Engineering Manager
Sterling Engineering, Inc.Taylor Mill, KY
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Job Description
Title: Design Engineering Manager
Location: Taylor Mill, KY
Overview: Sterling has helped build careers for thousands of professionals like yourself. Our expert recruiters support you at every step in the process and as a Best of Staffing company, Sterling provides exciting work with exceptional employers across the U.S.
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Benefits: Benefits from day 1 with almost 100% coverage! In addition to 11 paid holidays, 2-3 weeks vacation, 401K, etc.
Target Salary:$120,000-150,000
Bonus/ Incentives/ Stock Options: up to 20% annual bonus
Job Summary: Plan, organize, and direct the design engineering staff to develop specialized structures for North American Class 1 and Transit applications. Lead the development and standardization of the design engineering processes for the production and assembly of products across seven facilities within the US. Responsible for implementing and championing new methodologies to improve the consistency and timeliness of the design engineering activities, as well as streamline and clarify projects to reduce completion time.
Job Duties:
- Manage engineering personnel (including direct reports) to ensure projects are completed and released according to specifications and schedules
- Champion the continuous improvement efforts of design engineering
- Identify opportunities to improve or mitigate risk through data driven process approach
- Develop designs with consideration of interested parties, manufacturability, and cost implications
- Create training programs to develop new hires, expand roles of existing employees, and empower the Design team as a whole
- Communicate with Customers and outside agencies to prioritize submittals and approvals
- Forecast team workload and schedules, develop strategies to address resources constraints; promote teamwork and shared workload
- Implement and review check sheets to monitor progress and quality of design work
- Assign and prioritize staff projects
- Manage overall design engineering backlog
- Lead product strategy vision and development requirements to achieve strategy goals, market share, cost, and OPACC objectives
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Engineering (PE desirable) or bachelor’s degree with equivalent required experience
- Familiarity with international standards and regulations (FRA, AAR, EN, AS/RISSB) preferred
- Experience in structural steel design, metallurgy, steel machining, and processing
- Demonstrated experience in leading product development and design processes
- Knowledge of ISO (AREMA & AAR a plus) standards and specifications related to product design and application, product development, engineering principles, and testing, to include theory, design and manufacture, project management, and data analysis
- Proven experience with design software including various 2D and 3D modeling and drawing platforms (AutoDesk-AutoCAD, Inventor, Visual Basic, LISP)
- Experience with ASME Y14.5, AIAG Core Tools (DFMEA) and Root Cause are a plus
- Strong proficiency with MS Office tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Blueprint reading
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
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