Manufacturing Engineering Director

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Date: Jan 28, 2026

Job Title:

Principal, Manufacturing Equipment & Process Engineering

Functional Area:

Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream:
Engineering (ENG)
Role:
Director (PRI)
Job Code: PRI-ENG-MFG
Job Band: 12
Direct/Indirect Indicator:
Indirect

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

Identify and manage all new customer-specific process and equipment development projects.

Develop the scope of all technical work, coordinate the team, evaluate and support prioritization of work assignments and assist with problem resolution for the full customer product life cycle. Support all manufacturing technical issues related to the customer’s product(s) from product conception to product obsolescence.

Evaluate, optimize and negotiate tradeoffs for DFX issues with suppliers, customers, supply chain and equipment leaders to deliver a cost-optimized total manufacturing solution.

Evaluate potential manufacturing impacts affecting safety, cost, quality or delivery for each design concept.

Evaluate suppliers' capability and capacity to meet production schedule and cost targets

May also be considered the Subject Matter Expert in the company for specific sub-sector(s) of manufacturing.

Develop best practice standards, participate in industry organizations for developing the standards and provide training and application support globally.

• Project Management
  - Ability to lead high value, complex, multifunctional projects that involve accountability to executive management or directly to the customer. Ability to influence decision makers to ensure that the right financial and people resources are allocated to your project, while ensuring that project ROR is in the desired range. Able to consider non-conventional technical solutions and acquire external knowledge and best practices into the project.

Financial Acumen / Business Planning
- Develop strategic plans on business unit or total company level to ensure all engineering work is financially viable and deliver the right ROI for the company. Engaged in developing billing and accounting methods for engineering work, participate in benchmarking, understand and apply best market practices to make engineering delivery financially attractive to our internal and external partners.

The following competencies may also be required and performed with help or under supervision:
Coaching/Mentoring;
Communication/Negotiation/Presentation;
Creative Problem Solving;
Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management;
Quality & Lean;
Working Effectively with Others; D/PFMEA; 8D/Corrective Action;
Equipment Safety;
Design of Experiments (DOE).

Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.

Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.

Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

Occasional travel may be required.

• 15+years of relevant experience.

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

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