Engineering Manager
Elkhart, IN
Full Time
Manager/Supervisor
Position Summary:
The Engineering Manager is a technical expert who is responsible for leading cross functional teams to complete assigned projects within time and budget constraints. The Engineering Manager is responsible for the team's performance and quality of work. Typical duties include assessing the team's skills and implementing training as needed, leading design reviews, verifying and documenting performance of engineered products against the design requirements, developing new test procedures, conducting intellectual property assessments, and delivering the phase review process deliverables for each project.
The Engineering Manager role is intended to be a lead-in position to VP of Engineering and has significant growth potential within SHIELD and TransDigm Group. Potential candidates will be required to take pre-employment assessments.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The Engineering Manager is a technical expert who is responsible for leading cross functional teams to complete assigned projects within time and budget constraints. The Engineering Manager is responsible for the team's performance and quality of work. Typical duties include assessing the team's skills and implementing training as needed, leading design reviews, verifying and documenting performance of engineered products against the design requirements, developing new test procedures, conducting intellectual property assessments, and delivering the phase review process deliverables for each project.
The Engineering Manager role is intended to be a lead-in position to VP of Engineering and has significant growth potential within SHIELD and TransDigm Group. Potential candidates will be required to take pre-employment assessments.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the engineering team to deliver products on time that result in both high customer satisfaction and achieve targets for quality, performance, and profitability
- Responsible for team leadership & employee motivation, management, and talent development
- Prioritize, assign, and review the work of project team Engineers and CAD Designers
- Ensure team members manage projects per SHIELD procedures and the PDP process
- Stimulate team members to think of creative solutions to difficult problems
- Mentor team members in the development of customers, products, processes and Shield culture
- Set and achieve goals for continuous improvement of your team through training and annual performance reviews for team members
- Keep abreast of technological innovations and customer trends within the industry and encourage team members to do the same
- To ensure that all product designs comply with regulatory and customer standards
- To liaise with other SHIELD operating locations to ensure standard working practices are being observed
- To interface with customers and suppliers on engineering-related matters
- To lead regular Engineering team meetings to ensure good communication between the Engineering, Quality, Sales, and Operations teams involved in each project
- Follow all SHIELD Employee Policies as described in the Employee Handbook
- Any other duties as may be reasonably requested by the VP of Engineering
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Physical Demands and Work Environment:
| Physical Demands: | While performing the duties of their job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, reach with arms and hands, climb stairs, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk or hear. Occasional travel will be required to meet with customers or marketing events. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 lbs. |
| Work Environment: | While performing the duties of their job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time and an air-conditioned and heated office. The noise level is moderate. The factory floor is in the same building as the office. |
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