Engineering Manager

American Woodmark

  • Jackson, Georgia
  • 1 day ago

    Highlights

    Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employee; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Perform other tasks as directed by direct supervisor Supervisory Responsibilities: Will supervise hourly and salaried employees in the assigned department and/or departments.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationJackson, Georgia

    Description

    American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designer and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

    We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do.

     
    Purpose:
    Overall coordination of all engineering, maintenance, and environmental compliance requirements to support meeting and/or exceeding established plant goals.
     
    Essential Functions:
    1. Overall coordination of Plant property and equipment maintenance.
    2. Ensure the maintenance of all drying and machining equipment.
    3. Identifies, develops, plans, and implements all capital projects for the Plant
    4. Develops and maintains all preventive maintenance programs
    5. Defines and drives engineering practices to improve process flows and cost reduction to support the plant operations and continual improvement process.
    6. Overall responsibility in environmental compliance conformance.
    7. Plan and coordinate department's activities to support SQDC targets, and meet and/or exceed client and/or customer's expectations.
    8. Actively participate on assigned teams and/or projects.
    9. Ensure assigned departments perform tasks as outlined in Job Instruction Breakdowns, Quality Specifications, and Standard Operating Practices.
    10. Participate in identifying hiring needs; employee selection and training process
    11. Provide communication on departmental expectations, motivates team members, and identifies opportunity for improvements.
    12. Provide team leadership consistent with company vision, mission, CITE principles.
    13. Ensures Policies are followed and provides guidance and discipline.
    14. Effectively utilize all resources to maximum potential performance to achieve SQDC goals.
    15. Establishes individual goals for team members in alignment with overall organization goals and performs periodic performance reviews to determine progress.
    16. Support and represent company as a union-free environment
    17. Provide a safe and productive work environment, including housekeeping.
    18. Participate in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives
    19. Role model CITE and Working in Teams principles
    20. Perform other tasks as directed by direct supervisor
     
    Supervisory Responsibilities:
    Will supervise hourly and salaried employees in the assigned department and/or departments. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of direct reports. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employee; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
     
    Position Scope:
    * Engineering
    * Maintenance
    * Environmental compliance

    Qualifications:

    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

    Education, Experience, and Skills:

    • Undergraduate degree in Engineering or related discipline; extensive work experience may be considered in lieu of education.
    • Minimum of 8 years of manufacturing engineering experience; wood related preferred.
    • Minimum of 8 years of supervision experience; multiple departments
    • Must have experience in material flows, continuous improvement practices; and process analysis.
    • Six Sigma training is a plus
    • Excellent personal computer skills in a network environment; Microsoft products experience preferred - Outlook-Word-Excel-Project.
    • Auto-Cad light proficient
    • Track record of successful project management
    • Experience in working in a team environment
    • Management style must be consistent with CITE Principles
    • Strong planning/Organization & Time Management skills
    • Demonstrated problem solving skills

     

    Communications Skills:

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