Manager - Engineering

Overview

As a strategic thought leader
, the Manager of Mechanical Engineering drives technical excellence by aligning engineering outputs with broader business imperatives. This role requires applying strategic foresight to product development and project management while inspiring a diverse team to meet short and long-term goals. The Manager acts as both a technical authority and a people developer, translating organizational goals into execution plans and cultivating a high-performance environment through dedicated coaching and career planning.

The manager exercises a high degree of independent judgment on diverse and specialized projects; position plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates the work of staff assigned to various projects.

• Lead a mechanical based engineering team and associated resources across all ALS platforms
• Drive a culture of engineering rigor, collaboration, structured problem solving, triage, and urgency in engineering
• Advocate for the use of structured problem‑solving tools (8D, etc.) and technical approaches (DFSS, etc.)
• Working in partnership with the VP of Engineering, manufacturing, field support/service, product management, supply chain leaders, and others across the company platform to manage and clearly communicate priorities and expectations for the Ripon engineering team
• Drive an aggressive transformation of approaches to CAD, engineering tools, and rigorous design approaches to improve the engineering team’s effectiveness and efficiency
• Develop and manage to effective KPIs to monitor the engineering team’s progress and evolution
• Strongly advocate for new and more effective approaches
• Manage assigned engineering resources to budget and to meet or exceed on time delivery targets
• Effectively balance and assign resources to deliver on expectations
• Size, adjust, and evolve engineering resources to create an effective team within defined budget and headcount targets.
• Guide and mentor engineering resources to drive engineering excellence, rigor, and urgency.
• Drive team culture and team member growth and development.
• Build an internal bench of future leaders and critical‑skill talent.

Education and Experience
:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering:
  Mechanical, Electrical, Engineering Management required.
• At least 8 years of engineering experience
• At least 3 years of indirect leadership experience

Skills and Abilities:

• Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship building skills
• Ability to establish credibility and rapport across the organization with technical and non‑technical team members alike
• Strong project and time management skills
• Solid data analysis and reporting skills
• Works well in a cross‑functional, matrix management environment, as well as lead multiple engineering skill sets
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, engage, motivate, and develop employees directly reporting to this position.
• Ability to gain the cooperation of other functional groups within the company, establish and maintain good working relationships with both internal and external partners.
• Must be able to think strategically and function tactically and positively, creating a highly productive work environment.
• Ability to function calmly in a fast‑paced environment managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Positively manage situations of a dynamic nature; be able to modify plans, actions, and decisions in light of changing situations and circumstances while still meeting, or proposing modified, deadlines.

Travel:

• Travel on an as‑needed basis, up to 25% of the time.

Standard and

Physical Requirements:

• Position involves sitting long periods, standing, manual dexterity, stooping, bending and minimal lifting.

Alliance Team Members Demonstrate DRIVE:

• Dedicated:
  Follows through on commitments. Strongsay/do.
• Respectful:
  Acts with integrity and values diverse perspective.
• Innovative:
  Always looking for a better way; leads change.
• Versatile:
  Adapts quickly to changing circumstances. Demonstrates agility.
• Engaged:
  Acts like an owner. Wants to create and grow a business which is tightly aligned with market needs.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.