Engineering Manager* Job Listing at 3M in Indianapolis, IN (Job ID 3m-1207948&lang=en)

Chemicals

Title: Engineering Manager*
Location: Indiana-Indianapolis
3M is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager for the Occupational Health & Environmental Safety Division

Job Summary :
The person hired for the position of Engineering Manager will provide overall leadership for the Indianapolis Engineering staff; lead specific engineering projects; work with department managers to continually evaluate, develop, and execute projects that improve safety, reduce costs, and improve quality; and establish focus, direction, and priority for production support and multiple capital projects.

Roles and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Engineering Department and Staff:
Coach, counsel, and develop skills of engineering staff and monitor performance and provide training. Perform annual performance evaluations for engineering staff direct reports. Make job responsibilities/assignments decisions and set priorities relative to engineering department. Responsible for developing engineering budget and managing department expenses within budget guidelines.

Capital Projects:
Develop yearly capital and savings plans to maximize ROI. Evaluate and support all capital projects for Indianapolis departments. Compile daily record keeping and research documentation, prepare project updates and summaries of activities.

Manufacturing Operations:
Coordinate engineering support of manufacturing operations to include, troubleshooting, developing solutions, selecting vendors, identifying equipment, and implementing changes as needed for manufacturing success. Support maintenance and operations through documentation, training and hands-on troubleshooting of existing and new equipment. Review and develop standard operating procedures for new equipment, modifications, and materials needed. Provide contact with present and potential vendors assisting purchasing with the quotation and negotiation processes. Resolve customer complaints with Quality department as needed. Work closely with management and employees to keep open lines of communication to achieve team concept goals for our organization.

Process and Technology:
Serve as primary liaison between Indianapolis and Corporate Technical Departments in developing new formulations, new manufacturing methods and new products. Provide product technology assessment and development of next generation processing technologies, principally polyurethane molding, high speed packaging and other technologies that may be used for the manufacture of products. Provide and direct design and testing of new processes to include directing or providing the generation of drawings, performance criteria, directing or specification of prototype equipment that may be used for manufacture of prototype or production products. Provide or direct engineering analysis using procedures that include generation of drawings, engineering design principles, process capabilities and machine layouts. Conduct searches for the evaluation of processing/packaging technologies that are amenable for the use with either existing materials or new materials that may be used in the manufacture of products. Experiment with prototype equipment that may be used for manufacture, provide data and report/review results.

Location and Travel : The person hired for the position of Engineering Manager will be located in Indianapolis, Indiana and may include up to 5% travel.

Relocation Benefits are currently authorized for this position.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status)

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.
To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).

The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.

Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree
* Minimum of 5 years combined experience in continuous process and/or automated packaging
Preferred Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering
* 7 or more years of combined experience in manufacturing, supply chain and/or quality
* 5 or more years of combined experience with automation assembly and/or high speed packaging machines
* Experience with CAD/CAM and CNC controlled equipments (e.g. lathe, mill, wire EDM)
* Prior experience participating in six sigma green belt or black belt projects
* Significant Lean and/or Lean Six Sigma experience in a manufacturing setting
* Knowledge and experience using Lean Six Sigma tools and methodology for problem solving, project management, control plans, and/or continuous improvement
* Demonstrated experience with capital budgeting, capital justification and capital project management
* Self starter/self directed that leads with high energy and passion
* Ability to work with cross functional teams and across multiple functions and disciplines
* Effective facilitation, communication and teaching skills
* Ability to engage and influence the organization
* Ability to multi-task and handle large workloads under time constraints
* Ability to understand and apply analytical and statistics tools
* Results oriented with strong process and execution skills

About 3M
3M captures the spark of new ideas and transforms them into thousands of ingenious products. Our culture of creative collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops inventing. With $27 billion in sales, 3M employs about 80,000 people worldwide and has operations in more than 65 countries. For more information, visitwww.3M.com/Careersor follow @3MNews on Twitter.

About Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division
A global leader in supplying a full line of maintenance-free and reusable filtering facepiece and elastomeric facepiece respirators; supplied and powered air purifying respiratory systems; hearing protection products; air monitoring systems; and sorbent materials. Also available are software and training support materials; Health and Safety Services, first aid, floor safety and workplace ergonomics products. For more information, visithttp://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Products/ProdServ/Dir/Safety-Security/