Mechanical Engineering Manager

KION Group • Salt Lake City, UT

1d • $113,600 - $170,400

About The Position

The Mechanical Engineering Manager leads comprehensive project execution at existing customer sites, promoting safety and ensuring project quality, on-time delivery, and cost performance. The role manages project risks, provides technical engineering decisions and design direction, and represents the organization as a key customer-facing contact. It also oversees project financial performance, team budgets, forecasting, staffing, and resource allocation. The manager leads, mentors, recruits, and develops team members, while fostering communication and continuous improvement in productivity and quality. Travel of up to 20% is required.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in a related field.
• Previous managerial experience and a proven track record of 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.
• Detail-oriented, with the 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

• Advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safety culture focused on zero incidents and 100% compliance.
• Expand the team's project execution expertise across the engineering lifecycle, including audits, design, drawings, order entry, configuration, visualization, commissioning, and testing.
• Ensure achievement of quality, on-time delivery, and cost KPIs, and remove roadblocks to target attainment.
• Manage project execution risks through effective staffing strategies, 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 team status.
• Work cross-functionally with other disciplines and regional managers to maintain consistency and standards.
• Represent the organization as a customer-facing external contact and partner.
• Review project budgets and actual costs with execution teams, identify problem areas, and develop mitigation plans.
• Report project and program performance and status to management and peers.
• Ensure staffing levels and talent support current and forecasted workloads.
• Make technical engineering decisions and provide engineering design direction to the team.
• Lead by example and embody KION's shared Group Values and Leadership Principles.
• Assign disciplines and skillsets to resources to deliver engineering work, using available talent pools.
• Support talent development through regular one-to-one meetings, coaching, real-time learning, and training programs.
• Recruit, onboard, and integrate new hires.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance productivity and quality.

Benefits

• Career development, including foundational training, leadership development programs, technical training and certifications, and Career Navigator.
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages designed to reward performance and 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