Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Business Unit:
Cubic Manufacturing and Procurement
- Company Details:
Cubic offers an opportunity to provide innovative technology for government and commercial customers around the globe, helping to solve their future problems today. We’re the leading integrator of payment and information technology and services for intelligent travel solutions worldwide, and the leading provider of realistic combat training systems, secure communications and networking and highly specialized support services for military and security forces of the U.S. and allied nations. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and thrive in an innovative environment, we want to talk to you about your next role at Cubic We are seeking employees inspired by technology, and motivated by the rewards of hard work, commitment, teamwork, quality, integrity, and respect. We invite you to explore opportunities with Cubic.
- Job Details:

- Job Summary:
Provides supervision and direction to subordinates engaged in process, manufacturing, test, and quality engineering assignments related to the development, transition to production, and full manufacturing/production execution of electromechanical, electronic and software intensive products and subassemblies. Functions as a technical advisor regarding tasks, projects, and operations. Establishes and maintains plans, objectives, policies and procedures for an engineering unit. Proceeding on own initiative, makes engineering personnel assignments and advises other manufacturing organizations in support of Company-wide projects and activities. This position typically works under limited supervision. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.
- Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

- Coordinates activities of process, manufacturing, test, and quality engineering staff. Establishes work goals and allocates resources.
- Plans, leads and tracks work activities of project assigned staff. Motivates, delegates, coaches and trains subordinates
- Oversees employees in performance of work; conducts performance evaluations and recommends salary adjustments; makes decisions concerning employee hiring, discipline, recognition and termination
- Supervises and supports process and manufacturing engineering efforts including developing and implementing effective manufacturing plans, establishing policies and procedures relative to tooling, manufacturing techniques, and processes, including overall manufacturing concepts, methods, and factory/facility arrangement and layout
- Evaluate vendor capabilities relative to in house capabilities in support of effective make and buy analyses and decisions
- Monitors the schedule, technical performance, throughput and yield of projects supported
- Acts as a technical advisor to staff regarding tasks, projects and operations. Oversees daily operations in order to meet schedules or to resolve complex problems
- Coordinates and develops process, manufacturing, and test concepts, objectives, methods, and resource needs
- Coordinates with customer manufacturing and management personnel during contract discussions and execution
- Provide support to Contracts and Procurement to ensure conformance with contract and delivery requirements
- Conducts briefings and participates in technical meetings for internal and external representatives concerning specific operations
- Participates in writing new business proposals. Prepares manufacturing proposals to reflect cost, schedule and technical approaches
- Enforces adherence to company, manufacturing, and engineering policies, processes and procedures governing work assignments. Modifies policies as needed
- Minimum Job Requirements:
Four-year college degree in engineering or science discipline plus twelve years related experience, including at least five with managerial level experience. Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing; interface with customers, subcontractors and suppliers, and deal with employees and managers at all levels in manufacturing, engineering, and other departments. Ability to interpret contract, engineering, and manufacturing requirements. Must be able to solve complex and difficult manufacturing and engineering problems. Mental ability to perform technical problem solving and analytical tasks in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment. Must be able to work under project deadlines and associated cost and schedule constraints. Must have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively interface with employees, management and customers. PLM and SAP Experience is a key plus.
- The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and accordi_
- ng to business need._
- Worker Type:
Employee