Manager - Engineering

Company

Alliance Laundry System LLC

Manager - Engineering

US-WI-Ripon

Full-Time

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Engineering

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.

• 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

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

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

• Dedicated:
  Follows through on commitments. Strong say/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.