Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Job Summary:

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager is a hands‑on leadership role and the process authority for how Butcher Power Products’ switchboard and switch gear products are built. The person in this role must be the subject‑matter expert who can do the work themselves — capable of designing and improving manufacturing processes and line layouts, building routings and process documentation, and personally leading process and PFMEA reviews — so they can teach and develop the manufacturing engineering team and set the standard for process quality.

This role owns how products are built rather than what is designed; however, deep familiarity with the product and the production floor is essential. The Manager must understand the design intent released by Product Engineering and the realities of the floor in order to engineer processes that are efficient, repeatable, and capable. This role works hand in hand with Product Engineering as the manufacturing voice in the design process, partners with Quality on process controls, and supports Production and Planning rather than owning them.

• Hands-On Process Engineering:
  Personally design, document, and improve the manufacturing processes, routings, work instructions, and line layouts that build the product. This is a working role: the successful candidate stays actively engaged in process design and technical problem-solving alongside the team rather than delegating all hands‑on work.
• Process Authority & Technical Review:
  Lead, critique, and approve the team’s process designs, routings, PFMEAs, and control plans; set and enforce the standard for process quality, capability, and engineering rigor through formal process reviews.
• Mentorship & Teaching:
  Coach, train, and develop manufacturing engineers and technicians in process design, tooling, DFM/DFA, Lean and Six Sigma, time studies, and structured problem‑solving, raising the technical capability of the whole team.
• Leadership & Management:
  Lead and manage the manufacturing engineering team, including hiring, development, workload balancing, priorities, and performance.
• Process Strategy & Standardization:
  Own manufacturing process strategy and standardization across product lines, and define the tooling and capital equipment roadmap.
• Product Engineering Partnership (DFM):
  Work closely and continuously with Product Engineering as the manufacturing voice in the design process — provide manufacturability and assembly feedback at design reviews before release, jointly resolve producibility issues, and ensure released designs transition cleanly into production.
• Process Controls & Quality Partnership:
  Own the manufacturing side of PFMEAs and control plans in partnership with Quality Engineering; ensure processes are capable, controlled, and continuously monitored.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Drive Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen across the function to improve throughput, cycle time, yield, and cost.
• Capital, Tooling & Automation:
  Plan and justify capital equipment, tooling, and automation investments, and provide financial management of the manufacturing engineering capital and tooling budgets.
• New Product Introduction (NPI):
  Lead the process side of NPI — develop and validate the processes, tooling, and routings that bring newly released designs into production.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Partner with Production, Planning, Quality, Project Management, and Product Engineering on capacity, scheduling, and material flow, supporting these functions rather than owning them.
• Safety & Compliance:
  Ensure manufacturing processes across the function comply with safety, environmental and regulatory standards, including UL 891, NEC, and ANSI.

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 8+ years of progressive manufacturing or process engineering experience, including significant time spent personally developing and improving manufacturing processes.
• Hands‑on proficiency in Solid Works for process documentation, line layouts, and reviews; the ability to design tooling and fixtures in CAD is a plus.
• Strong proficiency developing routings, work instructions,…