Engineering Manager - Manufacturing

Climco designs & manufactures engineered coils, actuators and solenoids. Major markets served include heavy truck, mobile hydraulic, SUV & pickup truck. All products are engineered & tooled for specific customer applications. Climco provides its first-tier customers with extensive engineering support and an exceptionally high level of quality and service. Climco is a privately-held, financially solid company with a great Midwestern culture. The Company has been operating in Morrison, IL for over seventy years and is currently experiencing strong growth.

Climco offers competitive wages & attractive benefits including company daycare, 401K match, continuing education and a professional work environment. The Engineering Manager position provides exceptional opportunities for personal growth & to contribute to the continued success of our Company.

Core Elements of the Position

Manage a department of approximately fifteen Project Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers and Technicians.

Lead Business Development Activities Including:

• Working closely with potential new customers to understand their requirements & to identify their unmet needs.
• Developing innovative design & manufacturing approaches to differentiate Climco’s offering.
• Building cost models & preparing winning proposals.

Lead Product Development Activities Including:

• Detailing the design.
• Acquiring capital equipment & tooling.
• Process development.
• Validation & working with QA on APQP activities including PPAP.
• Product launch.

Lead Continuous Improvement Activities Including:

• Mistake proofing and no fault forward
• Defect & scrap reduction
• Process & Efficiency improvements
• Capacity increases

Team closely with Quality to resolve any customer identified concerns.

Contribute as a member of the company Top Management Team

Job Requirements

Candidates must be degreed engineers with at least ten years of prior engineering work including several years of project management experience. Candidates must possess excellent organizational, planning, communications and leadership skills. Familiarity with a broad spectrum of manufacturing processes and mechanization/automation approaches would be beneficial.