Engineering Facilities Manager

• Provide strategic direction and oversight for Engineering, Maintenance, Facilities, ensuring all manufacturing equipment, tooling, processes, and site facilities are effectively maintained and optimized.
• Lead all activities related to facilities management, including building systems, grounds, utilities, and janitorial services.

• Champion a Safety-First culture by ensuring all engineering and maintenance activities comply with safety standards and by driving continuous reduction and elimination of accidents and incidents in line with company objectives.
• Ensure full compliance with company emergency evacuation guidelines and all applicable regulatory requirements.

• Manage departmental staffing, performance, budgets, KOIs, and resource planning to meet or exceed organizational expectations.
• Oversee quoting activities, ensuring accurate and timely cost estimates.
• Conduct employee performance evaluations and establish clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations for all team members.
• Build and strengthen engineering and maintenance capability by developing skills, fostering teamwork, and driving effective communication across teams and departments.

• Ensure the execution of all preventive maintenance activities, manual operations drills, and equipment readiness routines.
• Maintain the technical skill base required to support facility operations and ongoing production needs.

• Lead cross‑functional teams through the Launch Readiness process as defined in BOS procedures.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Controls Engineering, Materials, Quality, Program Management, and Product Engineering.
• Review all deliverables in detail, verify progress through physical validation, and escalate or support as needed to drive accountability and ensure readiness.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and hands-on leadership to remove barriers and ensure successful program execution.
• Ensure full departmental engagement in new program development, including process design, tooling, capital planning, equipment setup/debug, and validation to meet customer specifications, cycle times, and quality requirements.

• Oversee Engineering Change Management for new and existing programs, ensuring alignment on quoting, costing, planning, and execution of changes.

• Drive product and process development activities to ensure production feasibility within ergonomics, safety, timing, budget, cost, performance, and quality requirements.
• Strengthen Launch Readiness through lessons learned and continuous improvement integration.

• Lead or participate in CI initiatives to enhance efficiency, reliability, throughput, and cost performance across the plant.
• Keep team members informed on emerging technologies, tools, and best practices that improve project execution and operational performance.

• Ensure proper documentation of all engineering, maintenance, and facilities activities.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of management experience in an automotive manufacturing environment with progressive leadership responsibilities. Preferably within Just-In-Time (JIT) assembly and sequencing operations.
• Experience with direct oversight of a CMMS and its performance.
• Proven Engineering Management experience, including strong working knowledge of AIAG Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC).
• Strong mechanical aptitude and technical problem‑solving skills.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project, with solid general computer literacy.
• Skilled in motion/time study methodologies, including MOPATs, MOST, and/or Timer‑Pro.
• Hands‑on experience with industrial automation, including robotics, conveyors, DC fastening systems, and automated equipment.