Engineering Manager

cragar industries pte ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cragar Industries Pte Ltd seeks an experienced CNC Engineering Team Lead in Singapore to guide milling, turning, and mill-turn processes. You will review drawings and tolerances, mentor machinists, and drive improvements in cycle time and yield.

You will oversee CNC programming, tooling choices, and process controls, collaborating with Quality, Production, and Planning to meet delivery priorities and transfer prototypes into production.

Qualifications

• Diploma or equivalent technical qualification.
• Minimum 3 years of CNC machining/manufacturing experience with proven team leadership exposure.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of CNC milling, turning and preferably mill-turn processes.
• Able to read engineering drawings, GD&T and apply practical machining/process-control methods.
• Strong problem-solving, planning and cross-functional coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team supporting CNC machining and manufacturing operations.
• Own machining process development for milling, turning and mill-turn work.
• Review drawings, tolerances, materials and manufacturability before production release.
• Guide CNC programming, tooling selection, workholding and process optimization.
• Drive cycle-time reduction, yield improvement and machining cost improvement.
• Resolve complex machining, dimensional and recurring production problems.
• Standardize process sheets, setup methods, tooling lists and engineering controls.
• Support NPI, prototype builds, process validation and transfer into production.
• Work closely with Quality, Production, Planning and Procurement on delivery priorities.
• Develop machinists, programmers and engineers through practical coaching and skills transfer.
• Maintain machine/process capability and support equipment or technology improvement projects.

Skills

CNC milling

CNC turning

Mill-turn

GD&T

Leadership

Reading drawings

Problem solving

Planning

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team supporting CNC machining and manufacturing operations.
• Own machining process development for milling, turning and mill-turn work.
• Review drawings, tolerances, materials and manufacturability before production release.
• Guide CNC programming, tooling selection, workholding and process optimization.
• Drive cycle-time reduction, yield improvement and machining cost improvement.
• Resolve complex machining, dimensional and recurring production problems.
• Standardized process sheets, setup methods, tooling lists and engineering controls.
• Support NPI, prototype builds, process validation and transfer into production.
• Work closely with Quality, Production, Planning and Procurement on delivery priorities.
• Develop machinists, programmers and engineers through practical coaching and skills transfer.
• Maintain machine/process capability and support equipment or technology improvement projects.

Job Requirements

• Diploma or equivalent technical qualification is acceptable; demonstrated skills are more important than academic level.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant CNC machining/manufacturing experience, with proven team leadership exposure.
• Strong hands‑on knowledge of CNC milling, turning and preferably mill-turn processes.
• Able to read engineering drawings, GD&T and apply practical machining/process- control methods.
• Strong problem-solving, planning and cross-functional coordination skills.