Engineering Manager

Whether you're just beginning your career or have years of experience—you've come to the right place! Working at Alto-Shaam means you’re a part of a passionate team working together towards one goal.

Since 1955, Alto-Shaam has pioneered industry-leading commercial food service equipment that anticipates and responds to our customers' needs. Our solutions help food service businesses like Sendik’s Food Market andSaz’s Hospitality Group enhance their menus while providing a greater return on their investment.

Our world-class products are made in a world-class facility. Alto-Shaam’s headquarters and manufacturing space is dynamic, clean and safe for all.

As a family company, we also take care of our people by providing market-leading benefits:

• Earn an annual bonus on your gross income, which has averaged
  15%over the past five years
• Low to NO COST
  premiums for full coverage healthcare with wellness participation
• 11 paid holidays and generous earned PTO
• Advancement opportunities
  to grow through our career ladders program
• Tuition assistance to pursue a degree or certification
• Fitness reimbursement for gym memberships, classes, or training sessions
• Biannual performance reviews with
  yearly merit increases
• Annual free lunch with the company president to celebrate your work anniversary

The ideal candidate for an Engineering Manager would be able to do the following:

• Ensure that direct reports clearly understand work objectives and use the talent, tools, and processes required to enable successful satisfaction of customer schedule and design quality expectations.
• Provide clear reporting on program and process status to management and non-management stakeholders.
• Instill a customer service culture of continuous improvement aligned to strengthening practical execution of Alto-Shaam Values.
• Relentlessly promote corporate strategic vision through excellence in tactical execution of Lean Product development and Design for Six Sigma frameworks.
• Collaborate with internal customers and engineering support functions to establish work priority and develop project schedules.
• Assign resources, clearly communicate schedule and quality expectations, and provide resource usage and program status reporting.
• Assist direct reports in conducting project risk assessments and ensure execution of contingency and mitigation plans, removing barriers to successful completion of employee work tasks.
• Resolve employee and program conflicts through creative means to assure employee support and accountability to timely and quality project execution.
• Provide periodic updates on metrics key to area of responsibility.
• Guide and develop direct reports through the use of performance reviews and development plans.

For a candidate to be successful as an Engineering Manager they must have:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required.
• Minimum of 2 years employee management experience in a product development engineering environment (new product development and product line maintenance engineering).
• Excellent documentation skills and oral communication skills directed to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficient in coaching/mentoring engineering analytical methods (DOE,QFD/CPM, DFMEA, robust design, mathematical modeling, reliability analysis,…) consistent with a DFSS framework.
• Possess leadership skills to be able to identify bottlenecks in the development workflow and creatively implement corrective actions
• High personal work ethic, attention to detail, strong sense of urgency, and ability to positively motivate direct employees as well as other supporting resources
• Ethical leader who executes with energy, quality, and commitment to the customer and Alto-Shaam values
• Experience in the food service equipment manufacturing industry preferred.

We are looking for team-members that exemplify and live our High FIVE values:

• Highest Quality: Are you detailed-oriented and ensure the accuracy of your work?
• Win together as a Family:Do you exceed expectations by being attentive and going above and beyond?
• Unleash the Innovative Spirit
  :
  Are you passionate about finding solutions to streamline and enhance the way you and your peers work?
• Be a Helpful Voice
  :
  Are you a positive person who wants to make an impact on others?
• Every Individual Makes an Impact:Are you a go-getter who takes initiative and pride in your work?

If you share our values, we want you to be a part of our Alto-Shaam family!