R&D Engineering Manager

IPG•Marysville, MI

11h

About The Position

Responsible for leading the development, transition, and integration of new technologies and process platforms from R&D into production. The R&D Engineering Manager will provide engineering leadership and people leadership to the R&D process team as well as leading process and product development projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field
10+ years of engineering experience
3+ years supervisory experience
Strong competency with digital tools that support digital transformation and data analysis
Strong mechanical aptitude with industrial mechanical process systems
Innovative, organized, self-starter with great problem-solving skills
Collaborative interpersonal style
Strong technical and non-technical communication skills, including written and verbal reports, and presentations to diverse audiences

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering or management is preferred
Experience with extrusion, mixing, coating, and packaging process experience is preferred

Responsibilities

Create and sustain a safe work environment; support safety programs, encourage incident reporting, and support investigations/corrective actions.
Lead, coach, and develop the R&D process team; set direction, expectations, and an execution rhythm.
Provide performance feedback and career development support to the R&D process team; build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
Partner across R&D, Operations, Quality, Sales, EHS, Supply Chain, Finance, and other stakeholders to align priorities and execute project plans in support of strategic corporate initiatives.
Build strong vendor relationships; lead vendor evaluations, technical reviews, and collaboration to accelerate prototyping and problem-solving.
Oversee R&D’s technology pipeline and ongoing capabilities including capital deployment and asset management.
Drive continuous innovation by evaluating new technologies and processes, making recommendations, and initiating proof of concept testing.
Apply Design of Experiments (DoE), statistics, and advanced analytics to plan experiments, interpret results, and guide decisions.
Establish strong technical documentation practices; experimental plans, run logs, interpretive reports, work instructions, and clear recommendations.
Utilize project management skills to define, plan, schedule and control the tasks that must be completed to reach project goals.
Ability to work with a union and facilitate teamwork, open communication and compliance to the current collective bargaining agreement.