Position Summary:
Milacron is looking for an Engineering Manager, VAVE to join our team in Batavia, OH. As the Engineering Manager, VAVE, you will be responsible for managing a team of engineers while driving standardization to reduce overall cost of manufacture, reduce time to design, improve serviceability, enhance the customer experience, and increase consistency of our products for current and new products. You will collaborate with all manufacturing locations and other functional areas to optimize their effectiveness in meeting performance metrics. This individual should specialize in designing and developing procedures and strategies to enhance the value of products in a global organization and through the team deliver solutions.
Work You’ll Do:
Global Standardization: Identifies or defines the best practices of all functional areas within Engineering; documents, trains, deploys, and maintains these practices. Identifies or defines design building blocks or re-use elements with proven value and performance and promotes the deployment and sustainment of these elements
Global Value Analysis: works with all engineering groups and other cross functional teams to drive and deliver value to customers through features and cost reduction. Identify the lowest cost way and ensuring the highest worth to accomplish the functions of a product, process or service
Value Engineering: target costing and effective cost management, cost avoidance or cost reduction before and after production release
Provide daily direction to track and assign priories globally
Continuously review and forecast team capacity/demand and escalate any resource issues in a timely manner
Ensure customer requirements are clearly understood, drive closure on open requirements, and verify requirements are satisfied
Oversee estimating effort and track progress on VAVE projects
Coordinate with other Engineering functions such as Electrical, Mechanical/Hydraulic, and Injection to ensure latest cost and quality improvements are implemented in a robust manner
Partner with Operations/Manufacturing to ensure quality, on-time releases
Provide Management with regular feedback on performance of technical issues, project issues, processes/tools, and team member performance
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
6+ years of relevant manufacturing experience
Experience in leading cross-functional engineering teams
Experience in global VAVE design project execution
Experience with 3D CAD, PLM, and ERP software
Relevant experience with mechanical analysis and tolerance/fit analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
General knowledge of all forms of plastic processing machinery and design
Experience with CREO, Windchill, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne highly preferred
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Who we are:
Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the $27 billion plastic technology and processing industry. We are the only global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment. We maintain strong market positions across these products, as well as leading positions in process control systems, mold bases and components, maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) supplies for plastic processing equipment. Our strategy is to deliver highly customized equipment, components and service to our customers throughout the lifecycle of their plastic processing technology systems. Milacron is an Operating Company of Hillenbrand.
Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) is a global industrial company that provides highly-engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. To learn more, visit: www.Hillenbrand.com.
EEO: The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at recruitingaccommodations@hillenbrand.com . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. At Hillenbrand, everyone is welcome to apply and "Shape What Matters for Tomorrow".