CNC Engineering Manager

**Position Summary:** Responsible for leading a team of engineering resources to manage and maintain project schedules, build and maintain customer and supplier relationships, and lead process improvement and plant level engineering strategies. **Essential Job Functions include, but not limited to, the following:** - Develop and maintain a plant level strategic vision for the Engineering Team. - Facilitate the development and implementation of the Strategic Plan. - Communicate vision for Engineers. - Develop and maintain systems to manage the daily functions of the Engineering Team. - Track and manage human capacity. - Establish annual department budget in accordance with company policies and procedures. - Manage cost drivers (materials, labor, discretionary spending, etc.) to ensure optimal plant operations while maintaining budgetary discipline. Establish activities to ensure continuous improvement in Key Performance Indicators (KPI's). - Manage and prioritize DMAIC projects. - Execute new program launches and improve the maturation process. - Manage capital and tooling procurement with purchasing. - Drive cost efficiency in department, capital and tooling expenses. - Maintain Minimum Process Requirement (MPR) documents and processing guidelines. - Foster employee engagement and people development. - Manage the functions of the Engineering Team as defined by the position descriptions. - Lead meetings with project teams; identify project objectives, deliverables and deadlines. - Conduct timely and complete performance evaluations of direct associates. Ensure timely and complete performance evaluation of associates reporting under your indirect supervision. - Assess employee skill sets, current and future development needs and take steps to mentor and develop individuals within the Team. - Foster a culture of data driven decision making. - Set department direction and hold individuals accountable to performance standards and strategic objectives. - Establish and execute formal development plans for engineering staff. - Execute and influence global standards. - Execute to the corporate engineering standards - Participate in collaboration between plant Engineering Teams. - Ensure corporate strategies and stardards are being executed in the plant. - Influence corporate technical training in functional area. - Effectively communicate with customers, suppliers, direct reports and stakeholders. - Additional duties, not specifically outlined within this position description, as directed by the leader. **Preferred Education and Experience:** - Bachelor's degree in an engineering or related field. - Minimum of 7 years of experience in engineering preferably in the aerospace or automotive industry. - Must have strong hands-on expertise with CNC processes & equipment - Prior experience managing team members. - Advanced project management skills. - Proven experience effectively managing stakeholders across functions at all levels of the organization. - Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. **Additional Information:** - Travel is occasionally required, up to 10% of the time.