Engineering Manager

Chemelex • Redwood City, CA

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About The Position

The Engineering Manager will own and drive plant-wide maintenance strategy, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs. This role will establish and continuously improve PM systems, work order execution, and spare parts strategy, driving measurable improvements in equipment uptime, MTBF, and MTTR. The manager will lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement permanent corrective actions (PCA) for major downtime events, building a data-driven maintenance organization with strong KPI tracking and accountability. Additionally, the role oversees all facility systems, including electrical, mechanical, and utilities infrastructure, leading capital planning and execution for facility upgrades and expansion, and ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards. The manager will also lead the Manufacturing Engineering team to support production stability and continuous improvement, driving process standardization, line balancing, and labor optimization, and supporting new product introductions (NPI). This includes partnering with Operations to improve throughput (UPH), yield and scrap reduction, and OEE. The role oversees Controls Engineering and automation systems, driving improvements in PLC architecture, automation reliability, and robotics performance. It also leads the integration of new automated systems and establishes best practices for troubleshooting and system scalability. Furthermore, the Engineering Manager owns process engineering and industrial engineering strategy, driving standard work development, time studies, labor modeling, capacity analysis, and constraint identification, while leading initiatives to improve CPU, labor efficiency, production flow, and takt alignment. Finally, the role leads the execution of new equipment installs, commissioning, and ramp-up, managing capital budgets and ensuring ROI realization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, maintenance, and automation within high-volume production environments
• Proven leadership experience managing: Maintenance, Equipment/Manufacturing Engineering, Controls Engineering
• Strong background in: PLC systems (Allen-Bradley preferred), Robotics, Automated production systems, Equipment commissioning and production ramp, Preventive maintenance program development, Downtime reduction and reliability improvement
• Experience with: Root cause analysis (RCA), Continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
• Strong working knowledge of: Electrical systems and diagnostics, Mechanical systems and fabrication

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent hands-on experience in high-volume manufacturing, automation, and engineering leadership will be considered in lieu of a degree

Responsibilities

• Own and drive plant-wide maintenance strategy, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs
• Establish and continuously improve PM systems, work order execution, and spare parts strategy
• Drive measurable improvements in: Equipment uptime, Mean time between failure (MTBF), Mean time to repair (MTTR)
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement permanent corrective actions (PCA) for major downtime events
• Build a data-driven maintenance organization with strong KPI tracking and accountability
• Oversee all facility systems, including electrical, mechanical, and utilities infrastructure
• Lead capital planning and execution for facility upgrades and expansion
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards
• Develop long-term strategies for capacity scaling and plant modernization
• Lead the Manufacturing Engineering team to support production stability and continuous improvement
• Drive process standardization, line balancing, and labor optimization
• Support new product introductions (NPI) and ensure seamless equipment commissioning and ramp
• Partner with Operations to improve: Throughput (UPH), Yield and scrap reduction, Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Oversee Controls Engineering and automation systems across the plant
• Drive improvements in: PLC architecture and standardization, Automation reliability, Robotics performance (Fanuc, ABB, etc.)
• Lead integration of new automated systems and ensure robust handoff to production
• Establish best practices for troubleshooting, diagnostics, and system scalability
• Own process engineering and industrial engineering strategy
• Drive: Standard work development, Time studies and labor modeling, Capacity analysis and constraint identification
• Lead initiatives to improve: Cost per unit (CPU), Labor efficiency, Production flow and takt alignment
• Lead execution of new equipment installs, commissioning, and ramp-up
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure: Cycle time achievement, Safety validation, Production readiness
• Manage capital budgets and ensure ROI realization

Benefits

• Pay Transparency
• Compensation Range: $126,000 - $234,000
• Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree