Engineering Manager

Purpose Statement: To manage the core technology, direct the activities of a functional engineering team and provide technical project oversight within Plexus Engineering Solutions. An active contributor in shaping the culture on their team and at their site. Plans and manages company projects and/or PLXS-ENG customer projects ensuring that they fall within budget and on schedule.

Key Job Accountabilities:

• Quality Execution: Ensures technical success of programs by understanding customer needs, staffing programs with appropriate resourcing, and driving continuous improvement of tools and processes. Understands and is able to identify leading indicators of project challenges, and takes mitigating actions as necessary. Maintains and improves the Quality Management System through process ownership and CAPA resolution.
• Talent Acquisition and Development: Expands and grows technical and leadership competencies by hiring diverse and high potential talent that enhances our people, product and process capabilities. Establishes and achieves group growth objectives through headcount growth and upskilling employee skillsets needed to support ongoing customer demands.
• Responsible to exemplify and hold their team accountable to demonstrating the Plexus Core Values. Leader will focus on evaluating potential, driving succession planning, and ensuring their employees receive the development and coaching required to realize their full potential.
• Cost Management: Drives non-billable hours optimization (NBHO), minimizing administrative tasks and maximizing value-add activities within functional team. Manages headcount and flex staffing model effectively to meet needs of customers and business. Drives CapEx planning for functional team.
• Project Management: Effectively manages the team resources and leads company projects and/or PLXS-ENG customer projects to a successful execution. This includes partnering with the engineering team to identify solutions to meet the project needs. Manages expectations regarding project scope, schedule, budget, risks, deliverables, and any changes to the original proposal.

Education/Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required with 5 or more years of related experience preferred.

Other Qualifications:

• N/A

Physical Requirements:

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Travel Requirements:

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This document does not represent a contract of employment and is not intended to capture every possible assignment the incumbent could be asked to perform.