Engineering Manager

NPAworldwide; Johnson City (TN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

NPAworldwide is seeking an Engineering Manager in the United States to lead process engineering, maintenance, and safety initiatives across high-precision manufacturing. You will mentor a multidisciplinary team, manage capital projects, and drive continuous improvement while aligning with company growth strategy and quality standards.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and a proven track record in process optimization and reliability engineering within fast-paced

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering or related technical discipline (advanced degree preferred).
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience in high-precision continuous process industries preferred.
• CAPEX project management expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to develop technical talent and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong decision making and prioritization skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Expertise in Continuous Improvement, Lean and Six Sigma.
• Effective communicator tailoring messages to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Present technical data and project status to stakeholders and customers.
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to diagnose complex process issues.
• Travel to other plant locations and vendors as needed.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing engineering team responsible for process functions.
• Lead capital planning, Capex budgeting, and operating expenses for Engineering and Maintenance.
• Collaborate with Corporate Engineering to implement engineering standards and strategies.
• Drive a culture of safety, continuous improvement, accountability, teamwork, and integrity.
• Develop role-based expectations, succession plans, and talent development paths.
• Lead projects focused on process optimization, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes using Lean and Six Sigma principles.
• Define equipment specifications, standards, and vendor performance expectations.
• Ensure process scalability from prototype to full production.
• Oversee troubleshooting and root cause analysis for quality, productivity, and safety issues.
• Lead scrap reduction, OEE improvement, cost reduction, uptime reliability initiatives.
• Support New Product Introduction and engineering change processes for manufacturability and readiness.
• Implement CMMS and ensure preventive and predictive maintenance strategies are deployed.
• Collaborate with Quality and Sales on customer requirements and applications.
• Ensure ISO and other quality management standards adherence.
• Provide data-driven updates on project status and performance metrics.
• Coordinate with Operations, Finance, Procurement, HR, and Corporate Engineering.

Skills

Leadership

Decision making

Effective communication

Lean Six Sigma

Analytical mindset

Education

BS in engineering

Tools

CAPEX management

Root cause analysis

Job description

Job Description

Our client is growing and needs a pro‑active Engineering Manager to lead all engineering activities, The Engineering Manager drives process innovation, equipment design, and team development to ensure operational excellence, safety, and scalability in a fast‑growing, high‑technology environment. The Engineering Manager ensures safe, reliable, and scalable production capability while aligning execution with the companys mission, growth strategy, and core values. The Engineering Manager is responsible for Process Engineers, Controls Engineers, Facility Engineers and Maintenance Engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, manage high-performing engineering team responsible for process functions.
• Lead capital planning, Capex budgeting, operating expense for Engineering and Maintenance.
• Collaborate with Corporate Engineering implement engineering standards and strategies.
• Drive a culture of safety, continuous improvement, accountability, teamwork, and integrity.
• Develop role based expectations, succession plans, and talent development paths.
• Lead projects focused on process optimization, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes using Lean and Six Sigma principles.
• Define maintain equipment specifications, standards, and vendor performance expectations.
• Ensure process scalability from prototype to full production.
• Oversee troubleshooting and root cause analysis for quality, productivity, and safety issues.
• Lead initiatives for scrap reduction, OEE improvement, cost reduction, uptime reliability.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and engineering change processes to ensure manufacturability and production readiness.
• Implement and manage the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance strategies are fully deployed.
• Collaborate with Quality and Sales on customer requirements and applications.
• Ensure adherence to ISO and other applicable quality management standards.
• Provide data driven updates on project status, engineering metrics, maintenance performance.
• Ensure alignment with Operations, Finance, Procurement, HR, and Corporate Engineering.

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering or related technical discipline (advanced degree preferred).
• 10 + years relevant engineering experience in battery, extrusion, coating, polymer processing, specialty film, or other high precision continuous process industries highly preferred.
• CAPEX project management expertise
• Demonstrated ability to develop technical talent and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong decision making and prioritization skills in a fast paced environment.
• Expertise in Continuous Improvement, Lean and six sigma
• Effective communicator tailoring messages to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Present technical data and project status to both internal stakeholders and customers.
• Strong analytical mindset with demonstrated ability to diagnose complex process issues.
• Expertise in root cause analysis, statistical problem solving, and structured decision making.
• Travel to other plant locations, vendors as needed

Why Is This a Great Opportunity

Growing company needs an Engineering Leader to help them advance.

Salary

Salary Type: Annual Salary

Salary Min: $ 150000

Salary Max: $ 165000

Currency Type: USD