Plant Materials Manager
Confidential Company • Greensboro, NC
$90K-$100K

The Plant Materials Manager manages all material functions for the flow of materials, from supplier through production to customer, ensuring maximum customer service, minimum inventory/investment, minimum transportation costs and efficient plant operations. They will direct and coordinate the application, implementation, and activities of the Company's ERP system to maximize its utilization across functional areas.
Plant Materials Manager Job Responsibilities:

• Oversee the material flow process.
• Establish and maintain supplier release procedure and supplier banking requirements to ensure an uninterrupted supply of raw materials to meet production requirements. 
• Drive continuous improvement through involvement with Lean Manufacturing projects.
• Establish and monitor finished goods inventory levels to ensure on-time compliance to customer release requirements while minimizing carrying and premium freight costs. 
• Review department/plant measurables (customer delivery, supplier delivery, premium freight and inventory) and establish corrective measures for performance adherence.
• Proactively work with customers to resolve issues (racks, shipments, past due, etc.) related to materials.
• Ensure customer requirements are met on a continual basis.
• Provide leadership to subordinates for individual and group development.
• Develops internal planning (transportation, run sizes, inventory balances, etc.) for new and existing product.
• Review cost improvement ideas and manage implementation, such as transportation costs, warehouse costs, etc.
• Responsible for the following budgets: headcount, transportation, overtime, direct and indirect inventory.
• Establish goals and objectives with plant staff.
• Standardize and follow best practices with all Materials/Logistics.
• Communicate cost savings initiatives and assign support for defined projects.
• Manage supplier relationships to ensure delivery and quality requirements are met.
• Establish inventory management, shipping, receiving, production control, and material management procedures.
• Establish, monitor and control department budget that will effectively contribute to the overall manufacturing objectives and plant /company goals. 
• Responsible for balancing objectives, including freight costs, on time delivery, inventory days on hand, production schedule management, etc. 
• Optimize plant inventory levels including raw, WIP and finished goods and position to exceed inventory.
• Directly supportlean manufacturing principles and processes as well as operate as a key partner during new program launches.   
• Champion materials related activities designed to meet plant and corporate goals and objectives.
• Follows safety regulations and enforces compliance with company safety rules and regulations. 

 Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) is required.
• Recent experience in Automotive Industry.
• Previous scheduling, shipping/receiving, purchasing and inventoryexperience.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Strong proficiency with computer skills especially ERP systems.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Familiar with all TS-16949 policies and procedures.

Q​uality Manager
Confidential Company • Columbus, OH
$100K - $120K


The Quality Manager is responsible for leading the quality function for this automotive manufacturing plant. They will be responsible for assuring that the products manufactured and services provided meet customer requirements. The Quality Manager will ensure that the Quality Systems are aligned with the corporate Quality System well as the ISO/TS16949 standard and other applicable automotive quality standards and applicable customer specific requirements.

• Will lead the quality department. 
• Responsible for leading and coaching team members in the use of Six Sigma Black Belt tools.
• Accountable for compliance to customer specifications.
• Accountable for reporting to management quality performance for the plant. 
• Ensures integrity of the Quality Management System.
• Responsible for corrective and preventative actions. 
• Develops budget and monitor conformance to the plan.

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree Engineering
• Knowledge of ISO 2001, TS 16949, and ISO 14001 standards.
• Six Sigma Blackbelt.
• Experience leading Continuous Improvement teams.
• Thorough understanding of APQP, Change Management, FMEA, SPC implementation.
• Project Management Skills.

PLANT WELDING ENGINEER - Cleveland, TN
​$100K-$120K

Plant Welding Engineer Summary:
The Plant Welding Engineer will provide technical welding support for the manufacturing facility. They will work in a team oriented environment to reduce scrap, improve quality, safety, etc. Successful candidate must be hands-on and be able to work well with production associates.


Plant Welding Engineer Job Responsibilities:

• Assist with developing welding policies and procedures.
• Prepare layouts, drawings, sketches, etc.
• Have a regular presence on the shop floor. 
• Keep up to date with best practice manufacturing and welding standards with regards to metal cutting and fabrication.
• Provide technical assistance to engineering, production, etc.
• Works closely with production associates to solve problems and continuously improve processes.
• Be actively involved in improvement projects, leanevents, internal auditing, etc.
• Investigates, suggests, and implements cost saving projects or value added engineered projects.
• Verify all product critical characteristics are addressed and validated.
• Updates work instructions, FMEA's, control plans and capability studies.
• Follows safety regulations and enforces compliance with company safety rules and regulations. 

