Engineering Manager

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager provides strategic and hands-on leadership for manufacturing engineering, electronic and mechanical production processes, test systems, and equipment reliability, within an HVAC component manufacturing environment. This role is accountable for both current operational performance and future manufacturing readiness, partnering closely with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Product Engineering to industrialize new designs, localize products, mitigate technical risk, and ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operations.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Lead, coach, and develop manufacturing engineering, test engineering, and maintenance teams supporting electronic assembly, testing, calibration, mechanical assembly (including damper products), and final assembly value streams.
• Provide functional leadership and technical direction to process engineers assigned to value streams, ensuring alignment to standardized methods, equipment strategies, and long-term manufacturing objectives.
• Drive localization, installation, and validation efforts for new HVAC control products, electronic assemblies, mechanical damper assemblies, and related production equipment, ensuring readiness for volume manufacturing.
• Own facility, equipment, and reliability strategy, including preventive and predictive maintenance programs, lifecycle planning, spare parts strategy, and infrastructure readiness to support growth.
• Provide oversight for the creation, accuracy, and maintenance of BOMs, routings, work instructions, and standard work within the ERP/MRP system.
• Partner with Operations to improve manufacturing efficiency through lean principles, line balancing, takt optimization, yield improvement, ergonomics, and waste reduction.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on first-pass yield, defect reduction, test coverage, OEE, and capacity scalability.
• Proactively identify capacity constraints, technical risks, skill gaps, and infrastructure limitations; develop mitigation plans ahead of demand increases.
• Identify, justify, and implement cost savings related to materials, processes, automation, maintenance practices, and facility operations.
• Manage external vendors and contractors, including equipment suppliers, automation integrators, calibration services, and facility service providers.
• Develop and manage departmental operating budgets and capital expenditure plans for automation, test systems, facilities, and capacity expansion.
• Communicate equipment and facility status, repair progress, spare parts availability, and production impacts to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrate ownership, initiative, and the ability to prioritize and execute in a fast-growing, high-mix manufacturing environment.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related technical discipline required.
• Advanced degree (Master’s/MBA) in Engineering, Operations, or Technology preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 7+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience in electronics and mechanical assembly, preferably within HVAC controls, industrial controls, or high-mix, low-to-mid volume production.
• 3+ years in a leadership or technical management role, with demonstrated experience managing direct reports.
• Leadership over engineers or technical staff in a Matrix structure is a plus.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, including BOMs, routings, and production master data, with the ability to leverage data for strategic decision-making.

Certifications

None required. Lean Six Sigma, Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP),

and/or Facility Management Professional (FMP) is a plus.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.