Technical Manager

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Salary Bi-Weekly Full Time Salaried Keating, Muskegon, MI, US

7 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Position Description

Position Title:

Technical Manager (Assembly Engineering)

Direct Reports:

Yes

Department:

Assembly Management

Classification:

Salary Exempt

Location:

Muskegon

Approved Date:

Reports To:

General Manager of Automotive Operations

Revision Date:

7/23/2026

Position summary:

The Technical Manager is responsible for leading all Manufacturing Engineering, Controls Engineering, Process Engineering, Technical Operations, and Workforce Development functions within ADAC’s automotive Assembly manufacturing department. This role provides leadership for engineers, technicians, and technical specialists while ensuring safe, capable, repeatable, and cost-effective manufacturing processes that meet customer, quality, delivery, launch, and continuous improvement objectives.

Job Family: Managers

• Manages Complexity :
  Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, offers penetrating questions to help others get to the heart of complex situations and find strong solutions. Uses a range of inputs to fully understand and solve problems.
• Develops Talent :
  Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals. For example, builds long-term succession for key roles. Builds a learning culture in the team; uses teachable situations to offer insightful coaching. Recommends and facilitates activities and assignments that help people grow.
• Values Differences :
  Recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. For example, builds a team culture in which differences are embraced; leverages people’s differences to strengthen the workgroup; exposes team members to diverse perspectives and ensures they learn from these viewpoints.
• Builds Effective Teams :
  Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. For example, revises processes and builds systems that create a culture of teamwork and team spirit across the organization. Demonstrates a highly team-oriented approach; works skillfully with many leaders.
• Lead Manufacturing Engineering, Controls Engineering, and Process Technician teams to support daily production objectives while ensuring safe, capable, reliable, and cost-effective manufacturing operations.
• Establish priorities and deploy technical resources to address production performance, customer requirements, equipment reliability, quality concerns, launch activities, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership for manufacturing processes, automation systems, controls infrastructure, and production equipment to optimize throughput, quality, labor efficiency, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Drive structured problem-solving and root cause analysis activities to resolve production, quality, and equipment issues through sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Oversee the development, implementation, validation, and documentation of manufacturing processes, engineering changes, controls modifications, and equipment improvements.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Program Management teams to improve equipment reliability, reduce downtime, support product launches, and ensure customer requirements are achieved.
• Lead the specification, installation, commissioning, and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment, automation systems, robotics, PLCs, vision systems, and supporting technologies.
• Develop technical capability across the organization through training programs, skills matrices, mentoring, performance coaching, cross-training, and succession planning initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and automotive industry standards, including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, and IATF 16949 requirements.
• Support customer audits, technical reviews, process validations,…