Salary
💰 $111,132 - $152,102 per year
About the role
- The Process Engineering Manger provides extrusion process engineering support to Extrusion North America plant locations, with a focus on improving operation efficiency. Train, support, and coach shop floor leaders and team members on extrusion process control, daily management systems, process improvement techniques, and problem-solving methodologies. Ensure process changes are complaint and sustained across all plant locations. Monitor and analyze production equipment to validate the effectiveness of improvement initiatives. Develop and implement comprehensive recovery plans for underperforming production lines, including staff training, process optimization, and equipment upgrades to enhance productivity and uptime. Participates in ENS CapEX equipment selection/specification, commissioning, and post- commissioning capability validation. Lead the hiring and development of plant extrusion process professionals. Manages both top-down and bottom-up process optimization initiatives and develop business cases to address process variation and waste. 75% travel required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Project Management, or Business. Minimum of ten (10) years in aluminum extrusion environments in roles such as Operations, Engineering, Quality or Operational Excellence. Minimum of five (5) years in extrusion process engineering or extrusion leadership roles. Recognized subject matter expert in the aluminum extrusion process. Strong understanding of automotive-grade alloys and related processes. Proficient with SCS Extrude and PVelocity (profitability and performance analytics software). Skilled in AutoCAD and SolidWorks. Excellent communication skills across all organizational levels. Strong commitment to workplace safety and environmental compliance Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making abilities.