Engineering Manager Job

 

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in more than 60 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2 billion in revenues in fiscal 2022. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

 

Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Huntsville, AL

Summary

The engineering manager supports the Huntsville Kennametal plant by managing and directing departmental personnel in a way that implements needed capital projects, maintenance of plant documents, and non-project support to operations.  Efficient operation of the department helps ensure effective utilization of capital expenditures and timely delivery of deliverables.  He/she is responsible for improving the cost effectiveness of the department, reducing capital project costs, improving timeliness of project completion and installation of assets that follow set standards and comply with all regulatory governed agencies.

The Engineering Manager is responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and direction to employees focusing on process system cost reductions, increased capacity and productivity, improved reliability, and reduced product variation to maximize the production of high-quality products safely, in an environmentally sound and cost-effective manner to meet the overall goals.

 

Essential Job Functions

1. Manage departmental project execution in a way that meets or project requirements. Activities include but are not limited to:
   • monitoring and assessing project priorities.
   • providing internal or outsourced resources to accomplish tasks.

• • expedite strategic capital projects.

• provide visible leadership with team members and subcommittees facilitating sound design and construction objectives to implement projects in a safe manner.
• network and with off-site contacts for benchmarking best practices implementing as appropriate.
• actively participate in capital expenditure discussions to drive for optimum project execution and performance.

 

1. Manage departmental operations and personnel to encourage and organize the team with regard to:
   • management of departmental expenses within budget.
   • oversee depart personnel & contractors to ensure successful project execution.

• • manages departmental legal issues (including in-house contractor contracts as well as licensing and secrecy agreements).
  • provide resources to support plant information systems and initiatives.
  • responsible for stimulating departmental employee growth and development, in a way that retains employees for current and future facility / company needs.  Activities include but are not limited to:
    • • providing varied work experiences for development of personnel
      • recommending the best individual at each opportunity based upon merit.
      • interviewing and recommending candidates for hiring, coaching, and mentoring direct reports.
      • utilizing the PPM process while encouraging all exempt personnel to utilize the PPM process.
  • take the initiative to continue his/her development in knowledge of the engineering, operations (e.g. maintenance and operations), marketing, sales and corporate personnel to develop a broader understanding of company’s business.

 

1. Improve the plants infrastructure, reliability, and plants physical assets.  Assess infrastructure needs and develop long-term plans that increase the reliability of the Huntsville plant assets.

 

1. Provide a safe and environmentally sound facility through the implementation of expense and capital projects and using engineering best practices and the Kennametal standards.

 

1. Directly manage Huntsville plant’s capital expenditure budget process to create positive affect both Operations and Maintenance departmental budgets.  Actively participate in CAPEX projects in a way that lowers the total cost of ownership and improves our plant safety performance.  This includes but is not limited to, interaction with departmental managers and the plant manager as needed to ensure that our plant capital project needs are met and are properly aligned with our corporate objectives.