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Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. Plant Engineering Manager - 20594692 in Gaylord, Michigan

Position Summary:

A Program Engineering Manager is ultimately responsible for the product design, development, and the release of their respective department's products. This individual must demonstrate discipline, vision, and leadership in order to ensure direct reports are engineering company products appropriately. This is accomplished through documentation, administration, implementation, and enforcement of the procedures, standards, and best practices, inside and outside of the department. Receives guidance from the Senior Program Engineering

Manager and Director.

Primary Responsibilities: Support, approve, and enforce engineering standards through implementation of best practices, company processes, and design reviews Enforce full design and specification reviews across all components and assemblies, according to TS, Cooper Standard Design and Process Standards Anticipate and recognize systemic issues within and outside the department; develop action plans for improvement Manage professional employees and/or supervisors Apply understanding of the business and how own team contributes to the achievement of results Accountable for the performance and results of a team within own discipline Support the overall department product strategy, and translate into actionable items for the team Adapt/develop departmental plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges Provide guidance to others on department personnel expenses, capital budgets, and ensure that budget line items are tracked and expensed properly between departments Provide technical guidance to employees, colleagues and/or customers Ensure products are developed by utilizing CAE/Six-Sigma tools and structure to ensure product and processes are fully validated Impact the level of service and the team's ability to meet quality and volume objectives in a timely manner Guide by policies, resource requirements, budgets and the business plan Ensure clear communication of lessons learned are shared within their respective department and across other departments including but not limited to Purchasing, Materials, Quality, etc. Allocate resources to ensure proper support of all department business Identify and resolves complex technical, operational and organizations problems Guide, influence and persuade other either internally in other areas or externally with customers or agencies Oversee reporting of DV and PV plans/status/results including any failures and root cause analysis to senior management Work closely with cross-functional teams with regards to identified VA/VE opportunities Support the evaluation and troubleshooting of product build issues during all phases of the product lifecycle May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description. Performs other related duties Education and Qualifications: Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree preferred; Masters or other advanced degree is a plus Minimum of three years' prior leadership experience preferred Working knowledge of customer functional performance requirements Ability to make decisions guided by policies, procedure and business plan; receives guidance from manager Experience with launching a products from initial concept, prototype and customer trials, production launch, and service Previous experience in tracking and recording internal and customer identified open issues from point of identification through to resolution Ability to apply understanding of the business and how own team contributes to the achievement of results Requires in-depth understanding and application of concepts, theories and principles in own discipline and basic knowledge of other disciplines Black Belt or Six-Sigma experience a plus Must have excellent technical and mechanical ap

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