Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Ensuring Chart's Success...
Chart Industries is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer Manager to join the Hudson Air Cooler manufacturing engineering department. The role will support Chart's Air Cooled Heat Exchanger operation by applying Lean Manufacturing principles and Continuous Improvement to existing production processes to realize continuous process improvement. Primary areas include header welding, fin-tube manufacturing, tube bundle assembly, painting and final assembly.
What Will You Do?
The Manufacturing Engineer Manager will support the Production departments within the Chart business in the following activities:
Process improvement:
• Utilize Lean concepts to develop and implement improvements in manufacturing processes and organize kaizen events
• Perform time studies in processes to provide necessary information for Lean projects
• Define and measure current process cycle times and suggest improvements to meet standards.
• Provide documentation for throughput improvement in pant and product flow optimization
• Implement cycle time improvements for manufacturing processes
• Capacity planning for current and future states for strategic capitals equipment investments
• Identify opportunities for increasing efficiency of the plant, reduce waste and non-value added activities
Projects:
• Suggest new manufacturing equipment to reduce cycle time including welding equipment, material handling equipment
• Assist in cost justifications for capital equipment and support for approval
• Execute detailed purchase orders when buying capital equipment and maintain costs during execution of projects
• Interface with outside manufacturers or contractors and perform cost comparisons and evaluation
• Coordinate with Maintenance, machine shop personnel, and utility vendors for the commissioning of new machinery
• Work with Engineering Department in development of weld automation
Manufacturing support:
• Assist the Operations Manager with developing annual budgets, cost savings, documenting Lean initiatives
• Work with Purchasing/Procurement to qualify vendors and finalize bids with guidance as needed
• Update and develop manufacturing standard procedures for Operations Departments to follow
• Train staff on improved processes/new equipment implementation
• Develop and supervise periodic maintenance program for reduction of downtime due to machine breakdown
• Establish Kanban system of production bill of material items
• Establish Kanban system of consumable supplies
Safety:
• Mandate safety with contractors, supervisors, and plant personnel during project implementation
• Train and supervise contractors for PPE and ensure safe practices while performing contractual safety requirements
Interaction:
• Shop Supervisors
• Management
• Engineers
• Shop and Administrative personnel
Your Physical Work Environment Will Require...
WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Moderate Indoor Office Environment
• Moderate Outdoor/Shop Environment
• Noisy/Loud Shop Environment
REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) WHILE IN THE SHOPS:
• Safety Glasses
• Steel Toe Shoes
• Ear Plugs
• Hard Hat (when needed)
• Gloves (when needed)
• Face Shield (when needed)
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work in shop environments
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and/or sit up to eight hours per day
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools and/or controls
• Reach with hands and arms
• Hearing and talking sufficient enough to communicate with vendors, employees and managers
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, vision sufficient enough to read, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Frequent lifting of 20 to 40 lbs. objects
• Occasionally must be able to independently and safely lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Must pass visual examination yearly (Quality Control)
• Independent mobility throughout the plant
Your Experience Should Be...
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Education:
• Bachelor Degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering preferred
Minimum Experience:
• 5 +years of Industrial Manufacturing experience and/or internship preferred
Skills required (i.e. certifications, licenses, registrations, etc.):
• Industrial manufacturing experience strongly preferred
• Strong technical/mechanical aptitude
• Proficient with AutoCAD
• Proficient with Lean manufacturing principles
• Educational experience with application of Lean methodology in manufacturing environment
• Proficient with all programs within Microsoft Office
• Organizational & Time Management skills
• Able to lead and direct a team of Manufacturing engineers.
MUST BE ABLE TO DO THE FOLLOWING:
• Work safely around equipment, tools, parts, machinery and material
• May require possible travel, domestic and internationally, up to 10% per year
• Strong communication skills to facilitate interaction with internal colleagues, external suppliers, vendors and customers
• Strong mechanical aptitude preferred
• Strong organization skills to document, track, and manage job related information
Our Benefits Package...