Engineering Manager

At Senneca, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of the innovators that created our brands from traffic doors, to cold storage doors to fiberglass doors and beyond. We are committed to exceeding our customers’ expectations and to provide doors that offer safety and protection to our customers’ most important assets…people, products, capital investments and processes.

We are seeking someone with proven experience leading and developing engineering teams in a manufacturing environment to lead our Engineering Department at our Mankato, Minnesota facility.

Benefits Include:
Company Paid

• Life Insurance, STD, and LTD
• 3 weeks Paid Time Off
• 9 Paid Holidays in 2026
• Parental Leave

Additional Benefits:

• 401k with company match
• Medical, dental, vision
• Employee Discount Programs
• Miscellaneous other optional benefits
• Career development and tuition assistance
• Diverse, inclusive and welcoming culture

This position is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to a team of Senior Design Engineers, Design Engineers, and Drafting professionals supporting our Industrial, Aviation, and Research & Development product lines. The Engineering Manager drives engineering excellence through talent development, product innovation, quality improvement, efficient project execution, measurable process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration. The successful candidate will build a high-performing, data-driven engineering organization that supports current production while advancing new product development initiatives that address customer needs and drive profitable growth.

This leader will establish performance expectations, measure results through meaningful KPIs, drive continuous improvement, and strengthen partnerships across Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, and Executive Leadership.

Reports To:

General Manager

Direct Reports:

• Senior Design Engineer, Industrial Commercial
• Senior Design Engineer, Aviation
• Senior Design Engineer, Research & Development

Indirect Reports:

• Design Engineers
• Drafting Personnel
• Engineering Technicians

Engineering Leadership

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable Engineering staff through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and professional development.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with business objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Department Management

• Direct workload planning, resource allocation, and project execution across engineering programs.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, best practices, and KPIs; use performance data to prioritize resources, drive improvements, and measure results.

Product Development & Innovation

• Lead a disciplined new product development process that balances production support with long-term growth initiatives, ensuring successful execution and commercialization.
• Identify opportunities for product improvement, cost reduction, manufacturability enhancement, and competitive differentiation.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to align engineering priorities with business and customer requirements.

Engineering Quality & Execution

• Ensure engineering outputs meet customer, regulatory, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
• Drive engineering quality through design accuracy, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Review and approve significant engineering changes and technical decisions.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Operations, Production, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, and Project Management to support business objectives, remove technical barriers, improve production flow, and advance strategic initiatives.
• Serve as the…