Job Description:
The Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor is responsible for leading all Engineering teams within the plant, ensuring flawless and successful product launches and robust high-volume production processes. This role provides both functional and disciplinary leadership to manufacturing engineers and process technicians, guaranteeing performance, quality, and continuous improvement across all manufacturing activities..
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership & Management
* Provide functional and disciplinary leadership to the Manufacturing Engineering teams.
* Oversee process technicians, ensuring alignment with plant goals and operational excellence.
* Lead decision-making, strategic planning, resource allocation, and budgeting activities.
* Monitor and control KPIs, define objectives, and ensure effective performance management and staff development.
* Prepare and deliver regular reports to the Plant Manager.
Manufacturing Engineering
* Lead Mechanical Engineering teams on all topics required to ensure program success from launch to mass production.
* Ensure that robust, efficient, and safe production processes are implemented and sustained on the shop floor.
* Drive continuous improvement initiatives following Mechanical Engineering standards, Lean methods, and EBOS principles.
* Monitor process performance and ensure processes consistently deliver the expected results.
Engineering Change & Transfers
* Own and manage local Engineering Change Management for product and process modifications, ensuring minimal impact on mass production lines.
* Lead and oversee production transfers to and from the plant, ensuring seamless execution.
Quality & Customer Requirements
* Ensure all customer requirements are met, including corrective and preventive actions.
* Support product design and development activities to ensure compliance with manufacturing standards and process capabilities.
Requirements:
Education
* Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related fields.
* Post-graduate degree or MBA in engineering, manufacturing, management, or related areas.
Experience & Technical Skills
* Strong experience in manufacturing engineering within an industrial environment.
* Advanced knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement, and mechanical engineering applications in production.
* Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
* Experience with engineering change management (product and process).
* Solid understanding of performance indicators, strategic planning, and budget management.
Behavioral Competencies
* Inspirational, results-driven leadership.
* Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
* Excellent communication skills across all organizational levels.
* Proactive, organized, and with a strong systems-thinking mindset.