Automation & Equipment Engineering Manager

EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. We complement our extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems with a full range of integrated services and systems. With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, EnerSys is the power / full solution for stored DC power products.

Motive Power applications include industrial lift trucks and pallet jacks, rail equipment, mining equipment, and airline ground support equipment. Some of the motive power brands include Hawker, Ironclad, General Battery, and Fiamm. Wherever there is a need for motive power, EnerSys offers the perfect energy solution.

Job Purpose

The manager establishes operational objectives and assignments and delegates assignments to subordinate managers. Operational objectives are reviewed by senior management to determine operational success. Manage and coordinate the work of a highly skilled engineering staff. Manages day-to-day engineering functions. The engineering manager is involved in developing, modifying and executing company policies that affect local operations. Erroneous decisions will result in critical delays in scheduled operations and may jeopardize overall business activities. The manager interacts with senior management on matters concerning several functional areas and reáuires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance of, others in sensitive situations. The engineering manager manages activities of multiple departments through subordinate managers who exercise full supervision in terms of costs, methods and employees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Manage the group resources to ensure that Safety remains a primary focus.

Manage group resources to successfully execute the business profit plan by continually reviewing business activities and procedures, identifying non-value added expenditures of company resources and developing plans for their elimination.

Coordinate the site's capital budget planning activities.

Develop and manage the project portfolio for the site.

Provides direction on development, installation and improvement activities for new equipment, processes and facilities.

Oversees key projects, processes and performance reports, data analysis.

Provides oversight to the preventative maintenance and obsolete equipment.

Prepares accurate cost analyses for projects and forecasts project completion dates.

Prepares reports for management.

Provides facility design function for the site.

Supervise Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Supervise Facilities Engineering Manager

Supervise Production Maintenance Manager

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and / or Experience :   BS in Engineering (ME / EE / CE / IE) with 10 years manufacturing and project management experience

Language Skills :   English with College level written and verbal skills

Mathematical Skills : Skills commensurate with 4 year engineering degree

Mathematical Skills :   Skills commensurate with 4 year engineering degree

Reasoning Ability : Root cause and abstract problem solving abilities

Computer Skills :   Competency in Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Simulation and project planning software.

General Job Requirements

Generic

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