Manager- Engineering Manufacturing USA

First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset. Basic Job Functions: Manages the Plant Manufacturing Submodule and Finishing Engineering Department. Leads process improvement projects required in the manufacturing areas of the plant. Implements team building efforts in order to reach established goals and objectives. Education/Experience: Eight or moreyears’ experiencein engineering in a manufacturing environment with demonstrated ability to manage others successfully and to be able to motivate them to accomplish objectives and gain desired results. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering disciplines or the equivalent. Master’sdegree in specialty area highly desired. Proven Organizational and Managerial Skills. Proven understanding of continuous improvement/quality tools, Robust Engineering/Design of experiments, SPC 6 Sigma and FMEA. Provenproblem-solvingskills. Possess excellent data handling skills. Excellent understanding of computer applications. Excellent understanding of Engineering Techniques and Practices. Photovoltaic experience a must. Good communications skills. Responsible to manage the development, continuous improvement and documentation of Robust Solar Module manufacturing processes in a cost efficient manner. Responsible to oversee the handling of module data regarding module reliability, conversion efficiency and manufacturing yield. Responsible to interface with manufacturing to reduce material and labor content while meeting production schedules. Assists in the development of the department and project budgets (including cost projections) and ensures adherence to the same. Presents project and program status reports. Interfaces with other Company and Customer Representatives as required. Ensures adherence to all safety and environmental procedures and housekeeping standards. Responsible for effective communication levels and fosters team building. Mentors andcoaches’engineers. Ensure waste materials are discarded in their designatedcontainers. Ensure hazardous waste containers stay closed except when adding or removingwaste Other duties as assigned. Job description subject to change at any time. Reporting Relationships: This position reports to the Director- Manufacturing Engineering. This position works directly with plant peer Manufacturing Managers. This position has 812 direct reports and approximately 50 2 nd levelreports.