Engineering Manager - Hose Products Division

Position Summary:

This role is responsible for ensuring our products are designed and manufactured to be cost-effective, reliable, and ensure they meet customer quality standards. You will also support our overall strategy for success.

Supervision and Interaction:

• Has Direct Reports: This position involves supervising and mentoring Engineers and new employees.

• Problem Solving: You will identify and implement new manufacturing processes and design configurations to solve production challenges. This includes analyzing how products are designed and made and working with suppliers.
• Creating Instructions: You will write clear instructions and visuals to help production staff understand manufacturing requirements.
• Equipment Management: You will evaluate and justify investments in new machinery and design concepts and oversee the implementation of new equipment or changes to existing ones.
• New Product Development: You will develop methods for producing new products and prototypes quickly and efficiently, making necessary adjustments to tools and materials.
• Process Improvement: You will analyze current manufacturing processes to find ways to increase productivity and reduce costs. Implementing new methods will be key to this effort.
• Workforce and Layout Planning: You will plan how to best use our workforce and space to ensure smooth and efficient operation.
• Continuous Improvement: You will apply lean manufacturing principles to enhance products and processes, leading special projects as needed.
• Customer Interaction: You will regularly update customers on program status and address any product issues.
• Quality Assurance: Using statistical techniques to identify and resolve issues, you will develop testing methods to ensure product and process quality.
• Supplier Management: You will manage supplier relationships and ensure compliance with quality standards, including writing procedures to maintain customer requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience directly supporting hose design and manufacturing.
• Demonstrated expertise in implementing improvements in reinforcement and hose cover production.
• Knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials.
• Strong communication skills to interact effectively at all levels of the organization and with suppliers.
• A bachelor's degree in a related Engineering or Technology field, Masters preferred

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Learn more at www.parker.com or @parkerhannifin.

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