Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE "HAYW") is the largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment in the world, with a significant presence in the commercial pool market that is continuously growing. Hayward designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment including pumps, filters, heating, cleaners, salt chlorinators, automation, lighting, safety, flow control and energy solutions at our company owned facilities. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward also has facilities in Tennessee, Arizona, and Rhode Island as well as Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China. This position is based ­in Kingstown, RI.
In this role, the Sr. ME will establish productive cost effective manufacturing methods and processes.
Responsibilities

• Evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods and standards by studying product requirements, researching, and designing, modifying, and testing.
• Analyzes, improves, and plans work force utilization, space requirements, equipment layout, and workflow to ensure maximum efficiency.
• Confers with planning and design staff concerning product and tooling to ensure efficient production methods that support design for automation.
• Confers with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of equipment, materials, or parts and evaluates products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Estimates production times, staffing requirements and related costs to provide information for management decisions.
• Confer with management, engineering and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes.
• Prepares product and process reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends.
• Keeps equipment operational by using the manufacturer’s instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and establishing personal networks.
• Applies statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements and potential.
• Participate in Kaizen events to ensure continuous process improvement.
• Contributes to cross functional team effort.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree (B.S) from a four-year college or university in Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 5-7 years’ experience in a related position within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with implementing and maintaining automated systems preferred.
• Experience with PC based Word, Excel, MS Project, Access, Power Point, Cad, Solid works
• Experience dealing with complexity, informing others, leadership, manufacturing methods and procedures, manufacturing quality, product development, design for automation and presenting technical information.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Ability to effectively present information to management, engineers, vendors, assembly line supervisors and workers
• The ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts and a certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Reports to a supervisor or manager.