience in engineering and project management in a manufacturing environment
•    Project management experience preferably Tier 1 automotive.  PMI PMP certification preferred
•    Knowledge in Plastic Injection Molding part design, performance, material selection, tooling technology
•    Must be adaptable, flexible, organized and act with a sense of urgency and able to operate independently
•    Must have demonstrated analytical/problem-solving, project management/task planning, engineering risk assessment, creativity/innovation and technical leadership skills
•    Must be able to make sound, logical judgements using deductive reasoning, attention to detail; understand the cause and effect of such decisions
•    Ability to travel up to 35% to support the customer and launch process
•    Strong organization skills, and ability to take on special projects from concept to implementation and maintaining
•    Fluent in MS Project, and MS Office Suite
•    Decision making skills
•    Project Management
•    Cross functional communication
•    Customer launch team interfacing
•    Root cause analysis

Interpersonal Skills
Alternative or combined skills in understanding, counseling, and/or influencing people are important in achieving job objectives, causing action, understanding others, or changing behavior; and, skills of persuasiveness or assertiveness, as well as sensitivity to the point of view of others.

COMPETENCIES
•    Technical and Analytical Skills
•    Time Management and Communication Skills
•    Prioritizes regular workload, special tasks and concurrent projects, allocating time and resources to ensure that work is completed accurately and efficiently within established time frame. 
•    Data collection and analysis
•    Risk Taking
•    Sales Negotiation
•    Creativity
 

Compensation Information:

$79,000-$105,000