Manager, Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering

AriensCo•Brillion, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

AriensCo is looking for a dynamic Manager, Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for how products are manufactured and how efficiently production systems operate. This role owns people leadership, process readiness, labor efficiency, and continuous improvement across fabrication and assembly operations. The manager ensures manufacturing processes are technically capable, efficiently staffed, ergonomically safe, and scalable, while developing engineering talent and partnering closely with Operations, Quality, Product Engineering, and Supply Chain.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or related)
A minimum of 8 years of progressive manufacturing/industrial engineering experience
Demonstrated success leading people, not just projects
Strong knowledge of fabrication and assembly operations
Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing, work measurement, and DFMA
Experience supporting new product launches and production ramp‑ups preferred
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop a combined team of Manufacturing Engineers and Industrial Engineers
Set clear priorities, expectations, and performance goals aligned to plant and business objectives
Conduct performance reviews, support skill development, and build succession capability
Foster a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, and data‑driven problem solving
Provide leadership over manufacturing engineering support for fabrication and assembly processes, including machining, forming, welding, paint, and assembly
Ensure production processes are stable, repeatable, and capable of meeting safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets
Lead resolution of production issues, constraints, and process inefficiencies.
Support tooling, process changes, and automation initiatives in partnership with Operations and Maintenance
Own labor standards, time studies, line balancing, staffing models, and capacity planning
Ensure layouts, material flow, and work content support safe, efficient, and ergonomic operations
Apply Lean manufacturing principles to improve throughput, labor productivity, and waste reduction
Use data and analytics to support decisions related to labor, efficiency, and capacity constraints
Lead manufacturing and industrial readiness for new product launches.
Partner with Product Design Engineering to ensure DFMA, manufacturability, and production scalability
Ensure processes, staffing models, routings, and work instructions are defined and validated prior to launch
Support ramp‑up and stabilization activities post‑launch
Drive continuous improvement activities using Lean methodologies (standard work, kaizen, waste elimination)
Identify productivity and cost improvement opportunities across people, process, and equipment
Support capital project scoping, business cases, and implementation
Serve as a primary engineering partner to Operations leadership for daily performance and longer‑term improvements
Collaborate with Quality on PFMEA, control plans, and process validation activities
Communicate clearly with leadership on risks, priorities, and progress