Divisional Engineering Project Manager

Summary: Provides general manufacturing and design expertise to support customer requirements and continuously improve safety, quality, yield, and throughput of manufacturing operations. Leads projects to implement new products, processes and materials into the production phase in order to improve cost competitiveness and customer satisfaction.

Essential Duties:

- Develops, evaluates, improves and designs manufacturing methods and processes.

- Analyzes and plans work force utilization, space requirements and workflow and designs layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.

- Confers with planning and design staff concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient production methods.

- Create, understand and interpret engineering drawings, process specifications and design intents. Understand and interprets 3D models. Understand and interpret geometric tolerance, design intent, and primary design features.

- Confers with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials or parts and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards.

- Develops mechanical design and drafting of products and production jigs and machinery.

- Performs cost studies to determine lowest cost of manufacturing and coordinates the implementation of these changes.

- Confers with management, engineering and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules and other considerations to facilitate production processes.

- Applies statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.

- Analyzes manufacturing process flows continually for the enhancements of quality, cost reduction, and throughput.

- Provides engineering support in production department to trouble shoot and resolve technical problems.

- Supports company policies and procedures, goals and objectives and goods manufacturing practices.

- Designs maintenance strategies, procedures and methods, organizes routine servicing schedules.

Education/Experience:

- Bachelor's degree (B. S.) in Mechanical Engineering from a four-year college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Experience in Roll forming and Sheet Metal Processing would be a benefit.

Computer Skills:

- Must be highly proficient in both 2 & 3D drawings as well as all Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Outlook.

Other Skills and Requirements:

- Must be self-motivated and proficient in developing and executing to a project timeline.

- High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation.

- Good to excellent spelling, grammar and written communication skills.

- Excellent telephone and oral communication skills.

- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

- Must have the desire to strive for continuous improvement and excellence within a fast-paced growth environment

Physical Demands:

- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

- The employee must frequently lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel:

- Domestic Travel will form a large part of the job as the successful candidate will be responsible for projects in 3 plants, albeit with the majority of the work in Bristol, CT. Expect to travel once or twice per month. International travel will also be required to visit suppliers, trade shows, etc. This will be infrequent.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Flexible spending account

- Health insurance

- Health savings account

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Vision insurance

Work Location: In person