SMT Manufacturing Engineer Manager

Keytronic is a team-based, supportive environment where everyone is able to feel encouraged and supported. We provide opportunities for growth through seminars, certifications, on-the-job training, and career advancement. Our team and employees are proud of our product diversity and team environment. We are an international company where you will do something different every day in our fast-paced work environment, but we are always finding ways to create something new and be innovative.

We encourage you to apply for this position if you enjoy being challenged, working in a dynamic work setting, and being a part of a team that creates products that drive our world, while providing an innovative workplace with deep camaraderie, compelling product diversity, and resources to build your career.

Keytronic provides competitive salaries and benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation, Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement, and 401K. We also have a company provided wellness program because we care about the wellbeing of our employees inside and outside of the workplace. We organize volunteer opportunities, company activities, and all-employee meetings to show we value our employees and the community around us!

JOB SUMMARY: Provide leadership and direction for all day-to-day activities for one or several of the functional manufacturing engineering teams.  In addition, provides engineering support to engineers in order to maximize the effectiveness of the functional engineering team and serve as an engineering project leader. Manages the functional team’s budget, distributes work load, establishes goals, and monitors employee’s performance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Develops goals for the team and for each individual within the team that reflects the goals of the company and the manufacturing engineering group.
• Supervises, provides leadership, assigns projects, and coordinates day-to-day activities for the functional engineering team.
• Develops and coordinates procedures that follow the new product introduction (NPI) process and ensures the transfer between sites is seamless and successful.
• Reviews all quotes for new production models and coordinates design reviews.
• Oversees the quotation, initiation, scheduling, and coordination of developmental activities for the functional manufacturing engineering team.
• Develops and manages functional team tactical and strategic plans for manufacturing technical roadmaps.
• Develops and maintains functional team’s design for manufacturability rules and guidelines.
• Manages functional team in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.  This includes staff forecasting, interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Ensures compliance and provides an environment that supports our Corporate Affirmative Action Plan and Equal Employment Opportunity laws.
• Promotes and leads continuous improvement projects by guiding Manufacturing Engineers to bring cost savings to the company

OTHER FUNCTIONS: 

• Interfaces with customers as required and all other departments in NW, SW, Vietnam and China
• Attends meetings as needed to support organization activity
• Interfaces with customers as required
• Performs other duties as assigned to achieve corporate and departmental objectives that are outside of normal job duties.
• Works with Project Managers to ensure manufacturing costs do not negatively impact Keytronic’s profit margins.

SUPERVISION GIVEN/RECEIVED: Supervision is provided by the VP of Engineering or the Director of Manufacturing Engineering. Directly manages a team of engineers and technicians. Directs various technical disciplines in the performance of their duties.  Establishes, mentors, trains and grows an organization that effectively and efficiently meets customer and company requirements.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Five to seven years of experience as a manufacturing engineer
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.  Ability to apply mathematical operations: frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, and factor analysis
• Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts, and draws valid conclusions.  Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously in a timely manner in a fast-paced environment.
• Sound written and oral communication skills; must be able to write and understand routine reports, follow oral and written instructions, and speak effectively
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to relate to and work with diverse groups of people
• Must have knowledge of use and operation of standard office equipment and be familiar with commonly used email, Internet, word processing, databases and spreadsheets
• Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations and materials.  Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in Engineering
• Three-Five years of experience in engineering management
• Experience in Contract Manufacturing and EMS industry desired with an emphasis in supporting an offshore manufacturing facility
• Ability to read, write, and speak Spanish, Vietnamese, and/or Chinese.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects, talk, hear, and see.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or reach with hands and arms. The employee will regularly multi-task between projects, be required to move throughout the office building, and effectively communicate. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The environment is fast-paced; time pressured, and requires accuracy.  The normal environment is quiet and typical of an open cubical setting with some areas that may be louder at times.

SAFETY SENSITIVE POSITION: This position has been designated as safety-sensitive under RCW 49.44.240. The duties of this role involve work where impairment while working could present a substantial risk of death or serious injury to the employee or others. Applicants should be aware that different drug testing requirements may apply to safety-sensitive positions.