Director of Manufacturing Engineering

MAS HVAC INC•Maple Grove, MN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

MAS creates custom-engineered thermal management solutions for markets that thrive on flexibility, creativity, and bold ideas. From humble beginnings to becoming an emergent multi‑brand manufacturing leader, we’ve grown by bringing in great people and empowering them to do great work. At MAS, we believe innovation happens when everyone contributes, diversity of thought is celebrated, and people feel supported in their growth. We take pride in working hard together—tackling challenges, solving problems, and having fun along the way. As we expand into both emerging and mission-critical industries, we stay committed to delivering efficient, competitive, and sustainable heating and cooling technologies. And throughout your career here, you’ll have the chance to directly shape the foundation for what's next in our industry.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline (Master’s preferred).
10+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering leadership experience, including fabrication and automation environments.
Demonstrated success implementing standard work systems, DFM/DFA, and lean manufacturing transformations.
Strong technical expertise in process engineering, automation technologies, and advanced manufacturing tools.
Proven ability to lead multi-site or complex manufacturing organizations.

Nice To Haves

Experience scaling automation & digital manufacturing in high‑mix or high‑volume environments.
Deep understanding of industrial engineering methods (work measurement, line balancing, capacity modeling).
Exposure to Industry 4.0, MES, digital twins, or advanced data-driven manufacturing systems.
Track record of launching new products into production with strong manufacturability outcomes.

Responsibilities

Establish clear ownership, accountability, and performance expectations across Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering teams.
Drive a factory-centric engineering mentality, ensuring engineers are embedded with operations and accountable for outcomes.
Define and maintain manufacturing engineering standards, best practices, and governance models across all sites.
Own the tooling, programing, nesting and manufacturing process set up and operation for all equipment and processes
Lead development, deployment, and sustainment of robust standard work instructions for all manufacturing and fabrication processes.
Design fabrication and assembly processes that can scale without rework
Ensure standard work is visual, auditable, continuously improved, and tightly integrated with training and qualification processes.
Champion error-proofing (poka-yoke), process capability, and documentation rigor.
Own the DFM/DFA framework across product development and lifecycle engineering.
Partner with Product Engineering to ensure manufacturability, scalability, automation readiness, and cost targets are achieved early.
Establish manufacturing readiness and design review gates tied to production launch success metrics.
Lead engineering strategy for fabrication, machining, welding/brazing, forming, paint and assembly processes.
Drive process capability, yield improvement, and cycle time reduction across fabrication operations.
Evaluate and implement equipment upgrades, tooling strategies, and process innovations to support growth and complexity.
Develop and execute a long-term automation and digital manufacturing roadmap.
Lead implementation of robotics, automated assembly, vision systems, additive manufacturing, and smart factory technologies.
Leverage data, sensors, MES, and analytics to improve throughput, quality, and predictability.
Partner with the CI Leader to implement and standardize Lean Manufacturing principles (flow, pull, takt, standard work, continuous improvement) throughout engineering and operations.
Partner with Operations leadership to deliver measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement.
Build a high-performing, technically strong, and results-driven engineering organization.
Develop future leaders through coaching, technical mentoring, and structured development plans.
Promote a culture of accountability, innovation, learning, and cross-functional collaboration.