ENGINEERING MANAGER

Schold Manufacturing, LLC • Bedford Park, IL

3h • $100,000 - $165,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Schold Manufacturing is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and develop its mechanical engineering team and contribute to the growth of the engineering organization. This role involves not just project management but also requires an experienced mechanical engineer and people leader with a strong background in designing large industrial machinery and capital equipment. The ideal candidate will be passionate about improving engineering processes and mentoring early-career engineers. Schold Manufacturing, founded in 1949, specializes in designing and manufacturing industrial dispersing, milling, and mixing equipment, focusing on custom-engineered solutions supported throughout the equipment's lifecycle. The Engineering Manager will play a key role in shaping how Schold engineers, standardizes, documents, and delivers sophisticated equipment, while also developing future engineering talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Approximately 7+ years of progressively responsible mechanical engineering experience, preferably in industrial machinery, process equipment, engineered-to-order equipment, or other large capital equipment.
• Strong foundation in practical machine design, including structures, rotating equipment, power transmission, bearings, shafts, fabricated assemblies, and mechanical systems.
• Experience designing equipment for fabrication, machining, assembly, installation, operation, and servicing.
• Experience with welded and machined components and an understanding of practical manufacturing methods.
• Strong 3D CAD capabilities; SolidWorks experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and make sound engineering decisions.
• Prior engineering leadership, supervision, or substantial mentoring experience.

Nice To Haves

• Formal management experience.
• Accomplished senior or lead engineer with demonstrated ability and desire to develop people and take broader ownership of an engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of mechanical engineers, teaching engineering judgment, machine design fundamentals, problem-solving, and project ownership.
• Review designs and challenge engineers to ensure a deep understanding of their work.
• Establish clear expectations, accountability, development plans, and career growth paths for the team.
• Recruit, onboard, and develop future engineering talent.
• Foster an environment of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical leadership for engineered-to-order industrial mixing, milling, and dispersing equipment.
• Guide projects from initial concept through detailed design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, installation, and startup.
• Lead and participate in design reviews covering safety, structural integrity, manufacturability, serviceability, cost, reliability, and customer requirements.
• Offer hands-on engineering support for complex design or manufacturing challenges.
• Collaborate with Sales, Manufacturing, Assembly, Quality, Purchasing, and Service departments to ensure successful equipment delivery.
• Improve engineering workflow, scheduling, workload visibility, and project prioritization.
• Develop and implement engineering standards, procedures, checklists, and best practices.
• Enhance drawing, BOM, design-review, release, and change-control processes.
• Identify opportunities for standardization of designs while maintaining customization capabilities.
• Improve engineering quality and reduce errors, rework, and production issues.
• Introduce tools, technology, automation, and processes to increase engineer productivity.
• Establish and utilize engineering metrics for continuous improvement.
• Balance immediate operational needs with the long-term development of a scalable engineering organization.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on complete industrial machines and systems.
• Ability to see designs being fabricated, machined, assembled, wired, tested, and prepared for shipment.
• Direct work with company leadership.
• Meaningful authority to improve the engineering organization.
• Opportunity to leave a lasting mark on equipment, engineers, and engineering systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level