Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Job Summary:  This Assistant Manager of Manufacturing Engineer (AMME) position is based at the Gibson Custom site in Nashville and provides solutions and leadership in a low volume/high mix environment. Leading a small team of Engineering disciplines, the AMME brings a wide range of skills and experience in a hands-on approach to expand capabilities in process design, programming, assembly and tooling. Collaboration with cross-functional team members is essential, as well as mentoring and developing key members within this function’s team. 

Essential Functions:

Main duties

• Overall responsibility of the manufacturing processes in a low volume, high mix, high-skilled production environment. Safety-Quality-Cost-Delivery
• Approximately 50% of the AMME position is providing and implementing solutions as a hands-on individual contributor.
• The other duty is to drive stability, consistency, and productivity within the Engineering Skills to support process stability and throughput.
• Prioritize team efforts based on business needs.
• Effective planning/preparation for new product introductions

Other duties

• Employee can be asked to perform other duties that are reasonable within the area of expertise

Required Skills/Abilities: Skills and Competencies

• Keen understanding of Industrial Engineering principles, practices, and tools.
• Ability to solve complex problems through a methodical root cause analysis approach.
• Passionate learner that drives toward becoming a subject matter expert.
• Hands on approach that drives solutions and leads by example.
• Excellent leadership with the ability to inspire, influence, and convince.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Outstanding time management skillset with the ability to prioritize and work with urgency to drive a culture of performance.
• High performance results in both a team setting and working alone.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with staff members
• Critical Thinking; using logic and reasoning to identify alternative solutions
• Active Listening; Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate

Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of engineering concepts, including electrical, hydraulic and mechanical systems

Education and Experience:

• B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering
• 5+ years of experience (manufacturing environment is a requirement)
• Experience in a leadership position preferred
• Design and analyze tooling for machining and assembly 
• Computer aided design (CAD) software (Catia, Creo, Solidworks, ProE, etc)
• Experience working in and deploying sound Industrial Engineering concepts
• PLC and/or CNC programming a plus
• DFM/DFA experience a plus
• Fixture and Tooling Design
• Experience with wood as a production material a plus.

Additional Details or Requirements:  this could be Work Environment, Travel, etc.

Internal:

• Manufacturing locations
• Office locations
• Showroom

External:

• Sales office locations
• Supplier manufacturing locations

Travel Requirements

• Periodic travel to and between the company’s manufacturing locations may be required (5-10%). 

Physical Demands:

• Basic physical stances and actions (sitting, standing, walking)

The company’s Job Descriptions are not intended to be a complete detailed account of all expected/anticipated activities. We operate in a fast-moving and competitive global environment and therefore need employees to be flexible.