Senior Engineering Manager

Tenneco • Napoleon, OH

7d

About The Position

The Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager leads plant-level engineering and maintenance functions to support operational performance, reliability, safety, quality, and continuous improvement. The role aligns engineering and maintenance resources around plant priorities, leads direct reports across both functions, and ensures cross-functional execution in support of business and production goals.

The manager works with plant leadership to prioritize and execute initiatives, develops team capability and accountability, oversees engineering support for plant initiatives, and drives equipment, process, and system improvements. The role also supports maintenance strategies, continuous improvement, problem solving, capital improvements, and site-level transformation efforts while partnering across plant functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Progressive leadership experience in manufacturing engineering, maintenance, or plant operations.
• Experience leading direct reports in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of plant operations, equipment reliability, process improvement, and cross-functional execution.
• Strong problem-solving, project leadership, and people leadership skills.
• Ability to balance strategic improvement work with day-to-day plant support.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in automotive or complex manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading both engineering and maintenance teams or closely integrated plant functions.
• Experience with lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, or operational excellence initiatives.
• Experience supporting plant transformation, reliability improvement, or cost-reduction efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant-level manufacturing engineering and maintenance activities in support of site priorities and performance targets.
• Align engineering and maintenance so both functions collaborate and support shared plant goals.
• Partner with plant leadership to identify, prioritize, and execute initiatives that improve operational performance.
• Translate plant needs into clear functional priorities, ownership, and follow-through.
• Lead, coach, and develop direct reports across engineering and maintenance.
• Set clear expectations, strengthen accountability, and build a culture of ownership and execution.
• Develop team capability, succession readiness, and bench strength across both functions.
• Ensure strong communication routines and coordination across the team.
• Oversee engineering support for plant initiatives tied to safety, quality, productivity, cost, and operational improvement.
• Drive equipment, process, and system improvements that increase reliability and reduce downtime.
• Support preventive and corrective maintenance strategies in partnership with the maintenance team.
• Align technical resources to plant needs, production demands, and critical business priorities.
• Lead and support continuous improvement efforts across plant systems, equipment, and workflows.
• Use data, root cause analysis, and performance measures to identify issues and drive sustainable solutions.
• Standardize best practices where possible to improve consistency, speed, and execution.
• Remove barriers affecting project delivery, maintenance effectiveness, or operational performance.
• Partner with operations, quality, supply chain, HR, and plant leadership to support business goals.
• Communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations clearly and practically.
• Support change initiatives, capital improvements, and site-level transformation efforts as needed.
• Build strong working relationships that enable fast decision-making and execution at the plant level.

What This Job Offers

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