Manufacturing Engineering Manager
$60,000–$75,000 year
On-siteSaint Helens, Oregon, United States
Job Summary
Lead and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team across Europe, setting objectives, priorities, and technical standards aligned with business strategy. Own manufacturing process definition, including routings, layouts, standard work, cycle times, work instructions, and process controls. Drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, productivity, equipment utilisation, and factory flow using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and root cause analysis. Provide technical leadership to resolve process, tooling, and equipment issues through robust corrective actions. Lead Manufacturing Engineering input into CAPEX projects, NPI, and industrialisation activity, ensuring design for manufacture, tooling readiness, and successful production handover. Define and manage tooling, fixtures, gauges, and automation requirements throughout their lifecycle. Lead the Facilities and Maintenance function to ensure buildings, utilities, and production infrastructure operate safely and reliably. Partner with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and global stakeholders to deliver engineering changes, validation, and continuous improvement while ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline
- Significant Manufacturing Engineering leadership experience within a complex technical manufacturing environment
- A strong track record of improving safety, quality, productivity, cost, process capability and operational performance
- Experience leading NPI, industrialisation, process validation and manufacturing improvement programmes
- Demonstrable experience delivering CAPEX projects, factory layout changes and manufacturing transformation initiatives
- Strong knowledge of tooling, equipment, automation, factory flow and advanced manufacturing technologies
- Experience leading and developing engineering teams through coaching and performance management
- Strong commercial awareness, data analysis and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance immediate operational priorities and longer-term strategy
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence from the shop floor to senior leadership across international and cross-functional teams
- Competence with Microsoft Office, ERP/MRP systems and CAD, together with the ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, BOMs, routings and manufacturing documentation
Desired Qualifications
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma or project management qualifications
- IOSH, NEBOSH or an equivalent health and safety qualification
- SAP or a similar ERP platform
- Defence, aerospace, automotive, composites, plastics or another highly regulated manufacturing environment
- Facilities, maintenance, robotics, digital manufacturing or international manufacturing projects
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