Engineering Manager Jobs

About The Position

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

Benefits

• competitive pay
• extensive benefits that support you and your family
• exciting career development opportunities
• ongoing training and the support you need to succeed