Maintains and embodies the absolute commitment to Safety and Quality in all aspects of the regional technical organization
Direct recruitment, development, and management of site Manufacturing Engineering Managers
Ensure the effective development of the regional technical organization to meet current and future business needs and provide robust growth opportunities
Coaches, mentors, and develops technical resources across the organization
Ensures all technical needs for each site are met working in collaboration with the broader Global Manufacturing Engineering Organization
Ensures all processes and equipment are appropriately provided, capable and improved
Ensures appropriate new technologies are incubated, standardized, and deployed as appropriate
Ensures appropriate skills are developed across the regional Manufacturing Engineering Team
Oversees the regional capital investment plan and associated projects are executed to plan
Responsible for ensuring regional performance improvement targets are met in conjunction with site leadership, quality, safety, etc.
Responsible for ensuring processes and equipment are capable of meeting performance requirements
Responsible for overall regional process and equipment capability, efficiency, and capacity
Ensures region capacity is understood, properly maintained, and planned for
Ensures appropriate standards and documentation in support of manufacturing process are complete and maintained in the region according to global standards and expectations
Ensures new products are successfully integrated into the region
Makes sound financial decisions on the most cost effective process to deliver a particular need and adequately documents and defends proposals
Supports and aligns to Global ME standards and assists in their creation
Supports Integration (Make/Buy) and Farm Out Decisions within the region to achieve best total cost and avoid sub-optimization
Fully conforms to Toro Business System initiatives and the deployment of associated practices across the region
Actively works across the region to reduce risks associated with fixed costs while improving productivity
Ensures the optimized and efficient use of resources of space, time, labor, energy and material
Ensures the regional manufacturing engineering team is actively collaborating with global manufacturing engineering peers, other regions’ manufacturing engineers, quality, safety, sourcing, and design engineers

Requirements

B.S. in Engineering
At least twelve years of experience in engineering including a minimum of four years of engineering management
Experience with appropriate manufacturing processes e.g. weld, paint, assembly, extrusion, injection molding, metal fab
Fluency in primary language(s) of region’s plants (English and Spanish)
High degree of self-direction and tolerance of ambiguity
Ability to write technically
Ability to work effectively across levels from shop floor to Director level
Ability to support work at remote sites
Willingness to adjust working hours as necessary to ensure effective support of region
Technical knowledge of electrical and mechanical manufacturing and assembly systems
Strong preference for experience with Advanced Manufacturing Techniques such as Industry 4.0 and Automation

Benefits

Affordable medical/dental/vision plan
401k
Dress for your day
Variety of mental health and financial health resources
Volunteerism: 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills

manufacturing processesweldingpaintingassemblyextrusioninjection moldingmetal fabricationelectrical manufacturing systemsmechanical manufacturing systemsAdvanced Manufacturing Techniques

Soft skills

coachingmentoringself-directiontolerance of ambiguitytechnical writingcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilitycommunication

Certifications

B.S. in Engineering