Senior Regional Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Ditch Witch
Company: The Toro Company
Location: Perry
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
Who Are We?------ --- -At Ditch Witch in Perry, Oklahoma we
pride ourselves on being the leading manufacturer in the
underground pipe and cable market. Our plant in Perry stands out
because it's a place for people to learn and thrive. We enjoy
coming to work because our plant is our community, we see our
teammates not only as co-workers but as neighbors and family
members. All of our locations build the intricate network of
machinery that contributes to The Toro Company. We contribute to
building communities, cities, and the world. - We invite you to
apply and join a team of highly skilled, and highly passionate
people. -As a member of the Global Manufacturing Engineering Team,
is a critical contributor in technology strategy formation and
leads implementation within their region. - Directly manages all
site Manufacturing Engineering Leaders in their region. - Dotted
Line accountability to the Regional Operations Director. - Partners
with Site Directors to achieve all site performance metrics. -
Partners with peers in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, NPI
Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Test Engineering, and
Industrial Engineering to ensure safe, capable, and productive
processes are implemented and improved in all regional sites.What
Will You Do?--- -In order to grow and build a successful career
with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:--- -
- Maintains and embodies the absolute commitment to Safety and
Quality in all aspects of the regional technical organization
- Direct recruitment, development, and management of site
Manufacturing Engineering Managers
- Ensure the effective development of the regional technical
organization to meet current and future business needs and provide
robust growth opportunities
- Coaches, mentors, and develops technical resources across the
organization
- Ensures all technical needs for each site are met working in
collaboration with the broader Global Manufacturing Engineering
Organization
- Ensures all processes and equipment are appropriately provided,
capable and improved
- Ensures appropriate new technologies are incubated,
standardized, and deployed as appropriate
- Ensures appropriate skills are developed across the regional
Manufacturing Engineering Team
- Oversees the regional capital investment plan and associated
projects are executed to plan
- Responsible for ensuring regional performance improvement
targets are met in conjunction with site leadership, quality,
safety, etc.
- Responsible for ensuring processes and equipment are capable of
meeting performance requirements
- Responsible for overall regional process and equipment
capability, efficiency, and capacity
- Ensures region capacity is understood, properly maintained, and
planned for
- Ensures appropriate standards and documentation in support of
manufacturing process are complete and maintained in the region
according to global standards and expectations
- Ensures new products are successfully integrated into the
region
- Makes sound financial decisions on the most cost effective
process to deliver a particular need and adequately documents and
defends proposals
- Supports and aligns to Global ME standards and assists in their
creation
- Supports Integration (Make/Buy) and Farm Out Decisions within
the region to achieve best total cost and avoid
sub-optimization
- Fully conforms to Toro Business System initiatives and the
deployment of associated practices across the region
- Actively works across the region to reduce risks associated
with fixed costs while improving productivity
- Ensures the optimized and efficient use of resources of space,
time, labor, energy and material
- Ensures the regional manufacturing engineering team is actively
collaborating with global manufacturing engineering peers, other
regions' manufacturing engineers, quality, safety, sourcing, and
design engineersJOB DIMENSIONS:
- Leads a team of up to 10 Site Engineering Managers, each
overseeing teams of up to 25 Engineers and Techs
- Works with multiple Site Directors, and Global Engineering
Leaders
- Oversees capital budget of $5 to $60M annually
- Defines and deploys strategy
- Leads teams located in multiple remote manufacturing sites
- Accountability in complex and difficult cost effective problem
solving including negotiating, written, and verbal communication
with Division stakeholders
- Travel 20-35%------ -What Do You Need?--- -To be considered for
this role, an individual should meet the following minimal
requirements:--- -
- B.S. in Engineering, M.S. Preferred
- At least twelve years of experience in engineering including a
minimum of four years of engineering management
- Experience with appropriate manufacturing processes e.g. weld,
paint, assembly, extrusion, injection molding, metal fab
- Fluency in primary language(s) of region's plants
- High degree of self-direction and tolerance of ambiguity.
- Ability to write technically
- Ability to work effectively across levels from shop floor to
Director level
- Ability to support work at remote sites
- Willingness to adjust working hours as necessary to ensure
effective support of region
- Technical knowledge of electrical and mechanical manufacturing
and assembly systems
- Strong preference for experience with Advanced Manufacturing
Techniques such as Industry 4.0 and AutomationWhat Can We Give
You?--- ------ -At Ditch Witch, we are always working to make sure
our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a
competitive salary, an affordable and top tier
medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits -
Ditch Witch offers employees at our Perry, OK location a variety of
perks, including:--- -Dress for your day - We know you're more
productive when you're comfortable, which is why employees are
encouraged to take advantage of our casual, office-plant blended
environment. - -Wellness - In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC
offers a variety of mental health, financial health, and other
types of resources to every full-time employee. - -Growth
Opportunities - TTC prides itself on giving our employees the
chance to grow their careers. Tuition reimbursement, opportunities
to move into new areas of interest, and promotion opportunities are
a few examples. - - -Competitive Salary - The pay range takes into
account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not
common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation
decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each
case. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total
rewards package. If you need to, you can access your pay early with
the One@Work app, formerly the Even app. - -#LI-HybridWe are proud
to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified
applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including
pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental
status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information
(including family medical history), political affiliation, military
service, or other non-merit based factors. We celebrate diversity
and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all
employees.--- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Keywords: The Toro Company, Stillwater , Senior Regional Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Ditch Witch, Executive , Perry, Oklahoma
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