Manufacturing Engineering/NPL Manager

Successful candidate will lead the manufacturing engineering team to resolve daily manufacturing challenges, manufacturing process improvements, and bring breakthrough changes to our machining, assembly and supplier support, by implementing lean concepts to reduce waste and variation. This position is located in Simi Valley, California.

Responsibilities

• Reduce scrap and non-conformances by eliminating waste and variation in all forms

• Develop and implement benchmark manufacturing processes, including PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC and SMED

• Support customer by timely, accurate job estimation and compressed lead-times

• Optimize productivity through efficient, ergonomic and safe workstation and tooling designs.

• Lead cross-functional Value Analysis / Value Engineering projects to identify and execute on cost reduction opportunities to increase margin

• Project management of new equipment including evaluation, design, specification, selection, justification, acquisition, installation, training, and sign-off to manufacturing

• Create and reconcile manufacturing documentation as required by the operating procedures such as manufacturing BOMs and labor routings

• Remain current in new Manufacturing Engineering technology, new manufacturing techniques and new equipment. Recommend new approaches where feasible

• Drive lean RBS culture through the training and implementation Strategy Deployment and other RBS tools to develop best practices throughout the organization

• Developing and implementing strategies for new product development

• Demonstrates both a process approach and data driven decision making/metric skills to systematically and objectively improve company performance.

• Overseas the development of new products, ensuring they meet quality standards and regulatory requirements.

• Lead and participate in Kaizen events based on VSM Roadmaps

• Work with Manufacturing Manager to develop a robust machinist training process.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. Preferably in Engineering, Industrial or Mechanical.

• 7-10 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing engineering management position or equivalent

• Strong leadership in lean environment, organizational and decision-making skills

• Candidate must have a high sense of urgency to be productive in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, computer skills and interpersonal skills

• Solid understanding of properties of materials, conventional and non-conventional machining processes, and secondary processes

• A commitment to continuous improvement (tools such as SPC, Lean Sigma and other Variation Reduction approaches)

• Understanding of Cutting Tool Design and Jig & Fixture Design for Production

• Understanding of precision machining including grind, lap, hone and CNC programming

• Candidates will ideally be from a close tolerance background typically found in bearing, hydraulic components or valve design and manufacturing companies

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States.

Expected Salary: $107,000 - $165,000/annually.

The salary range provided is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation for this position. Salary is dependent on a multitude of factors, including but not limited to the physical worksite location, the geographic market of that location, candidate's skill set, level of experience, education and internal peer compensation comparisons among other potential factors.

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• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan for protected veterans/individuals with disabilities or policy statement, please email [email protected]. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [email protected].

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