Engineering & Maintenance Manager — Lean Leader

Premium-Guard-Incorporated; Albion (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Premium-Guard-Incorporated in Albion, IL seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to lead engineering disciplines across project lifecycle, optimize equipment uptime, and drive Lean process improvements. You will oversee maintenance, tool room activities, and CMMS, while coordinating with shift supervisors to maintain production continuity.

Ideal candidates bring 5–7 years of supervisory manufacturing engineering experience, strong communication, and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Requires 5-7 years supervisory experience in a manufacturing engineering role.
• Strong communication skills to motivate subordinates and interact across levels of the organization.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Principles and data-driven problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to Engineering disciplines in project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and closure.
• Guide area responsibilities in developing technical solutions, project plans and budgets.
• Develop core team and project management capabilities and establish risk tracking processes.
• Understand and generate capital requests as needed.
• Manage Maintenance, Tool Room and Manufacturing Engineering functions to maximize equipment uptime and drive process improvements.
• Oversee Overall Equipment Effectiveness projects and CMMS for Maintenance and Tool Room operations.
• Maintain communication with shift supervisors to ensure continuity between shifts.
• Develop and monitor budgets for Engineering departments.
• Train and evaluate salaried personnel and perform annual evaluations.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Initiate improvement opportunities and document corrective actions.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Manufacturing engineering

Lean manufacturing

Communication skills

Project management

MS Office

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Master’s Degree preferred

Job description

Premium-Guard-Incorporated in Albion, IL seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to lead engineering disciplines across project lifecycle, optimize equipment uptime, and drive Lean process improvements. You will oversee maintenance, tool room activities, and CMMS, while coordinating with shift supervisors to maintain production continuity.

Ideal candidates bring 5–7 years of supervisory manufacturing engineering experience, strong communication, and leadership skills.