Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Construction Equipment
Salina, KS
Great Plains Manufacturing – Kubota Construction Equipment Division is seeking a dynamic leader to join our team as a Manufacturing Engineering Manager at our new Salina facility. This is a unique opportunity to learn and implement the Kubota Production System (KPS) in Salina, Kansas! You’ll have the opportunity to go to Osaka, Japan to learn how they currently manufacture the Kubota Compact Track Loader (CTL) and lead the Manufacturing Engineering team in setting up the CTL Process in Salina. This is a great opportunity to learn the process from the ground up, starting with building production prototypes to implementing and managing the final production process.
This is an on-site role based in Salina, KS. The engineering team typically works Monday through Thursday from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide a safe working environment through training, regular communication, auditing for safe practices, and completion of inspection findings.
- Ability to learn KPS principles and processes as trained by Kubota. Ability to teach and coach KPS to the Manufacturing Engineering (ME) team and implement and sustain in the new plant.
- Strong management and leadership skills to build a new team of employees at our new plant.
- Manage ME department employees, including reviews and addressing concerns to provide a good work environment.
- Work with production departments to develop or revise standard work to achieve the expected level of quality.
- Create the ME schedule and adjusts staffing and work hours to meet schedules.
- Participate in capacity planning and efficient use of equipment and people.
- Inspect machines and equipment to ensure specific operational quality, performance and optimum utilization.
- Manage department KPI’s of Safety, People, Quality, Delivery and Cost
- Mentor and foster personal development of manufacturing engineers to drive growth and support company succession planning requirements.
- Follow all Great Plains and OSHA safety regulations and wear prescribed safety and protective equipment.
- Other duties may be assigned that require other qualifications, physical demands, and/or work environment.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering with minimum of 8 years’ experience.
- 4+ years of leadership experience in an engineering role
- Experience in leading lean manufacturing initiatives
- Agriculture, Construction or Heavy equipment manufacturing experience preferred
- Strong background in capital assets justification and approval.
- Working knowledge of automated manufacturing processes, and business operating systems.
Great Plains Manufacturing, headquartered in Salina, KS, is a proud subsidiary of Kubota with more than 50 years as a Kansas leader in the design, engineering and manufacturing of agricultural implements, including seeding, tillage, and landscaping equipment. Our new Construction Equipment Division adds Kubota-branded skid steers, compact track loaders, and CE attachments, supported by Kubota Construction R&D Engineering in Salina. Operating in eight Kansas communities with multiple divisions, including Great Plains Ag; Land Pride; Great Plains International; and the Construction Equipment Division, we employ over 2,000 people and are committed to innovation and professional growth. If you are self-motivated, goal-oriented, and collaborative, explore our open opportunities at www.WorkForGPM.com.
Skills Required
- Ability to learn, teach, and implement the Kubota Production System (KPS)
- Strong management and leadership skills to build and manage a new engineering team
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering with minimum of 8 years' experience
- 4+ years of leadership experience in an engineering role
- Experience leading lean manufacturing initiatives
- Experience in agriculture, construction, or heavy equipment manufacturing
- Strong background in capital assets justification and approval
- Working knowledge of automated manufacturing processes and business operating systems
- Knowledge of OSHA safety regulations and ability to enforce safe practices
What We Do
Great Plains Ag, a division of Great Plains Mfg., Inc., has been a leader in seeding and tillage equipment since its inception in 1976. Based in Salina, Kansas, the company is a leading producer of grain drills, vertical tillage, hybrid tillage, planters, and compact drills.