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
• 5 years experience as a welding engineer.
• Must have working experience in a manufacturing assembly facility.
• Working knowledge of metallurgy.
• Strong proficiency with computer skills.
• Knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma concepts.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Excellent business ethics and integrity.

Manufacturing Engineer

Confidential Company • Des Moines, IA
5 - 7 Years Experience
$80K - $90K

Our client is actively looking to hire a Manufacturing Engineer at their Des Moines, IA location. This newly created Manufacturing Engineer will facilitate and drive change in a fast paced and "ever changing" environment leveraging his/her knowledge of lean applications. This is a newly created position and will work closely with the Operations Director. 

 Key Responsibilities:

• Explore, evaluate, arrange and expand systems, processes, automation, machines, tools, fixtures and equipment to improve material and information flow, reduced lead time, eliminate waste and gain labor efficiencies within the metal fabrication and welding activities.
• Concentrate on operational performance and constantly strive to enhance customer satisfaction and increase market share using lean tools and continuous improvement processes.
• Act as a key driver of change within the organization, supporting all staff levels and leaders by communicating organization-wide changes to employees and helping them learn, understand, adjust and grow with the lean transformation.
• Use knowledge and skills to develop systematic processes through the use of statistical analysis, interpersonal communication, design, planning, quality control, computer simulation and problem solving.
• Construct methods to redesign plant layout, the analysis and planning of workers' jobs, and the economical handling of raw materials.
• Must have the ability to work well with people and have a broad systems perspective to meet organizational goals.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of professional work background in a metal fabrication and welding environment.
• Experience with the conversion of labor intensive manual activity to automated processes a must.
• Experience transitioning a manual process to an automated process.
• Understanding of AutoCad is required, knowledge of SolidWorks is preferred.

Additional Incentives:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Vacation, Bereavement and Holidays paid time off
• Wellness Plan
• 401(k) Plan

Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Confidential Company • Columbus, OH
11 - 15 Years Experience
$120K - $130K

Advance your career in the thriving plastics industry serving the Heavy Truck and Automotive market. We are seeking a 'hand-on' Engineering Manager with a demonstrated track record of leading an engineering team in a manufacturing environment, preferably in fabricating thermoset materials for the automotive industry. This position will manage the production of sheet molding compounds (SMC), development of specialty SMC, and molding of large-format fiberglass reinforced plastic parts utilizing a wide range of fabrication processes to meet our world class customer needs. Join a high performing, quality focused, diverse workforce and leading manufacturer of large compression molding poised for growth in North America. This Engineering Manager position will report directly to the Plant Manager and is located at the Columbus, Ohio manufacturing plant.
​Essential Job Functions include:

• Ensure high quality and efficient manufacturing of the site SMC, Molding and Assembly operations
• Drive site continuous improvement projects to achieve permanent corrective action and performance improvements
• Accountable for site capital improvement, cost improvement and capacity planning projects
• Steward product development and product launch processes
• Bring high energy in leading the site technical team including personnel selection, training, performance reviews, and development
• Interact and report progress as the site representative to key stakeholders and customers
• Liaison between the site technical team and operations team

Qualifications for this role include:

• B.S. Mechanical Engineer or other technical discipline
• 10+ years in a plastics manufacturing or metal stamping environment, preferably involving a mix of automation and manual operations, raw material conversion processes, fabrication and assembly
• 5+ years of engineering leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong change management skills
• Highly results oriented and demonstrated progressive track record of engineering leadership accomplishments
• Exemplary record and commitment to workplace safety
• Knowledgeable of reinforced fiberglass manufacturing processes, tooling based manufacturing, plastic injection molding, compression molding and automotive assembly operations
• Knowledge of industrial automation, industrial robotics systems, control systems integration and PLCs
• Expert in APQP and launch activities to include FMEAs and Control Plans
• Highly developed formal problem solving, analysis, and decision making ability
• Expertise with Lean Manufacturing, 5S, and Root Cause Analysis
• Proven track record of initiating and implementing continuous improvements
• Demonstrated success in leading high performing work teams and a hands-on leadership approach
• Strong project management skills and ability to develop capital projects and budgets
• Advanced knowledge of TS16949, QS9000, and ISO9001 quality systems
• Strong interpersonal skills, highly customer focused and collaborates well in a team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including status reports to senior management
• Ability to travel up to 10%  

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