Description

Acara Solutions has been providing aerospace firms nationally with our staffing services for over 60 years. Our national/international aerospace client, that has been around for many decades, has a plant in Auburn, CA (Sacramento region). They have a newly created opening for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager. This is a direct salaried employee position with a base salary range target of $120K - $135K plus bonus. This is a M-F onsite position starting at 7:00 AM.

This is an aerospace metal machine shop environment. Very hands-on. You will need to have a background on the floor running the machines. Employee supervisory experience preferred, but not required. There are 5 direct reports (3 manufacturing engineers and 2 CNC programmers). You will be doing process planning, part operation layout, creating standard work, leading team, and handling outside processing.

As the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you will manage engineering operations for our Auburn, CA site. You will plan, direct and coordinate production, machinery, and packaging; and you will drive operational excellence into our processes. The Manufacturing Engineer Manager provides ongoing support for Value Stream leadership in the areas of productivity improvement and lead time reduction, takes a leadership role with Operations regarding New Product Development activities and is responsible for ensuring that all customer and internal cost requirements are met or exceeded. In this role you will report to our Site Leader.

Required Skills / Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical, E/M Engineering or similar

Min 5 years of manufacturing engineering experience with hands-on CNC machine experience.

(although employee supervisory experience is preferred, a candidate with strong CNC machine shop experience without employee management will be considered)

* This experience should include strong knowledge of LEAN/CI, raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs and other manufacturing related techniques.

* Strong emphasis on critical thinking, time management, judgment and decision-making; Excellent oral and written communication; Ability to motivate, develop and direct people as they work; Ability to identify the best people for the job.

Min 1 year of experience w/ tooling design (they use Autocad)

Min 3 years of metal machine shop experience (ideally aerospace and ideally exp with steel and aluminum castings)

This is an aerospace ITAR facility - U.S. Persons required.

Preferred Skills / Qualifications:

Outside processing experience like plating and heat treat knowledge

Mil-Spec exp a plus in additional to a regulated environment

Six Sigma

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, sex, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. The Aleron companies welcome and encourage applications from diverse candidates, including people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for applicants taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.