Engineering Manager
State of Indiana•Plainfield, IN
•Onsite
About The Position
The Engineering Manager oversees engineering and product development across Indiana Correctional Industries' statewide manufacturing operations, providing executive-level leadership to multiple sites and ensuring product design, manufacturing processes, and shop operations align with organizational goals, policies, regulations and standards. The position serves as a key member of the leadership team, helping to shape Indiana Correctional Industries' strategic direction and long-term growth initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of engineering or manufacturing experience, with demonstrated leadership or management experience.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and production systems.
- Experience managing engineering projects from concept through implementation and production.
- Proficiency in developing and maintaining bills of material (BOMs), routings, work instructions, and production processes.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with engineering, ERP/MRP, CAD, and other manufacturing-related software systems.
- Willingness and ability to travel between facilities as required.
- Individuals should have the ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Responsibilities
- Set priorities, assign work, develop engineers and technicians, and manage performance.
- Oversee preventative maintenance strategies, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
- Identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, throughput, safety, and operating costs using; Lean Six Sigma, or similar methods.
- Lead equipment purchases, automation projects, facility modifications, installations, commissioning, and project budgets.
- Work closely with operations to resolve equipment, process, and technical problems that affect production schedules.
- Evaluate and optimize processes, tooling, equipment, layouts, and automation.
- Ensure engineering activities and equipment comply with OSHA, environmental requirements, company standards, and applicable industry codes.
- Partner with operations to address defects, process variation, customer complaints, and corrective/preventative actions.
- Maintain engineering drawings, equipment specifications, procedures, bills of materials, and change-control records.
- Track KPIs such as OEE, downtime, throughput, project performance, maintenance costs, and engineering related quality issues.
- Manage engineering and production operations across a statewide organization, coordinating with multiple levels of leadership to finalize product builds, tooling, spare parts, consumables, safety supplies, and raw materials.
- Analyze new products and optimize existing designs, including bills of material, routings, and required production processes.
- Develop offender job training programs that support offender workers in performing a range of engineering, material management, and manufacturing tasks.
- Oversee the material management group responsible for production scheduling, forecasting material requirements, and ensuring timely procurement of raw materials.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support organizational needs.
Benefits
- Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
- Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
- Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
- Deferred compensation 457(b) account (similar to 401(k) plan) with employer match
- Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
- A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to: 150 hours of paid New Parent Leave and up to eight weeks of paid Childbirth Recovery Leave for eligible mothers
- Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave
- Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
- 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Group life insurance
- Referral Bonus program
- Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
- Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Free Parking for most positions
- Free LinkedIn Learning access
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
