Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Hubbell Incorporated • Portsmouth, NH

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About The Position

The Manager, Manufacturing Engineering leads manufacturing engineering and production systems support for ANSI meter assembly operations across internal and contract manufacturing locations. The role oversees a team providing technical support, process readiness, calibration and configuration activities, equipment troubleshooting, and continuous improvement to reduce downtime and improve production performance.

The manager supports ANSI meter configuration and test processes, responds to production issues, trains internal team members and contract manufacturers, and uses manufacturing and business applications to verify documentation, data, and assembly readiness. The role also analyzes production data and KPIs, drives corrective and preventive actions, supports equipment repair, maintains issue-resolution documentation, and partners with the MeterMate team to improve processes and manage related software, customer programs, and data-file distribution.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Electronics or a related technical field.
• Three or more years of equivalent engineering technician experience.
• Strong leadership, organization, coordination, planning, and collaboration skills.
• Proven experience with software development tools such as .NET C#.
• Proven experience with databases such as SQL.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritize work and respond urgently to critical issues.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, or a related technical field.
• IPC-A-610 Certification.
• Training to the IPC-7711/7721 rework and repair standard.
• Experience troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining meter manufacturing and test equipment.
• Ability to read and understand assembly drawings and schematics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineering technicians supporting ANSI meter configuration and test processes across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Provide responsive technical support to minimize production downtime for issues within the team’s scope.
• Communicate technical issues and escalate issues beyond the team’s scope to the appropriate departments or engineers.
• Train and support internal team members and contract manufacturers on sustaining processes, new product introductions, and change orders affecting meter assembly or configuration.
• Use PLM, ERP, Power BI, SQL databases, and other applications to verify drawings, labels, procedures, data, and assembly readiness.
• Analyze production data, monitor KPIs, and drive corrective and preventative actions.
• Assist with identifying and repairing critical manufacturing equipment.
• Recommend continuous quality improvements to related policies, procedures, methods, products, and documentation.
• Identify, evaluate, and propose software productivity and quality improvements for manufacturing operations.
• Maintain and develop documentation to help identify and resolve recurring issues quickly.
• Partner with the MeterMate team to improve processes and oversee management of MeterMate software, customer programs, and data file generation and distribution.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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