Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Ametek, Inc.•Village of Garden City, NY

17d

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager is responsible for achieving business goals related to product cost and quality, schedule adherence, and on-time delivery to customer demand. This hands-on role ensures that manufacturing processes, tooling, and equipment support the business’s safety, quality, delivery, and productivity goals. The Manager contributes to plant operations, special projects, and operational excellence, and develops and maintains a motivated Manufacturing and Process Engineering team while achieving budgetary and production targets. The position supervises Manufacturing and Process Engineers and leads the team in supporting day-to-day operations, new product introductions, operational excellence initiatives, and strategic business objectives. It establishes and improves manufacturing processes, procedures, and work instructions; develops tooling, fixtures, and process improvements; and partners with Operations leadership to meet performance indicators. The Manager leads quality, yield, cost, and continuous improvement efforts, oversees change management and engineering change orders, and evaluates capital investments and manufacturing technologies. The role also provides technical support to internal and external customers, collaborates with Quality, Engineering, and Operations, and leads recruitment, coaching, mentoring, performance management, career development, succession planning, and training for engineering staff. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the United States and be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code.

Requirements

Progressive manufacturing engineering leadership experience in a complex manufacturing environment.
Strong understanding of thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer, finite element analysis, aerospace engineering principles, product design, and design for manufacturability.
Demonstrated success leading Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Experience supporting new product introductions, process development, capital projects, and engineering change management.
Strong leadership, project management, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Proficiency with Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, SMED, TPM, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
Proficiency with MRP systems; Oracle is preferred.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
Willingness to work a flexible schedule as needed.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Manufacturing Engineering, or another related technical discipline.
At least 5 years of experience in a build-to-order, medium-volume/high-mix manufacturing environment; military or aerospace industry experience is preferred.
At least 5 years of supervisory experience, including management of salaried and hourly staff.
At least 3 years of experience leading continuous improvement methodologies.
Ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and reduce costs; ability to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
Legal right to work in the United States and legal authorization to access export-controlled information and source code.
Ability to lift 50 pounds.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, and climb throughout the day; fine manipulation and repetitive motion may also be required.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing Engineering degree.
MBA or another relevant advanced degree.
Metallurgical degree.
Military or aerospace industry experience.
Fluency in Spanish.
Familiarity with assembly, welding, brazing, machining, and testing processes.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team in supporting daily operations, new product introductions, operational excellence initiatives, and strategic business objectives.
Establish, standardize, and continuously improve manufacturing processes, procedures, and work instructions to promote consistency, safety, quality, and efficiency.
Design, develop, and implement manufacturing tooling, fixtures, and process improvements to enhance production capability and throughput.
Partner with Operations leadership to achieve KPIs for safety, on-time delivery, throughput, backlog reduction, customer lead time, productivity, labor utilization, and overtime management.
Improve First Pass Yield, reduce scrap, and lower the cost of poor quality.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, yield, cycle time, productivity, and cost optimization using Value Stream Mapping, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, kaizen, and 5S methodologies.
Lead change management and ensure successful implementation and sustainability of process improvements and best practices across manufacturing operations.
Ensure timely evaluation, implementation, and validation of engineering change orders in collaboration with Product Engineering and cross-functional teams.
Establish and monitor manufacturing performance standards and quality metrics, identifying opportunities to improve product quality, process capability, and operational effectiveness.
Lead Operational Excellence strategy and cost-reduction programs, manage project portfolios, track progress, and communicate results to senior leadership.
Evaluate, justify, and present capital equipment investments, automation opportunities, tooling enhancements, and manufacturing technologies.
Provide technical leadership and support to internal and external customers on manufacturing processes, quality issues, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and repair/rework activities.
Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, and Operations teams on problem-solving and continuous improvement.
Recruit, develop, coach, and mentor engineering talent through performance management, career development, succession planning, and training.
Foster accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and employee engagement within the Manufacturing Engineering organization.
Perform other duties and assignments as required.