Manager Mechanical Engineering

Purpose of Position

Responsible for the activities of the Mechanical Engineering Group.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Directly or indirectly supervises 15 to 45 employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Recruits, interviews, and selects employees to fill vacant positions within the Mechanical Engineering Group.
• Directs department activities to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop test procedures.
• Resolves problems using solutions that involve new techniques, technologies, or concepts.
• Confers with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
• Advises management of new developments which may affect profit, schedule, costs, customer relations and or inter to departmental relations.
• Provides direction and acts as an example in the application of company policies and procedures.
• Maintains a working knowledge of new technologies which may improve operations and develops recommendations accordingly.
• Exhibits and practices professional and courteous behavior while interacting with both internal and external customers.
• Interacts within a cooperative environment through beneficial behavior, commitment to common goals, contribution to problem solving, communication of ideas and suggestions, and encouragement to other employees and departments.
• Accountable for the control and distribution of documents and or equipment subject to export control restrictions and the security of FSI materials, projects and business information regarding the methods and techniques used in the production and usage of FSI products.
• Accountable for the accuracy and completeness of assigned tasks.
• Accountable for department execution of submitted budgets and hours estimates.
• Accountable for department accomplishment of all project tasks in accordance with published project schedules.
• Able to adhere to a work schedule including prompt and regular attendance.
• Coach, resolve conflict and correct action as needed to solve performance related issues.
• Monitor and measure team progress against business plan and recommend changes as needed.
• Establish staff performance expectations and provide regular feedback from both informal and scheduled reviews.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a technical or business discipline

Minimum Experience

• 10 years experience.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Word processing, Spreadsheets, Microsoft Office, Understanding of Mechanical engineering practices and standards. AutoCAD, Solid Works, etc..

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met and or encountered 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 sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.