Engineering Manager

4 days ago


Fontana, United States James Hardie Building Products Full time

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.

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The Engineering Manager supports the Fontana, CA manufacturing plant in meeting the product specification, customer requirements, and shareholder expectations by improving process capability and driving process improvement projects utilizing Lean methods. Their work efforts will improve attainment of key manufacturing metrics: safety, quality, yield, RATE, and cost efficiency. This person will use process analysis skills and project management skills to identify the right projects and guide the right actions during the selection process, while coordinating project resourcing, timelines, and schedules through our Lean management system (HMOS).

To be effective in this role, the person should have 8+ years of experience working in a large-scale continuous manufacturing site conducting cycle time and bottleneck analysis, waste mapping, process optimization, and new product trials resulting in improved throughput, quality, or yield. You will also be responsible for managing and developing a team of engineers.

What You‘ll Do:

  • Improve key business metrics of RTY, Net Hours and RATE by implementing and supporting & leading lean and continuous improvement activities.
  • Coordinate and track the weekly Continuous Improvement activities.
  • Coordinate and track the monthly strategy deployment activities and initiatives in support of meeting Business Metrics, Annual Improvement Priorities (AIPs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
  • Ability to influence and lead change throughout the organization.
  • Drive ‘best practices‘ in all areas of responsibility.
  • Oversee organizational participation in lean initiatives. Drive associate participation (including process experts) in Lean initiatives. Institutionalize problem solving tools to address and resolve problems.

What You‘ll Bring:

  • Bachelor of Science in Chemical,Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience working in a large-scale continuous manufacturing site conducting cycle time and bottleneck analysis, waste mapping, process optimization, and new product trials resulting in improved throughput, quality, or yield.
  • 5 years experience managing engineers including their professional development, performance reviews and mentoring.
  • 3+ years of experience in Lean running large scale projects and cross functional Kaizen events.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Executive level presentation skills with financial impact story telling capabilities.
  • Demonstrates a consultative approach to problem solving.
  • Certified Lean Master Black Belt is highly preferred.

What You‘ll Receive:

At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We‘ve worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.

  • Comprehensive low-cost co-pay Health Insurance; medical, dental, prescription, and vision insurance benefits for every 30+ hour full-time employee. Insurance starts on day one
  • 401(k) Retirement plan that will match 100% of employees saved dollars up to the first 6% of your salary
  • Paid holidays, paid vacation including Jury Duty and bereavement leave
  • Wellness Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Parental Leave
  • Community Involvement & Sustainable Solutions -Fire Resistant Siding to Help Rebuild the Grizzly Flats Community | James Hardie
  • And more

Apply now and come ‘home‘ to Hardie

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James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran‘s status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.



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