Whirlpool Corporation · 9 hours ago
Manager, Engineering
St Joseph, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expWhirlpool Corporation is a leading home appliance company dedicated to improving life at home. The Manager, Engineering will provide leadership to the Model Shop team, ensuring effective project planning and execution of prototype requests while fostering employee development and engagement.
Home Appliances
Responsibilities
Provide day to day leadership to the NAR model shop team that enables all constituents to contribute to the best of their ability
Deliver the Performance Management Process for the department and prepare/conduct the calibration process throughout the plan year
Actively develop employees and drive for continuous learning
Proactively drive improvement in employee engagement
Work with our customers to enhance the visibility of upcoming physical prototype work requests so that the appropriate lead times can be communicated into category project plans and resource planning can be accomplished
Work with the Product categories to ensure that work undertaken supports the category project priorities
Work with the Category Project Teams to understand Project Physical Prototyping needs and the best manner (internal and/or external) in which resources can be applied (build readiness reviews)
Work with and lead the Shop Supervisors and the Model Shop Sourcing Specialists to ensure efficient planning and execution of Model Shop Requests
Introduce new workflow methodologies and tools into daily operations
Work with the Requestors, Shop Supervisors and Project Co-coordinator to: Balance the work requests so that SJTC/BHTC Shops productivity is maximized and customer requests are met based upon resource availability
Make decisions on project priorities through the Model Shop and understand which projects need to be outsourced to support requested timelines
Work with Procurement to ensure that the outside physical prototype supply base is qualified and delivers quality work on a consistent basis
Ensure effective use of the Physical Prototyping resources at hand by ensuring that Model Shop Requests received are at the appropriate level of concept readiness and optimization. This includes all required model/data files and understanding of the intended purpose
Understand the capabilities of the other Global Model Shops so that Prototype Work requests can be executed in the most effective manner
Be the central point of contact for the SJTC/BHTC Model Shops in working with the other Global Shops so that available capacity is utilized to support Regional and Trans Regional Prototype Requests, where appropriate
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required. Major in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering preferred
Minimum of 10 years of Mechanical Design, Process Engineering, Model, Manufacturing, or relevant experience required
Excellent people management skills; proven success developing employees, developing and managing objectives, improving employee engagement, building teamwork, providing open, honest, and timely feedback, etc
Strong understanding of Lean and/or Six Sigma methodology. Experience in driving Lean and/or Six Sigma activities
Strong leadership and team building skills with a focus on the customer
A solid understanding of the Physical Prototyping process including appropriate material usage, low volume production processes, tooling and techniques
Demonstrated project planning skills based on either successful manufacturing or product design related activities
Solid understanding of the Product Design, Development and Delivery process
Understanding of the roles of both Physical and Virtual Prototyping in the Product Design and Delivery Process
A team player with the proven ability to work with diverse personalities and groups
Well-organized, detail-oriented and able to balance multiple priorities
Proven success in a results-oriented and deadline-oriented environment
Strong PC skills
Benefits
Challenging purposes
Ownership of your role
Great teams
Tools to build your capability
Company
Whirlpool Corporation
Life at home has been at the heart of our business for 110+ years - it is why we exist and why we are passionate about what we do.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.22BKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-06-11Post Ipo Debt· $1.2B
2009-10-30Grant· $19.33M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Mandy McIvor
Director, Architecture Leader, Global Laundry Platform
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