Center of Excellence: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

HNI Corporation; Muscatine (IA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

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Job summary

HNI Corporation seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the Engineering Center of Excellence at Progress Park, guiding cross-functional teams to improve safety, quality, delivery and cost. You will shape standards, governance, and project management while partnering with IT and operations.

You bring a manufacturing engineering background, strong leadership, and a track record of measurable improvements across KPIs, with a focus on coaching engineers and driving performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership in manufacturing.
• Proven success with continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience improving labor efficiency and plant KPIs.
• Strong leadership for engineering teams and partnerships with IT/automation.
• Exposure to MES, IoT, dashboards, or visibility systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic technical decisions by planning, prioritizing, delegating and managing engineers’ activities for the facility.
• Deliver broad technical leadership by communicating complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead the process to establish Project Management within Progress Park facility.
• Maintain a high level of expertise in the field.
• Manage and coach engineers, evaluating performance and development opportunities.
• Oversee project logistics and allocate resources to fit business needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, delivery and cost using metrics.
• Support plant technical escalations.
• Conduct process audits and gemba walks to identify gaps and improvements.
• Commit to successful onboarding experiences for engineering resources.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Continuous improvement

Project management

Manufacturing engineering

Data-driven decisions

Plant KPI optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MES

IoT

Dashboards

Plant visibility systems

Job description

HNI Corporation seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the Engineering Center of Excellence at Progress Park, guiding cross-functional teams to improve safety, quality, delivery and cost. You will shape standards, governance, and project management while partnering with IT and operations.

You bring a manufacturing engineering background, strong leadership, and a track record of measurable improvements across KPIs, with a focus on coaching engineers and driving performance.