Engineering Manager

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What we offer:

Group Summary:

The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading and developing the engineering team while driving continuous improvement, process optimization, and capital projects across the facility. This role partners closely with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Safety to ensure engineering initiatives support business goals, cost targets, and customer requirements.

Your responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers and technical professionals.
• Plan and execute capital projects, including equipment selection, installation, and validation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen) to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Analyzes production and quality issues or proposed deviations from established standards and advises related departments/business units on conclusions, recommendations and plans of action.
• Participates in APQP and PDP events, and complete tasks as required in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with Operations to improve manufacturing processes, cycle times, and throughput.
• Ensure engineering standards, specifications, and documentation are maintained and followed.
• Support new product launches and engineering changes.
• Manage engineering budgets, timelines, and project priorities.
• Active participant in the Division’s energy savings and sustainability team.

Who we are looking for

• Bachelor Degree in manufacturing engineering or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience in a JIT automotive manufacturing environment including a minimum of three (3) years of people management responsibility.
• Strong project management and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, automation, and industrial equipment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.