Manufacturing Engineering Leader (MES) - Plant 5 - Ti-Cast
About The Position
We are seeking a Manufacturing Systems Engineering Leader to improve factory performance through the design and optimization of production flow, capacity utilization, inventory management, and operational stability. This role applies data-driven operational principles to reduce lead time, improve throughput, lower WIP inventory, and increase schedule reliability across manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate understands that manufacturing performance emerges from system behavior — including variability, bottlenecks, queueing, and resource constraints — and uses analytical methods to improve overall factory performance rather than isolated local metrics.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Engineering
- Minimum of 3 years of people leadership experience
- Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Nice To Haves
- BS in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
- Understanding of: Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, Queueing concepts, Statistical process variation, Capacity analysis, Production scheduling
- Experience with ERP/MES systems
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Ability to translate operational data into practical floor-level improvements
- Thinks in terms of systems rather than isolated departments
- Comfortable balancing competing operational priorities
- Uses data but understands human and organizational realities
- Focuses on sustainable flow instead of short-term utilization metrics
- Can communicate complex operational tradeoffs to leadership and frontline teams
Responsibilities
- Plan meetings, assign tasks, manage staffing, conduct performance reviews, and coach employees in manufacturing engineering discipline.
- Introduce new hires to EHS rules, company policies, and business initiatives to foster a safe, productive culture.
- Maintain adherence to all relevant regulations and internal standards
- Analyze production flow and identify bottlenecks, congestion points, and excessive queueing
- Improve throughput while balancing labor, equipment utilization, inventory, and lead time
- Design production systems that minimize variability and improve flow stability
- Optimize line balancing and workstation design
- Monitor utilization levels and identify where excessive loading creates instability
- Develop buffering strategies for inventory, staffing, and machine capacity
- Reduce operational variability caused by downtime, scheduling volatility, changeovers, quality losses, and material shortages
- Support preventive maintenance and reliability initiatives
- Partner with planning teams to improve schedule realism and execution
- Reduce WIP and manufacturing lead times through pull systems, batch reduction, and improved sequencing
- Evaluate tradeoffs between responsiveness, inventory, and capacity
- Use operational data to model cycle times, queue behavior, throughput, and capacity
- Develop KPIs focused on system performance: Throughput, On-time delivery, WIP inventory, Flow time, OEE, Schedule attainment
- Conduct simulation or what-if analysis for process changes
- Lead Lean / Six Sigma / Kaizen initiatives grounded in system-level thinking
- Facilitate root cause analysis for chronic operational instability
- Implement standard work and visual management systems
- Drive digital manufacturing initiatives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
