Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
Huntsville, Alabama
Job ID 15590L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Title: Manager Manufacturing Engineering
Job Code: 15590
Job Location: AMF North/AMF South - Toney, Alabama
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineering Manager to join our team at our Advanced Manufacturing Facility located in Huntsville Alabama. This position will be responsible for overall research and development for the manufacturing engineering team.
We're looking to bring on someone with a passion and enthusiasm for cutting edge technologies in the manufacturing space and a willingness to be a hands-on leader.
Essential Functions:
- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of Manufacturing Engineers
- Develop and implement strategies for research and development group
- Prepare and oversee budgets for the group
- Develop and evaluate all processes and operations of the production line
- Identify areas of the system that need improvement
- Ensure the efficient utilization of materials, labor, and machines
- Establish and maintain best practice standards
- Monitor performance and quality objectives of Production process
- Liaise with design engineering regarding product specifications
- Create reports and documents as needed
- Ability to obtain a US security clearance
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior manufacturing engineering experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior manufacturing engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior manufacturing engineering experience
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) is desired
- Leadership experience is desired
- Experience with Lean Six Sigma is desired
- Knowledge of project management tools and techniques to plan and execute jobs
- Ability to troubleshoot and think critically to determine solutions to complex manufacturing problems
- Ability to work well with a wide range of personnel from production workers to executives
- Understanding of complex manufacturing processes and the ability to identify areas of improvement is desired
- Ability to smoothly handle disagreements and help teams find consensus
- Ability to motivate and engage personnel in a productive manner
- Firsthand experience onboarding new product lines
- Process Failure Mode Affects Analysis (PFMA) experience is desired
- Experience with Earned Value Management is desired
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
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