How will you make an impact? 

The Sr Engineering Manager will be responsible for planning, designing, implementing, and managing production systems across our cloud computing / data center manufacturing facilities that assure performance, reliability, maintainability, schedule adherence and cost control within the production sites. The Sr Engineering Engineering Manager will adopt as its goals profitability, effectiveness, adaptability, responsiveness, quality, and the continuous improvement of rack, server, and data center products and services throughout their life cycles. 

This role supports business development efforts with current and/or future customers and development or implementation of could computing / data center engineering strategies. 

Please note: This role will require extensive travel to Jabil’s Florence, KY site during the first 3–6 months for training, team integration, and operational alignment.

What will you do? 

• Manages ME (manufacturing engineering) and IE (industrial engineering) activities with focus on key operational metrics for our cloud computing / data center manufacturing operations. 

• Manufacturing System Development: Design and develop manufacturing systems and procedures for cloud computing manufacturing processes. This includes material storage, material flow, assembly of hardware components or devices into racks and servers (such as motherboards, memory, CPU, storage (SSD, HDD, NVMe) and PCIE devices). 

• Manufacturing Sustaining: Lead the engineering of manufacturing processes for (L5 thru L9) assembly and server (L10) and rack (L11) level test and infrastructure deployment at our production facilities, including the implementation of system configuration changes. 

• Manufacturing Infrastructure Expansions: Lead the site’s manufacturing infrastructure, layout, and flow for server and rack assembly, liquid cooling, and testing operations as well as future expansions planning, deployments, and assembly of other data center hardware / large factor assembly. 

• Develop line layouts, process flow charts, simulation models, layouts, processes, line balancing, staffing models, and manufacturing quotes for existing operations, continuous improvement, and new business opportunities 

• Reduces manufacturing cost by optimizing processes and systems, e.g., modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value-added processes, and use of Best Practices. 

• Introduces new advanced manufacturing processes including automation and along transferred capabilities from new customers into the Jabil sustaining manufacturing organization.  

• Collects global manufacturing engineering feedback and identifies issues to be addressed by ME, IE, or other global functions. 

• Defines, develops, and implements ME and IE strategies which support overall objectives, business development and Jabil’s strategic directions.  

• Executes ME and IE activities in alignment with Jabil strategies, organizational goals and technology roadmap 

• Demonstrates a good understanding of LEAN Six Sigma and actively promotes the core principles throughout the organization 

• Creates training tools, documents and procedures for global baseline ME and IE competency training at sites. 

• Hire, Coach, mentor and train site ME and IE resources 

• Support recruiting and retention of ME and IE talent 

• Ensure ME and IE succession plans are developed and maintained 

• Develops and administers training programs from engineering Subject Matter Experts (SME).  

• Provides tactical support to resolve critical technical issues as required. 

• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. 

How will you get here?

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering or industrial engineering, or equivalent engineering discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience. 

Experience:

• 10+ years recent experience in electronics manufacturing industry, preferably in a cloud computing or rack/server manufacturing environment. 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: 

• Expert knowledge Engineering philosophies and processes 

• Demonstrated expertise in Manufacturing Support Systems and business process analysis 

• Understanding and application of broad range of industrial engineering tools (e.g., work measurement, simulation, process mapping, facilities and workstation design, operations research, etc.) 

• Proven track record of successful change management accomplishments, implementing and management continuous improvements and cost reduction programs 

• Ability to analyze problems, identify root causes and provide efficient solutions. 

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with good oral and written communication skills. 

• Project management and team leadership experience with ability to work in a global matrix organization 

• Demonstrated ability to implement change and application of Lean and Six Sigma Methodology 

What can Jabil offer you?

Along with growth, stability, and the opportunity to be challenged, Jabil offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options
• 401K Match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance
• Adoption Assistance
• Annual Merit Increases
• Community Volunteer Opportunities

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