Director of Manufacturing Engineering Leader

Location: Eastern United States

Work Arrangement: Site-based

Travel: Periodic travel required

Compensation: Competitive base salary, bonus and benefits

Build People is representing an established industrial manufacturer seeking a senior engineering leader to guide manufacturing capability, technology investment and operational improvement across its production organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish manufacturing engineering priorities and improvement plans.
• Improve production capability, reliability, throughput, quality and cost performance.
• Lead automation, equipment-modernization and process-improvement initiatives.
• Oversee capital planning, project justification and implementation.
• Support production expansion, new manufacturing requirements and equipment integration.
• Introduce consistent engineering methods, standards and performance measures.
• Lead and develop engineering personnel.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and Maintenance.

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering or operations experience.
• Demonstrated engineering leadership within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting operations across more than one production facility.
• Strong knowledge of automation, manufacturing equipment and capital projects.
• Background in discrete manufacturing, industrial equipment or engineered products.
• Experience delivering measurable improvements in productivity, capacity or cost.
• Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma or similar improvement methodologies.
• Strong project-management, communication and leadership abilities.

A competitive salary, performance bonus and comprehensive benefits package are offered.

The manufacturer’s identity and exact location will be shared with qualified candidates. All conversations will be handled confidentially.