Aero Alliance Manufacturing Engineering Leader

Job Description Summary
The Manufacturing Engineer Leader (M.E Ldr) will be responsible for defining, designing, and following the building of equipment to support the shop activities. This role will support shop floor personnel from a technical standpoint and drive productivity/manufacturability/cost-out improvements for the business. At the same time M.E. Ldr will work to develop procedure, work instruction, methods to support the production as well.

The role is intended to be a Team Leader role and requires People Leader experience

Job Description
These responsibilities specifically include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide technical support in the disassembly, repairs and assembly processes for the shop floor

• Define, design, and follow the execution of equipment/devices/machines starting by drafting technical specification till to the commissioning in the workshop. The M.E. Ldr will work strictly with:

• Lines leaders/shop leader: to know and satisfy the needs of the shop.

• EHS: to be compliant with internal and by Law requirement.
• Quality team: to respect the product high quality level.
• Lean team: to develop solutions in line with the lean concept.
• Finance dept: to define the expenses and business cases where needed.
• Product engineer dept: to know the product.

• Sourcing Dept: to discuss the requirement asked for the bid phase.

• Develop Work instructions, methods, processes and procedures to give detailed information to the shop. i.e.: Handling, and lifting procedures, assembly, and disassembly procedures, etc. …collaborating with ops and cross-functions team (see previous point)

• Define hours to apply to the shop floor operation routings according to the operation to perform.
• Lead, and present to leadership, analysis and perform metrics and KPI to monitor shop floor performances in terms of efficiency/ productivity (hours analysis applied on the routings: for instance planned Vs actuals)
• Provide leadership/mentorship for team to lead shop floor improvement projects to resolution
• Share best practices across shop floor to drive consistency, ensure our processes are continuously improves
• Understand and collect the shop depts needs to create the investment plan.
• Track and be responsible for costs & expenses for the fixtures among the depts to respect the budget defined year over year.
• Perform Service Routings Analysis to define equipment/fixture/methods to perform the activities in shopfloor
• Lead the execution of the Fixtures working with Engineering external vendors from the designing phase to the fixture's delivery.
• Purchase commercial equipment/device to support production.
• Support process improvement initiatives (like AWO, Committee) to reduce waste, cycle time, improve EHS/Quality/Ergonomics.
• Develop a strong partnership with internal and external teams to build continuous process improvement
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to drive a strong culture in Quality and Safety by leading by example
• Hold self and team accountable to Aero Alliance Compliance and Integrity standards, while being a sponsor
• Hold self and team accountable to Aero Alliance EHS (Environmental Health & Safety) culture, driving a safe workplace and environment

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma); or equivalent experience
• Excellent analytical skills
• Proficient skills in PC, Microsoft Office, Excel, Access
• Use of CAD tooling
• Oracle or other ERP system experience
• Fluency in Italian & English
• Be a Solution-oriented problem solver

Desired Characteristics

• Be flexible in a dynamic environment.
• Use of FEM
• Strong attention to details and quality.
• Customer-focused mindset
• Experience with Gas Turbines engines, preferably aircraft or aero derivatives
• Ability to interact with all levels and functions of the organization
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs and projects
• Lean Manufacturing experience driving process improvement
• Lean, DMS and problem solving processes Knowledge.
• Six Sigma certification a plus

**Additional Information*
*Relocation Assistance Provided:
No