Engineering Manager

Linamar Corporation•Fruitport, MI

About The Position

Reporting to the General Manager, the Engineering Manager leads plant engineering and program management, including new program launches, engineering changes, capital projects, costing, quoting, operational support, and continuous improvement. The role sets priorities, develops the team, supports production needs, and ensures work is completed safely, on time, within budget, and in accordance with customer, quality, and financial requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
Experience leading new product launches, capital projects, manufacturing process development, and cross-functional improvement initiatives.
Leadership capability in a manufacturing environment, including setting direction, aligning resources, holding people accountable, and building an effective team.
Strong project and program management skills, including scope control, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, prioritization, and execution through closure.
Ability to use PPAR and other Linamar program management systems to manage gates, risks, actions, timing, cost, and launch readiness.
Working knowledge of capital equipment sourcing, technical specifications, supplier evaluation, capital requisitions, approval workflows, budget tracking, equipment acceptance, and project closeout.
Manufacturing costing and quoting capability, including development and critical review of process assumptions, cycle times, labor, tooling, capital, launch costs, capacity, and technical risk.
Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, process control, engineering change management, and structured problem solving.
Capability in manufacturing process selection, process development, industrialization, automation, and applying technology to improve operating performance.
Ability to analyze technical and financial information, compare actual performance with plan, and make fact-based decisions.
Ability to communicate effectively with customers, employees, suppliers, and leaders at all levels.
Ability to support Operations in a fast-paced manufacturing environment by responding to production needs, working directly at the process, balancing immediate containment with permanent corrective action, and maintaining ownership through closure.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, multi-shift manufacturing environment while maintaining accountability for details and deadlines.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
At least 10 years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience, including leadership or supervisory responsibility.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.
Automotive manufacturing experience.
Experience with project management and manufacturing systems.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the engineering and program management team by setting priorities, assigning ownership, coaching performance, and building problem-solving, accountability, technical capability, and readiness for expanded responsibility.
Promote a culture centered on safety, quality, respect, urgency, disciplined execution, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Manage program launches, engineering changes, and capital projects to approved timing, scope, budget, safety, quality, and performance requirements; identify risks, delays, and cost variances early and implement recovery plans through verified closure.
Lead capital equipment sourcing and purchasing in accordance with Linamar approval requirements, from technical scope and supplier evaluation through installation, acceptance, and project closeout.
Lead APQP and maintain PPAR from award through launch and stabilization, reflecting program health, risks, action ownership, gate readiness, spending, deliverables, and recovery plans.
Oversee the selection, development, industrialization, and validation of manufacturing processes against quoted cost, capacity, quality, safety, and performance assumptions.
Ensure engineering standards and launch documentation—including PFMEAs, process flows, control plans, work instructions, PPAPs, and Q-Gate reporting—are accurate, current, practical, completed on schedule, and consistently used.
Partner with Operations and Maintenance to assign, prioritize, communicate, and resolve production, process, equipment, quality, capacity, cost, and workflow needs through timely solutions and sustained corrective action.
Own complete and competitive engineering inputs for costing and quoting, supported by documented manufacturing concepts, cycle times, labor, tooling, capital, launch costs, capacity, timing, feasibility, assumptions, and risk assessments.
Drive measurable, financially and operationally validated improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, scrap, downtime, capacity, equipment reliability, and profitability, and ensure results are sustained.
Apply technology, data, controls, robotics, and automation to improve efficiency, repeatability, labor utilization, safety, quality, and cost, while eliminating repetitive work where practical.
Integrate safety and quality requirements into engineering decisions, maintain required training and controlled documentation, and support incident investigations and corrective actions.
Perform other duties as assigned.