Supervisor - ME Assembly

There are 7 billion people on this planet. And by 2050, there will be 2 billion more... many moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. Making sure there is enough food, fiber and infrastructure for our rapidly growing world is what we're all about at John Deere. And it's why we're investing in our people and our technology like never before in our 175-year history. Here the world's brightest minds are tackling the world's biggest challenges. If you believe one person can make the world a better place, we'll put you to work. RIGHT NOW.
Title: Supervisor - ME Assembly
Primary Location: Garza Garcia
Function: Factory Engineering (CA)
John Deere is a foremost leader in the ag equipment business, and we continue to put a solid stamp on other industries. For over 150 years, the company's portfolio of groundbreaking products has grown to include industries related to and outside of agriculture, including Turf, Construction and Forestry and Wind Technologies. The image of John Deere is no longer that of a signature green tractor meandering across a field; it's been replaced with an image of acceleration, swift progress, and innovative leaping toward the company's 200th year. The product line alone serves as proof with advances in machine performance, equipment automation, fleet management, and John Deere's ongoing investment in emerging markets.
Note: All candidates should have their tax situation certificate (Constancia de Siituación Fiscal) up to date with the salary regime to be eligible for the hiring process.
Main Responsabilities
Provides daily supervision of administrative and technical issues involving a functional group of engineers and engineering support personnel. This supervisory position provides work direction concerning cost, quality, safety, environmental and schedule of engineering work or projects to a small to medium group of up to eight direct reports in either Manufacturing or Materials Engineering. Work at this level typically involves one or more competency or discipline across a small to large portion of a product or manufacturing process. Responsibilities may include working outside functional or contract group, leading small to medium sized cross-functional teams, and providing work direction to lower level Manufacturing Engineering supervisors.
What Skills You Need

• Contribute to the design of engineering solutions; design the feasibility testing approach and supervise its implementation to support the development and validation of engineering solutions.
• Contribute to the analysis of information and the specification of the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
• Carry out inspections to evaluate the quality of engineering works and/or the integrity of existing installations or structures, and specify the remedial works needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to the analysis of information, the drafting of engineering standards and specifications, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the function's strategy and action plan and to the broader organization's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Provide operational support services and sometimes act as first-line supervisor of a transactional operations area. Involves using existing systems and protocols.
• Help others get the most out of internal communications systems by offering support and advice.
• Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance; or monitor the performance of the team, allocate work and review completion, take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality, and contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.
• Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Engineering experience. (4 - 7 years)
• Experience in one or more related engineering areas: industrial, production, methods, reliability, design, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, quality. (4 - 7 years)
• Experience in planning, organizing, and implementing engineering projects. (4 - 7 years)
• Experience with engineering tools, systems and databases. (4 - 7 years)

Education

• Degree in an Engineering/Technology discipline or equivalent experience, Post graduate in engineering or management would be preferred.

This position will be posted for a minimum of 10 business days and unposted when a qualified pool of candidates is achieved.
Candidates must have the necessary work permits to work in the country.