Engineering Director

6 days ago


Iowa City, Iowa, United States Exide Technologies Full time
Job Title: Engineering Manager

About the Role:

The Engineering Manager is a critical position responsible for leading the development, support, and improvement of manufacturing processes at our plant. This role involves overseeing a team of Process and Continuous Improvement engineers to drive efficiency, productivity, and quality.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement capital expense plans and budgets.
  • Lead and manage lean and continuous improvement activities.
  • Provide technical support to other departments and coordinate projects.
  • Train and guide team members on project requirements and best practices.
  • Coach and develop each member of the engineering team.
  • Calculate factory capacity and improve reliability efforts.
  • Implement key reliability metrics and drive a systematic approach to reduce downtime and increase production throughput.
  • Manage site management of change and ESG facilitation.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering.
  • At least 5 years of experience managing engineering teams.
  • Understanding of manufacturing cost drivers and knowledge of continuous cost improvement processes.
  • Investigations and benchmarking activities with all departments to propose improvements.
  • Team building and teamwork activities to share, clarify, and track targets and results.
  • Experience in work orders, budget management, and capital requests.
  • Knowledge of legal regulations and contractual relationships affecting performance.

Skills:

  • Proven knowledge and skills in Project Management, including project leadership, status management, and oversight.
  • General technical knowledge in utilities, electronics, mechanical, chemical, pneumatic, hydraulics, and installations designs.
  • Ability to analyze data and metrics to create understanding, make sound decisions, and manage performance and progress.
  • Skills in planning, organizing, and priority setting, including resource allocation and management.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to communicate, negotiate, make presentations, and report in English at a Business and technical English level.

Travel/Other Requirements:

Plant environment. Some travel may be required.



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