Sustaining Engineer Manager

Job description

**Job Description:**

Miller Electric, an ITW company, is seeking a Sustaining Engineer Manager to join the Precision Welding Solutions team.

As the Sustaining Engineer Manager, you will play a key leadership role in managing and facilitating the growth of your team, supporting existing product offerings, and delivering on operational excellence initiatives.

You will lead sustaining engineering efforts while also collaborating with new production development engineering, materials, operations, and service teams.

Miller Electric established a diverse portfolio of welding equipment and accessories.

In this role you will maintain our reputable industry leader position.

**Essential Functions:**

**Develop and foster the growth of your engineering team.**

**Enhance skills –** provide resources, coaching, and professional development support

**Build relationships –** make key connections, breakdown communication barriers, and apply ITW principles: Shared Risk, Integrity, Respect, and Trust

**Align goals –** create cohesive goals in alignment with organization objectives that are achievable and actionable

**Streamline processes –** optimize workflows and communication channels, encourage collaboration, and eliminate non-value add activities

**Support manufacturing by providing solutions and implementing changes.**

**Quality and warranty –** ensure product reliability and preserve design intent to keep products performing as intended throughout their lifecycle

**Material conformance/availability –** verify components meet specification and provide supply chain interruption solutions

**Customer satisfaction –** ensure that customers and the service team receive all necessary support and response to address concerns

**Product lifecycle management –** manage risk surrounding the complexities of product introduction, maturity, and service

**Product design and compliance –** adhere to relevant regulatory standards.

Roadmap regulatory changes and develop strategies to maintain product compliance.

**Deliver on operational excellence initiatives.**

**Strategic sourcing -** support new vendors, materials, and processes qualification activities.

**Cost optimization –** provide comprehensive analyses of component design and sourcing.

Find efficiencies and optimal designs through a holistic approach.

**Design for manufacturing and assembly –** challenge your team to make design changes which eliminate wastes by reducing processes, complexity, and eliminating components.

Develop strategies to leverage standardized designs spanning the product portfolio.

**Safety culture –** protect our people based on our philosophy that all accidents are preventable.

Share ownership of safety by developing product and processes continuous improvement strategies with your team.

**What you need to do to be successful in this role** :

**Adaptability –** enterprise first mindset and will pivot to escalate the business priorities

**Critical thinking & decision making -** ability to make logical and sound decisions and to know when to act independently and when to seek assistance

**Curiosity & learning orientation -** actively identifying new areas for learning and applying newly gained knowledge/skill on the job

**Drive to excel -** driven to succeed and willing to go the extra mile.

Perseveres in the face of obstacles and challenges.

Will bring projects to resolution.

**Interpersonal skills & communication –** emotional intelligence strength provides the ability to work collaboratively and partner well with others

**Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering with 5 or more years of relevant industry experience
+ Project management experience preferred
+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills

ITW Welding is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

_ITW is an equal opportunity employer.

We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential._

_As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship._

_All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws._

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