- Field
- Manufacturing and process engineering
- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Work model
- Onsite
- Level
- Manager
- Pay
- $112k to $132k
About the role
Supervise manufacturing engineering activities that improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput.
What you would own
- Prioritize and coordinate the manufacturing engineering team's workload to support production and new product introduction.
- Develop and improve manufacturing methods, routings, standard work, assembly processes, tooling, and fixtures.
- Lead the transition of new or revised products into repeatable production processes with appropriate documentation and training.
- Provide technical support for production problems and coordinate root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Identify and implement improvements in cycle time, labor utilization, first-pass yield, scrap, and rework.
- Partner with design engineering to review manufacturability and resolve production constraints before product release.
- Support equipment selection, capital project justification, installation, and process validation.
- Coach engineers and technicians, maintain process documentation, and reinforce safe work practices and quality requirements.
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant technical experience.
- Manufacturing engineering experience supporting precision manufacturing or engineered assembly operations.
- Experience supervising technical personnel or leading engineering projects and cross-functional improvement teams.
- Knowledge of process development, tooling, work instructions, engineering drawings, and structured problem solving.
- Ability to balance immediate production support with longer-term improvement projects and employee development.
- Preferred Background Experience with Lean methods, machining, welding or assembly processes, ERP systems, time studies, and equipment implementation is preferred.
Everything above is the hiring company’s own words, with the company name taken out. The name, the team, and the interview steps come with the first conversation.