Engineering Manager - Military Veterans
at Medline Industries LP.
Job Summary
Oversee and manage the planning, organizing and productivity projects from conceptual stages through production cycles. Investigate current operations practices and scope, develop and implement changes that will improve operational productivity. Modify existing product designs, improve production techniques and develop test procedures.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Manage complex assignments to develop new and/or enhanced operating procedures, troubleshoot technical issues and minimize impact to daily operations.
- Drive new process and procedure development and/or enhancements of existing processes and procedures. Partner with management to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness and demand for new and existing products.
- Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities, investigate practices, and develop and implement process improvements that will improve operational productivity.
- Manage project budgets, job estimates, and milestones to ensure goals and commitments are met in accordance with project plans. Analyze costs related to capital expenditures to determine breakeven points, payback and associated hard and soft savings.
- Conduct training, when appropriate, on engineering concepts and tools, including but not limited to statistics, kaizen, six sigma, DMAIC, time studies, and observations.
- Provide subject matter expertise on content, process, and procedures, possibly at multiple locations. May have international responsibilities as business need requires.
- Responsible for the integration of systems and processes including workflow design, functional requirements, test plans, and production issues.
- Forecast operating costs of department and complete preparation of budget requests.
Management Responsibilities
- Typically oversees professional employees/teams OR typically manages non-professional employees through Supervisors in manufacturing, distribution or office environments - Day-to-day operations of a group of employees.
- May have limited budgetary responsibility and usually contributes to budgetary impact;
- Interpret and execute policies for departments/projects and develops.
- Recommend and implement new policies or modifications to existing policies.
- Provide general guidelines and parameters for staff functioning.
- Hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies.
Required Experience:
Education
- Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline.
Work Experience
- At least 5 years of engineering experience demonstrating technical writing, research paper writing, and/or experimental design experience.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
- Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and/or distribution of goods.
- ERP systems knowledge and experience. - Requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Intermediate skill level in computer and systems use (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).
Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
The anticipated salary range for this position:
$115,440.00 - $173,160.00 Annual
The actual salary will vary based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.
Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here . For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.
Every day, we're focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what's right to delivering business results, together, we're better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here .
Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Northfield, IL
In 2002, Medline began delivering products in the Chicagoland area with a single truck. Today, Medline’s MedTrans transportation fleet has grown to more than 1,500 vehicles, delivering nearly 80% of Medline U.S. product sales and providing consistent, exceptional end-to-end supply chain service.
Medline has the largest owned transportation fleet of any healthcare product distributor in the U.S. And MedTrans has grown along with Medline over the past two decades, doubling the size of its fleet every five years, and continuing to diversify its vehicles and strategies to meet the company’s evolving portfolio of more than 300,000 products.
The current MedTrans fleet is comprised of semi trucks, box trucks and cargo vans to accommodate large and small deliveries. MedTrans delivers supplies to major hospital and healthcare systems, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, long-term care facilities, clinics, physician offices and more recently, residential homes.
MedTrans also seeks to minimize the impact of its deliveries on the environment. This includes implementing across-the-board fuel and emissions-reduction standards and practices: utilizing Dynamic Route Planning to reduce miles and improve trailer utilization; purchasing the most efficient diesel-fueled trucks; and incentivizing all drivers to avoid hard stops, heavy acceleration, high speeds and long periods of idling. Medline also has served as an Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay® Transport partner for the past 10 years, tracking and sharing information on the company’s fuel use and freight emissions.