Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Position Summary

We are a global leader in the research, design, integration, manufacture, certification, and lifetime service of flight control, hydraulic, fuel, fluid conveyance, thermal management, lubrication, and pneumatic systems and components for aerospace, energy and other high-technology markets. The Parker Meggitt facility in Fribourg, Switzerland, designs and manufactures complete condition monitoring, vibration monitoring, and measurement solutions for the aerospace and energy industries.

Joining our team means you are helping to deliver our purpose of ‘Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow’. A career at Parker MEGGITT offers boundless potential for professional and personal growth. You will work alongside the brightest minds in the world, help develop innovative technology and products and contribute to our company’s goal of solving the world’s greatest engineering challenges.

As Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you will lead a technical team responsible to create, maintain and optimize production processes, ensuring high-quality product output, cost efficiency and safety compliance. You will oversee facility layout, equipment installation, lean-manufacturing initiatives and manage budgets, project timelines and staff. You will ensure clear communication with other departments such as safety, quality, production, finance, supply chain, R&D, repair and others.

• Build and lead a high-performing engineering team by recruiting/onboarding, setting goals, coaching, and conducting performance reviews to ensure the right skills and capacity to execute projects and daily support.
• Deliver manufacturing engineering results versus plant priorities by translating site objectives into a clear Manufacturing Engineering roadmap, assigning owners, and tracking milestones to meet safety, quality, delivery and cost targets.
• Develop and sustain standard engineering practices by defining best practices, training teams, and harmonising methods across lines/areas to improve execution consistency and reduce operational risk.
• Align stakeholders through operating cadence and communication by leading tier meetings, KPI reviews, and escalation routine to ensure fast decisions, clear accountability and predictable performance.
• Govern problem-solving and continuous improvement by setting standards (A3/8D), removing roadblocks and validating the effectiveness of actions to reduce scrap/rework, improve FPY/OEE and stabilise processes.
• Ensure robust process control and compliance by enforcing documentation discipline (work instructions, control plans), audit readiness and change-control governance to maintain repeatability, traceability and customer/regulatory compliance.

• Master’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering (or equivalent technical discipline) to understand manufacturing processes, tooling and shop-floor constraints.
• Relevant experience of 10-15 years in manufacturing/industrial engineering or process engineering, including 5+ years leading teams with demonstrated delivery of process improvements and/or product launches.
• Previous experience in an aerospace environment (AS9100-level rigor).
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring or leading engineers.
• Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex technical problems and drive design decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programmes and projects, including cross-functional coordination.