West Coast Company looking for an Engineering Manager that will be overall responsibility for the engineering and products & processes with the aim of maximize productivity while minimizing costs and ensuring optimum plant availability.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
• University degree in Engineering
• Proven experience of minimum 3 years as Engineering Manager
• Background in Industrial company, ideally in Steel, Automotive,
• Highly valuable knowledge & professional experience in:
• Welding engineering,
• Product development & product engineering,
• Organization of maintenance processes,
• Process engineering,
• Lean Manufacturing
• Able to develop strong relationships at an Executive level ,
• Influencing people to reach targets and promoting the engineering culture at the plant
• Proven ability to train people, to liaise with all internal functions, to promote development and manage improvement actions
• Able to quickly adapt to changing priorities and to handle multiple complex projects and situations simultaneously.
• Working knowledge of SAP, Microsoft office
• Fluent in English

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Other duties may be assigned considering business priorities
• Implement systems to manage legal compliance to all relevant local legislation.
• Implement manufacturing
• policies & procedures making sure to continuously improve efficiency,
• Increase productivity
• Meet customers specification
• Providing internal guidance for the definition of welding processes
• Lead product engineering, with the aim of complying with client specifications, quality requests and projects technical requirements
• Supervise overall equipment maintenance management & lead improvements in the engineering of productions line
• Assess the quality of tools, machinery, and equipment.
• Be a technical expert in addressing procurement of new machinery and tools
• Conduct productivity analysis & performance management, support materials planning
• Determine methods, timelines and strategies for optimizing engineering of products & processes
• Define human and material resources necessary to meeting the production schedule and production improvement objectives
• Provide guidance to the Production Manager in taking decisions redirecting efforts, implementing improvements constantly
• Report to the local Plant Manager & to corporate Chief Technical Officer, providing clear plans & metrics and establishing trust
• Occasional national & international travels could be required