Manufacturing Engineering Project Manager

Hubbell Incorporated•Manchester, NH

23h

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineering Project Manager leads and coordinates strategic manufacturing projects across multiple Industrial SBU facilities in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The role ensures facilities have the manufacturing capacity, equipment, processes, and infrastructure needed to deliver the annual operating plan while supporting the SBU’s five-year manufacturing strategy. The portfolio typically includes five to ten active projects, such as capital equipment and automation investments, capacity expansions, product transfers, manufacturing process improvements, facility and infrastructure projects, and support for new product development and industrialization. Individual capital projects generally exceed $500,000, though some strategically important transfers or capacity initiatives may require limited direct capital investment. The manager leads projects from concept and business justification through design, funding approval, procurement, implementation, qualification, start-up, and operational handoff. This is an individual-contributor role without direct reports, but it carries significant project and matrix leadership responsibilities across locations. The position works with manufacturing operations, engineering, finance, sourcing, supply chain, quality, EHS, maintenance, facilities, product management, and external suppliers. Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that support grid modernization and electrification. Its two segments are Hubbell Utility Solutions and Hubbell Electrical Solutions. The company states that it is committed to operating sustainably and ethically and to promoting an inclusive, supportive culture.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering.
10–15 years of prior experience in Manufacturing Engineering, with proven leadership and management abilities.
Proficiency using Solid Edge CAD software.
Ability to read and interpret drawing requirements and specifications.
Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, and oral and written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet critical deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Advanced knowledge of business administration, project management, lean, Six Sigma, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Work with SBU and plant leadership to identify manufacturing capacity requirements needed to deliver the annual operating plan.
Develop and maintain a five-year manufacturing capacity roadmap aligned with expected demand, product strategy, manufacturing footprint, and business growth.
Lead a portfolio of approximately five to ten active manufacturing projects across multiple facilities.
Manage capital equipment and automation projects that typically exceed $500,000 in total project cost.
Lead strategically important product-transfer and capacity-expansion projects, including initiatives with limited capital investment but significant operational complexity or business impact.
Establish project charters defining the business need, scope, objectives, deliverables, financial justification, schedule, assumptions, risks, and required resources.
Develop capital expenditure requests and AFEs for manufacturing equipment, automation, tooling, capacity expansion, and facility-related investments.
Prepare project financial justifications, including capacity requirements, cost estimates, labor impact, productivity improvements, savings, margin contribution, payback, return on investment, and implementation costs.
Manage approved project budgets, purchase commitments, invoice approvals, cash-flow timing, capital forecasts, and project closeout.
Develop equipment and process specifications based on required capacity, quality, safety, reliability, maintainability, and operating-cost expectations.
Coordinate technical and commercial evaluations of equipment, automation, tooling, and supplier proposals.
Work with sourcing to select suppliers based on technical capability, quality, delivery performance, total installed cost, lifecycle support, and commercial value.
Lead supplier design reviews and monitor supplier performance against agreed milestones and deliverables.
Lead product transfers between Industrial SBU manufacturing facilities.
Develop transfer plans covering equipment, tooling, routing, capacity, labor, training, inventory, quality, customer approvals, supplier readiness, and production cutover.
Provide indirect leadership to engineers, technicians, plant personnel, contractors, suppliers, and other project resources.
Build alignment among manufacturing, operations, engineering, finance, sourcing, supply chain, quality, EHS, maintenance, facilities, product management, and commercial stakeholders.
Ensure safety reviews, equipment documentation, drawings, operating procedures, maintenance plans, spare-parts requirements, training, process controls, and validation activities are completed before operational handoff.
Confirm new capacity is operational, sustainable, and capable of supporting the required production rate.