Manufacturing Engineering Manager
About The Position
The Manufacturing Engineering Manager is key to driving innovation and technological advancement at Hapco while supporting overall manufacturing performance. This role upholds company standards and brings together expertise across mechanical, industrial, electrical, and computer engineering, along with operations and materials management. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Operations, this position leads initiatives to develop efficient manufacturing methods, processes, and technologies—from product launch through full-scale production—including design analysis, process definition, and tooling design and development support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required (e.g., Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering or a related field)
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in manufacturing engineering or management
- Ability to apply common sense understanding when carrying out instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to create, read, and accurately interpret documents.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage situations involving multiple variables in various contexts.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree preferred in Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline
- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
Responsibilities
- Leads the Manufacturing Engineering Team to support Hapco Operations and business objectives.
- Supports multi-plant operations, ensuring alignment of manufacturing engineering standards, processes, and initiatives across locations.
- Develop and maintain standard work, work instructions, routings, and process documentation
- Collaborate with Quality to support root cause analysis and corrective actions for internal and customer issues
- Partner with Operations to improve throughput, labor efficiency, and equipment uptime
- Support make/buy decisions, capacity planning, and layout optimization
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements
- Manage departmental budgets, timelines, and project priorities
- Carries out departmental goals aligned with corporate strategic plans.
- Fosters a team-based environment to achieve company goals and resolve issues.
- Builds and maintains positive working relationships internally and externally.
- Launch new products into manufacturing.
- Develop comprehensive Manufacturing Plans, including: Standard work projects, Tooling and facility equipment capacity, Tooling and operational concepts, Tool specifications, Facility floor planning and value stream flow, Consumable materials, Product handling and workflow
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve processes, efficiency, and product quality.
- Participates in lean manufacturing initiatives such as Kaizen events and value stream mapping.
- Oversees multiple projects to ensure on-time and under-budget completion.
- Reviews plans, specifications, and special provisions.
- Represents the department in project meetings, including pre-manufacturing and production meetings.
- Troubleshoots manufacturing processes and equipment.
- Ensures cycle time and process performance targets are achieved.
- Assists with troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
- Collaborates with internal and external engineering and design teams.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
