Application Engineering Manager

Summary: The Applications Engineering Manager is responsible for concepting manufacturing processes and analyzing data to assess the time, money, materials, and labor required to manufacture complete BIW tooling systems. Essential Functions: Prepare quotes for customer systems based on the supplied process released from engineering Prepare cycle time analysis, conceptual drawings, sequence of operations, and technical descriptions of machine stations and major system components Set estimated margins on all quoted jobs Estimates costs of new equipment or capital investment necessary for production Collaborate with project management to negotiate changes and costs on projects, negotiates these changes with customers, when required Review sketches, engineering data and other RFQ information to determine the items to be quoted Oversee the Concepting Processes required to efficiently manufacture components within an automated weld line to a cycle time based off a customer statement of work Meet with Customers to kick off proposals insuring we are working to the plant requirements Work with the Sales team to review process concepts and quotes with customers, making changes as required Work with Purchasing to get quotes for capital equipment required for Process. Work with other management groups to access labor hours required to complete the project being quoted Attend all budget reviews to assess quoted margins versus actual margins, making changes to quoting template as required. Recommend process improvements for estimating and implement new procedures where needed Willingness to assist within other areas of the company regarding component quoting and line processing Oversee quotes coming into the AE department, and follow them all the way to kick-off Provide support for department and give guidance on quote process Other functions as assigned by Management Skills/Abilities: Experience with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) Experience in Processing required. Experience with AutoCAD required. Experience quoting entire BIW tooling assemblies preferred.

Created: 2024-11-05