Director of Engineering: New Product Development and Launch Job in Brooklyn Park 55428, Minnesota US

Is your environment too limiting?

Don’t be content with a work environment that has you feeling “boxed in” by too little challenge and too little room to grow.  Join Metro Mold Design (MMD) where your potential is unlimited.  We’re a fast-expanding organization that has provided our customers since 1973 industry-leading industrial and medical manufacturing services.  Join us at the top of your profession and have the opportunity to be respected as a key player.

Director of Engineering: New Product Development and Launch

The most successful candidates will have the experience to drive for flawless launch of our customer’s new products.  Success of this role is defined by our new products being manufactured on time, on budget, running to standard and then seamlessly transferred to manufacturing production.  

The ideal candidate will perform a critical role in evaluating the people, process and tools currently in place.  In addition, they will have the creativity to find alternate and better solutions.

On the technical side, the top candidates will be well versed in Manufacturing Process Controls, Quality Systems, Problem Solving, Risk Analysis, and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly. We are looking for someone with the ability to quickly build strong relationships with sales, quoting, manufacturing and the supply stream teams. 

We are looking for a highly-motivated individual with strong communication skills and possess 10+ years of progressive medical and industrial manufacturing experience. 

To qualify, you’ll have:

·         Demonstrated leadership implementing operational excellence techniques and initiatives, continuous improvement and six sigma tools

·         Developed metrics and real time reporting to enable planning, analysis and evaluation of engineering team’s performance 

·         Standardized the program management team’s process

·         Identified and implemented platform enhancements resulting in increased product development quality, lower costs or reduced production time

·         Set the standard for a team to deliver a professional and consistent customer service experience

·         Kept up-to-date on emerging technologies and practices

In addition to challenges and excitement of joining a high performing company, we offer excellent compensation and benefits including medical and dental coverage, 401(k) savings plan and more.  This position is based in our state of the art medical manufacturing facility located at 3685 Winnetka Circle, Brooklyn Park, MN  55428. 

If you have proven experience in best-in-class manufacturing practices hr@metromold.com