Spectrum Automation · 1 day ago
Design Manager
Livonia, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior LevelSpectrum Automation is dedicated to developing effective design solutions in the manufacturing industry. The Mechanical Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a design team to ensure customer satisfaction through technical designs for hoppers, feeders, and conveyors, while managing multiple projects and fostering a collaborative team environment.
Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
Responsibilities
Review and study customer specifications, engineering schematics and other data to determine the design procedures needed to generate and release digital and/or hardcopy printouts related to the engineering and manufacturing requirements
Understand detail and check process and the ability to train employees
Ability to manage multiple projects through the design process
Setting expectations for employees on timing and budgets required to hit release dates, meeting on a weekly cadence to review progress to ensure success in meeting goals
Effectively managing a team, understanding strengths and weaknesses, with regular individual and team meetings reviewing KPIs, evolving processes to help efficiency, training to drive growth, all towards the goal of creating a culture of communication, collaboration, support and clear expectations
Ability to delegate taking into consideration the talent level of employees, positioning the team according to their strengths, while working to build up gap areas
Interact with customers during the quote and design process, in a professional and positive manner to represent Spectrum and set the standard for the design team, seeking to understand their requirements and demands
Write performance assessments annually to drive clear expectations and foster team talent development
Developing and implementing process driven design practices, in addition to establishing design standards
Cross collaboration with the other departments to drive communication and team environment
Mechanical aptitude to learn complex feeding systems
Qualification
Required
Mechanical engineering experience in custom designed solutions
Experience with CAD Systems and software including SolidWorks, and AutoCAD
Experience troubleshooting problems, finding solutions, and implementing those solutions
Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to multi-task effectively
Experience with MS Office Suite (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
Mechanical aptitude to learn complex feeding systems
Preferred
Experience with CADRA a plus
B.S. Mechanical Engineering a plus
Experience with specialty parts feeding and material handling systems a plus
Experience with electrical and pneumatic controls design a plus
Company
Spectrum Automation
Spectrum Automation’s expertise encompasses a range of feeding technologies, including bowl and vibratory feeding systems, designed to facilitate efficient and precise material handling in manufacturing processes.
Founded in 1969
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase