Purpose of the Position:

Responsible for Process and Project Engineering support, project management, utilities, and equipment optimization. Lead the Process/Project engineering team in the support to manufacturing operation and capital planning generation and execution.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Accountable for all processes, policies and procedures related to machine process
• Define and document expectations related to Good Engineering Practice and Project Execution Methodology while tracking project execution for targeted projects and report performance metrics.
• Develop strategic Long-Range Planning (LRP) related to capacity, pipeline technology assessment, facility asset utilization, and capital investments.
• Accountable for the daily supervision of process/project engineers, engineering technicians, as applicable. Mentor engineering staff and serve as a project technical leader.
• Identifies line of business needs and drives continuous improvement adoption with speed and urgency.
• Offers regular updates on project progress and performs analyses of results and data using statistical tools with oversight from other team members.
• Evaluates potential projects with oversight from other team members against selection criteria, reviews project activities for progress and roadblocks, conducts tollgate reviews, and works with stakeholders and others to remove roadblocks to success.
• Communicate progress, status, and issues to all stakeholders.
• Interfaces regularly with business unit managers to define project direction and system change priorities.

Education & Experience

• 8-10 years of manufacturing experience including at least 5 in production operations and 2 years as a 2nd level supervisor
• Bachelor of Science in engineering or BS in another technical area
• Advanced degree in engineering or business a plus
• 2 years of experience in project management
• Experience in new product development a plus

Required Skills

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven experience in equipment engineering, design, and/or maintenance.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Project management experience.
• Budget management experience.
• Experience with software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum) (for some roles)

Desired Skills

• Experience in solar module or wafer manufacturing
• Experience in glass manufacturing
• Experience in manufacturing in clean environments

Soft Skills

• International & multi-culture communication & coordination ability
• Strong ownership of achieving plant goals
• Creative and with strong continuous improvement work
• Excellent presentation and reporting skill
• Ability to change the thinking of others to establish long-term behaviors, norms, culture

Why join American Panel Solutions

• An excellent opportunity to join a growing business and technologically advanced industry.
• 2 other factories can support and interact. Large engineering community to join with elite set of leaders to help guide and coach you.