Director or Manager of Engineering

Job Details

Level: Senior

Job Location: 7601 NITA PLACE NE - RIO RANCHO, NM 87144

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage: Negligible

Job Shift: Day

Job Category: Engineering

To address prolonged and significantly increased customer demand, a new Director or Manager of Engineering position has been created. This will be a key strategic role within our growing engineering and manufacturing organization, reporting into the President & Chief Engineer. The Director/Manager will be responsible for leading a small team of engineers to ensure parts and products are designed to exacting specifications that can be machined/manufactured using accepted CNC machining standards.

The ideal candidate not only has proven design engineering expertise, but also a successful track record leading teams for optimal performance and a desire to build a new organizational structure for this growing team.

Timelines for projects are measured in weeks, not months, so repeatable, well-documented processes are critical to the company’s continued success. With emphasis on efficiency, the Director/Manager will be responsible for the development and implementation of process and production methods and procedures, both for engineering and manufacturing practices. In this capacity, the Director/Manager will demonstrate strength in collaborating with other managers and teams to drive results.

As a “player/coach”, the Director/Manager will also be responsible for designing new innovations including custom product development in response to new market or customer opportunities. This may require travel to a customer site to gather and evaluate technical requirements and specifications or to ensure proper product installations. Supporting sales efforts as the technical SME is another important aspect of this role.

Finally, the Director/Manager will work closely with key suppliers, domestic and international, on design questions, refinements, and modifications to improve the quality of materials received.

As the department leader, the Director/Manager will establish metrics for measuring team performance, conduct regular 1:1’s, team meetings and annual performance reviews to ensure that the team is achieving company objectives and team members are developing successfully.

• BS Mechanical Engineering required, PE is a plus
• Director Level - Minimum of 10 years, Manager Level 5-7 years working in a manufacturing/machining environment.
• Director Level 3-5 years, Manager at least one year in an engineering leadership role
• Experience working in food and/or pharmaceutical equipment manufacturing preferred
• Expert level proficiency with Solid Works, familiar with Master Cam
• Proficiency with GD&T
• Self-starter able to work independently and hit the ground running.
• Understands metal, particularly with stainless steel, machining and fabrication methods (lathes, mills, welding, waterjet, etc.).
• Experience with FEA is preferred
• Machine shop experience is preferred

• Strong people leadership skills including the ability to motivate individuals and teams for continuous improvement and mentor developing engineers
• Entrepreneurial mindset to build out a new team structure and practices
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple team projects
• Disciplined organizational and process management approach with an emphasis on efficiency improvements and documentation to leverage established best practices and SOPs
• Excellent communicator – written and spoken; ability to clearly communicate with people at all levels from executives to entry level employees and amongst suppliers in which English is not their first language
• Fact-based approach to decision-making
• A work ethic for others to model

About Stainless Motors, Inc.

Stainless Motors, Inc. was the first company to offer stainless steel housed electric motors and gear reducers to the pharmaceutical and food processing industries in 1988. Today, we offer a full range of standard motors built to U.S. or European standards plus custom designs available nowhere else.

Our gear reducers, available in multiple gearing types, span the gamut of power and ratios required by our customers. The combination of our motor, gear reducer, and custom engineering/manufacturing capability is what sets SMI apart from mass producers and provides continuous engineering innovation opportunities.

Stainless Motors offers a competitive benefits package including generous company holidays, paid time off/sick pay, medical and optional dental plans, and retirement savings plan with company-matching contributions.