Manufacturing Engineering Manager

ITW•Hatfield, MN

16d•Onsite

About The Position

Brooks Instrument, a leader in flow and pressure instrumentation, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager for its Hatfield, Pennsylvania headquarters. This role provides leadership and oversight for manufacturing engineers and technicians supporting Semi Thermal products. The position is responsible for technical support, manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, documentation, and improvement initiatives to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and productivity objectives for both new and existing products. The manager will collaborate with various departments including Production Operations, Product and Design Engineering, Quality, Materials, Supply Chain, and Business Unit leadership to establish priorities, develop team capabilities, support daily production, and ensure manufacturing engineering resources are focused on high-impact business needs. The role also involves leading manufacturing readiness for new product introductions and driving process improvements using ITW Toolbox, Lean Manufacturing, and structured problem-solving methods.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline required.
Minimum of seven years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience in a technical manufacturing environment required.
Minimum of three years of direct people-leadership experience, including responsibility for engineers, engineering technicians, or other technical employees, required.
Demonstrated experience with new product introduction, process development, equipment and process validation, PFMEA, engineering change control, tooling, and capital projects required.
Demonstrated experience using Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement, structured problem solving, and manufacturing performance metrics to deliver measurable results required.
Ability to work onsite in Hatfield and provide manufacturing engineering support and leadership visibility across production shifts as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

A master's degree in engineering, business, or operations is preferred.
Experience supporting multi-shift production operations and balancing daily production support with longer-term engineering projects strongly preferred.
Experience with semiconductor, thermal, flow-control, instrumentation, electromechanical, or other complex technical products preferred.
Experience working within an ISO 9001 or similarly regulated quality-system environment preferred.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; experience with ERP, manufacturing execution, product lifecycle management, quality, CAD, statistical, or data-reporting systems preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct leadership, supervision, coaching, and development for the manufacturing engineers and engineering technicians supporting Semi Thermal products.
Establish team goals, project priorities, resource assignments, performance expectations, and development plans aligned with business and operational objectives.
Ensure timely manufacturing engineering support for first-, second-, and third-shift production, including effective prioritization, escalation, communication, and follow-through on critical issues.
Partner with Production Operations leadership to evaluate daily performance, resolve production constraints, reduce downtime, and address safety, quality, equipment, material, yield, and delivery concerns.
Own the development, implementation, validation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes, methods, equipment, tooling, fixtures, test systems, work instructions, and production standards.
Ensure the manufacturing engineering team responds promptly and effectively to production support requests, equipment issues, technical help requests, and recurring process problems.
Lead structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis for complex manufacturing issues and ensure corrective actions are implemented, documented, and sustained.
Monitor and improve manufacturing key performance indicators, including safety, yield, scrap, rework, labor efficiency, productivity, cycle time, equipment uptime, process capability, cost, and on-time delivery.
Use performance data, statistical methods, and process observations to identify trends, prioritize improvement opportunities, and measure the effectiveness of implemented changes.
Drive Lean Manufacturing, ITW Toolbox, error-proofing, standard work, flow, waste reduction, and other continuous improvement initiatives throughout the assigned value streams.
Interface with Product, Design, and Sustaining Engineering as well as product marketing and sales teams during product development, product changes, and special product requests from customers to ensure manufacturability, cost effectiveness, quality, capacity, serviceability, and production readiness are considered throughout the process.
Lead the manufacturing engineering execution of new product introductions, including manufacturing plans, process development, tooling, equipment, documentation, training, capacity analysis, pilot builds, and production release activities.
Ensure consistent completion of Gate 5 pre-pilot and pilot deliverables, process validations, reports, recommendations, PFMEAs, control plans, work instructions, and other required manufacturing-readiness documentation.
Oversee hardware, software, equipment, and database validations before release to Operations and ensure approved changes are implemented through the applicable engineering change process.
Review, communicate, and implement engineering change orders affecting production processes, equipment, tooling, documentation, cost, yield, quality, or capacity.
Develop and maintain a sustainable preventive maintenance and technical support strategy for production equipment, tooling, fixtures, and test systems within the team's scope.
Identify capital equipment and technology needs; develop business cases and appropriation requests and manage approved projects to scope, schedule, budget, validation, and operational handoff.
Support make-versus-buy, equipment selection, vendor evaluation, line layout, capacity planning, automation, and other manufacturing strategy decisions as assigned.
Partner with Quality to ensure manufacturing processes comply with the Brooks Quality Management System, ISO 9001 requirements, validation standards, and applicable customer or regulatory requirements.
Support customer complaint investigations, internal and external audits, nonconformance review, corrective and preventive actions, and production-related failure analysis as required.
Coordinate manufacturing engineering activities with Operations, Quality, Materials, Supply Chain, Service, Engineering, Information Technology, Environmental Health and Safety, and other Brooks locations.
Build organizational capability by selecting, onboarding, training, coaching, and retaining qualified engineering talent and by establishing succession and development plans for critical roles.
Set clear performance expectations, provide timely feedback, administer performance-management processes, and address employee performance or conduct concerns in partnership with Human Resources.
Develop and manage the department budget, staffing and headcount plans, project portfolio, capital plan, outside services, and other resources needed to achieve business objectives.
Prepare and communicate project, staffing, capital, risk, and manufacturing performance updates to Engineering, Operations, and Business Unit leadership.
Promote a safe, respectful, accountable, collaborative, and customer-focused work environment.
Support company continuous improvement initiatives and perform other duties as assigned.