Mechanical Engineering Manager

KION • Salt Lake, UT

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About The Position

The Mechanical Engineering Manager leads engineering project execution at existing customer sites, promoting safety and ensuring performance against quality, on-time delivery, and cost KPIs. The role oversees project risks, staffing strategies, technical reviews, and compliance with standard work and quality processes, while supporting alignment between technical specifications and customer requirements. It also partners with sales and solution development on project quotation design and cost reviews and represents the organization in customer-facing relationships.

The manager reviews project budgets and actual costs, identifies issues and mitigation plans, reports project and program status, and ensures staffing and talent levels match current and forecasted workload. The role provides engineering design direction and technical decision-making, leads and develops team members through coaching, training, and regular engagement, and recruits and onboards new hires. The manager also drives continuous improvement to enhance productivity and quality and works across disciplines to maintain consistent standards.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in a related field.
• Previous managerial experience and a proven track record leading teams to deliver complex projects.
• Experience leading projects from contract approval through customer acceptance and turnover to warranty.
• Experience leading a team of four or more direct reports to achieve team goals.
• Experience in strength of materials, fatigue analysis, and mechanism design.
• Problem-solving ability.
• Proficient customer-facing skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects or programs simultaneously.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to facilitate groups in solving problems.
• Ability to interact effectively in a team-based organization and with employees at all levels and across functions.
• Fluency in English.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safety culture focused on zero incidents and full compliance.
• Expand the team’s project execution expertise across the engineering lifecycle, including audits, design, drawings, order entry, configuration, visualization, commissioning, and testing.
• Ensure project quality, on-time delivery, and cost KPIs are achieved; remove roadblocks to target attainment.
• Manage project execution risks through staffing validation, technical reviews, and adherence to standard work and quality processes.
• Participate in cross-functional technical reviews to align technical specifications with customer requirements.
• Participate in design and cost reviews with sales and solution development for project quotations.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on team status.
• Work across disciplines and build partnerships with regional managers to maintain consistency and standards.
• Represent the organization as a customer-facing contact and partner.
• Review project budgets and actual costs with execution teams, identify problem areas, and develop mitigation plans where appropriate.
• Report project and program performance and status to management and peers.
• Ensure staffing levels and talent support current and forecasted workload.
• Manage technical engineering decisions and provide engineering design direction to the team.
• Lead by example in accordance with KION’s shared Group Values and Leadership Principles.
• Assign appropriate disciplines and skillsets to resources to deliver engineering content using available talent pools.
• Support talent development through one-to-one meetings, coaching, and training programs.
• Recruit, onboard, and integrate new hires.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and quality.

Benefits

• Career development, including foundational and technical training, leadership development programs, certifications, and Career Navigator.
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages designed to support personal and family needs.
• International assignments for qualified employees.
• Flexible working hours and modern workspace design where possible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager