Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Job Summary:

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager leads the Manufacturing Engineering team and is responsible for improving current manufacturing processes, equipment reliability, facilities support, and lean execution. This role works closely with Operations, Quality, Product Engineering, Supply Chain, and Maintenance to improve safety, quality, productivity, flow, and equipment uptime.

The position provides day-to-day leadership, sets priorities, develops team capability, and ensures manufacturing engineering resources are focused on practical improvements that support production. The role evaluates current equipment condition and performance, develops repair, upgrade, or replacement recommendations, and provides the supporting operational data to the Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for strategic evaluation, business-case development, and roadmap prioritization.

• Lead, coach, and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team
• Set priorities, assign resources, and hold team members accountable for commitments and results
• Establish clear project ownership, timelines, and communication expectations
• Build consistent manufacturing engineering methods, documentation, and problem-solving capability

• Partner with production teams to improve existing manufacturing processes and production flow
• Identify and eliminate waste, bottlenecks, quality risks, and ergonomic concerns
• Lead lean initiatives and structured problem-solving activities
• Develop, improve, and sustain standard processes, work methods, layouts, tooling, fixtures, and documentation for existing production

• Provide timely manufacturing engineering support for daily production issues
• Coordinate root cause analysis and corrective actions related to process, tooling, fixtures, and equipment
• Support Product Engineering changes and ensure manufacturing changes are implemented effectively
• Partner with the Advanced Manufacturing Engineer and New Product Introduction team during process implementation, production validation, workforce readiness, and ramp-up; assume ownership of the established production process following launch and formal operational handoff

• Coordinate necessary equipment repairs to minimize production disruption
• Establish and support preventive maintenance for critical manufacturing equipment
• Identify critical spare parts and maintain appropriate repair-part inventories
• Track recurring equipment issues and implement corrective actions to improve uptime
• Evaluate aging, unreliable, unsafe, or capacity-constrained equipment and develop documented repair, upgrade, or replacement recommendations based on equipment condition, maintenance history, operational performance, safety, quality, and capacity risk
• Provide equipment recommendations and supporting condition, maintenance, capacity, and risk information to the Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for strategic evaluation, business-case development, and roadmap prioritization

• Coordinate routine facility maintenance, repairs, and services to support a safe and reliable work environment
• Manage onsite contractors and ensure compliance with applicable safety requirements
• Coordinate minor operational facility improvements and provide current-state facility condition, infrastructure, production, and maintenance requirements to the Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for long-range facility planning
• Support site preparation, production coordination, resource planning, installation, commissioning, operator readiness, and operational handoff for approved equipment and…