Engineering Manager

Our client is growing and needs a pro‑active Engineering Manager to lead all engineering activities. The Engineering Manager drives process innovation, equipment design, and team development to ensure operational excellence, safety, and scalability in a fast‑growing, high‑technology environment.

• Build, mentor, and manage a high‑performing engineering team responsible for process functions.
• Lead capital planning, Capex budgeting, and operating expense for Engineering and Maintenance.
• Collaborate with Corporate Engineering to implement engineering standards and strategies.
• Drive a culture of safety, continuous improvement, accountability, teamwork, and integrity.
• Develop role‑based expectations, succession plans, and talent development paths.
• Lead projects focused on process optimization, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes using Lean and Six Sigma principles.
• Define and maintain equipment specifications, standards, and vendor performance expectations.
• Ensure process scalability from prototype to full production.
• Oversee troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis for quality, productivity, and safety issues.
• Lead initiatives for scrap reduction, OEE improvement, cost reduction, and uptime reliability.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and engineering change processes to ensure manufacturability and production readiness.
• Implement and manage the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance strategies are fully deployed.
• Collaborate with Quality and Sales on customer requirements and applications.
• Ensure adherence to ISO and other applicable quality management standards.
• Provide data‑driven updates on project status, engineering metrics, and maintenance performance.
• Ensure alignment with Operations, Finance, Procurement, HR, and Corporate Engineering.

• BS degree in engineering or related technical discipline (advanced degree preferred).
• 10+ years relevant engineering experience in battery, extrusion, coating, polymer processing, specialty film, or other high‑precision continuous process industries.
• CAPEX project management expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to develop technical talent and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong decision‑making and prioritization skills in a fast‑paced environment.
• Expertise in Continuous Improvement, Lean, and Six Sigma.
• Effective communicator, tailoring messages to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Present technical data and project status to both internal stakeholders and customers.
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to diagnose complex process issues.
• Expertise in root‑cause analysis, statistical problem‑solving, and structured decision‑making.
• Willingness to travel to other plant locations and vendors as needed.

Growing company needs an Engineering Leader to help them advance.

Salary:
Annual Salary $150,000 – $160,000 USD