Engineering Manager

Why Work Here?

Great culture, pay, benefits, and investment in your training and development.

With Master's Transportation, you can be part of a fast-growing, innovative company. The Master's leadership team values our people and supports their growth and a positive employee experience. For people looking to contribute, build on their skills, and work together for shared success, it's an exciting time to join the company!

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays.
• Competitive health insurance, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance, and short/long- term disability benefits.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• Discounts for travel, entertainment and more.
• Investment in Employee Development

Job Summary:

The Engineering Manager will build, lead, and develop a team of talented engineers and drafters, make key technical decisions, and deliver high-impact results that ensure company objectives and engineering goals are achieved.

The Engineering Manager aligns with Master's core values of relentlessly pursuing excellence, operating with high integrity, communicating with a positive attitude, and is innovative and solution oriented.

Essential Functions:

• Directs and supervises a team of electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, and drafters
• Provides direct employee mentorship, development, and constructive performance evaluations
• Leads manufacturing engineering process development and executes strategic initiatives
• Oversees research, design, and development of new and existing product lines
• Facilitates communication among clients/customers and engineers, providing input, ensuring specifications, budgets, and deadlines are clearly communicated and understood
• Serves as project manager for multiple projects, creating timelines and cost projections, organizing collaborative meetings, and ensuring projects comply with specifications, timelines, and budgets
• Directs tooling design, sourcing, and construction to enable efficient and effective work
• Provides input for quality assurance/control and identifies/addresses production-related issues that may impact Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) standards
• Sets a high standard of collaboration across Engineering, Production, Quality and Supply Chain
• Provides after-sale technical and warranty support
• Supports Sales Department, including but not limited to, meeting with customers, providing designs to satisfy customer specifications, and/or offering alternative solutions when customer expectations cannot be met
• Co-lead Value Analysis / Value Engineering activities to leverage technical expertise, project management skills, and cross-functional collaboration
• Prepares and executes departmental budget
• Negotiates contracts with outside vendors
• Maintains knowledge of current trends, developments, technologies, materials, and best practices; applies this knowledge to continually improve product lines and production efficiency

Competencies:

• Leadership
• Innovation
• Technical Skills
• Communication Skills
• Problem-Solving Skills

Supervisory Responsibilities: Leads and directs the engineering team

Work Environment:

Office Environment: 50%

Manufacturing Plant Environment: 50%

Personal Protective Equipment recommended and/or required on production floor:

• Safety glasses, or prescription safety glasses that meet ANSI Z 87.1
• Hearing Protection that meets ANSI S 12.6
• Steel-toed shoes with anti-slip soles that meets ASTM F2413

Physical Demands:

The physical demands 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.

While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to stand or walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee regularly is required to walk
• The employee is regularly required to stoop, kneel, or crouch
• The employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to forty pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
• Ability to bend, stoop, and squat
• Ability to work with arms above head
• Able to read and follow written and verbal instructions

Required Education/Experience/Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or related engineering field
• 8+ years of related experience required
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing methodologies
• Familiar with ISO9001:2015 or similar quality management systems
• Experience with MRP/ERP manufacturing software
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills
• Proficient with computer-aided drafting (CAD) software
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
• Knowledge of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) vehicle electrical systems and equipment
• Understanding of engineering principles, especially as they relate to vehicle systems and components, including design, troubleshooting, and repair
• Ability to communicate technical ideas to a non-technical audience effectively

Preferred Education/Experience/Certifications:

• Master's degree in engineering
• 5+ years of Engineering experience in the automotive manufacturing industry
• Project management skills to oversee the successful completion of automotive engineering projects from conceptualization to implementation
• Bilingual: English/Spanish

Travel Requirements: Up to 10% travel may be required

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

AAP/EEO Statement

Master's Transportation is committed to the principles of equal employment. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation because of age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. Master's Transportation is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy regarding all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay, and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.