GEOTEK is looking for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to provide leadership to the composite manufacturing engineering team to support and continuously optimize the pultrusion and filament winding production processes, fostering continuous improvement and increased productivity to support GEOTEK's growth.
Requirements
- 5-10 years of professional experience working in a manufacturing environment, with recent leadership/management and composites/pultrusion/filament winding experience strongly preferred
- Familiarity with common thermoset resin systems, including polyester, vinyl-ester, and urethane is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with common manufacturing tooling design and development is desirable.
- Practical application experience of engineering structured approaches and methodologies, including DOE, FMEA, Six Sigma, etc.
- Experience with 3D modeling using SolidWorks of parts, assemblies, and drawings with GD&T per ANSI Y14.5; Formal GD&T training is desirable
- Experience with finite element analysis software systems is desirable
- Experience with MS Office
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of 3-6 engineers and engineering technicians with direct responsibility of the filament winding composite manufacturing process
- Support GEOTEK’s operations by ensuring the filament winding composite manufacturing processes are defined via work instructions and manufacturing standards, and manage the filament winding manufacturing engineering support of process training and technical assistance to the operations team, as directed
- Support GEOTEK’s growth by optimizing the composite manufacturing processes, challenging current operating procedures and identify and propose new equipment, technologies, and processes to promote safety, quality, and productivity
- Support design, acquisition, implementation, and maintenance of composite manufacturing tooling that meets production needs. Support the development and management of tooling inspection and service requirements.
- Scope and delegate engineering projects that support and improve safety, quality, and productivity in the composite manufacturing department
- Work cross functionality to manage the manufacturing engineering support of production quality, equipment readiness, new product development, and cost reduction/supply chain risk mitigation, as directed
- Research, propose, and implement capital expenditure projects
Other
- Must be an energetic and hands-on problem solver, self-motivated, self-starting, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize accordingly, while concurrently supporting other team members on their assignments
- Capable of working from a vision, from which they can independently develop actionable tasks and projects, and effectively delegate to others in a team environment
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) is essential, including ability to develop and deliver the intended message efficiently
- Ability to work with different levels of staff from line workers to executives throughout the organization is highly desirable
- Must be able to stand, lift, use manual tools, and power tools
