Engineering Manager

Senneca Holdings; Mankato Township (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance (company paid)

STD & LTD (company paid)

PTO 3 weeks

9 holidays in 2026

Parental Leave

401k with company match

Medical, dental, vision

Employee discount programs

Tuition assistance

Diversity and inclusion culture

Job summary

Senneca Holdings in Minnesota seeks an Engineering Manager to lead and develop a high-performing engineering team across Industrial, Aviation, and R&D product lines. You will drive talent development, KPI-driven performance, and cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Operations, and Manufacturing.

The role focuses on advancing new product development while supporting production, ensuring design quality, and implementing process improvements to grow profitability and customer value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of engineering leadership or supervisory experience.
• Experience leading technical teams and managing multiple priorities.
• Experience with CAD systems such as SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo, AutoCAD, or similar.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable Engineering staff through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and professional development.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with business objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Direct workload planning, resource allocation, and project execution across engineering programs.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, best practices, and KPIs; use performance data to prioritize resources, drive improvements, and measure results.
• Lead a disciplined new product development process that balances production support with long-term growth initiatives, ensuring successful execution and commercialization.
• Identify opportunities for product improvement, cost reduction, manufacturability enhancement, and competitive differentiation.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to align engineering priorities with business and customer requirements.
• Ensure engineering outputs meet customer, regulatory, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
• Drive engineering quality through design accuracy, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Review and approve significant engineering changes and technical decisions.
• Partner with Operations, Production, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, and Project Management to support business objectives, remove technical barriers, improve production flow, and advance strategic initiatives.
• Serve as the primary engineering representative for major business initiatives.
• Champion Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies to enhance engineering productivity, quality, lead time, capacity, scalability, and cost performance.
• Improve Supply Chain visibility to material demand.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project management

Team development

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

Creo

AutoCAD

Job description

We are seeking someone with proven experience leading anddeveloping engineering teams in a manufacturing environment to lead ourEngineering Department at our Mankato, Minnesota facility.

Benefits Include :
Company Paid

Life Insurance, STD, and LTD
3 weeks Paid Time Off
9 Paid Holidays in 2026
Parental Leave
Additional Benefits
401k with company match
Medical, dental, vision
Employee Discount Programs
Miscellaneous other optional benefits
Career development and tuition assistance
Diverse, inclusive and welcoming culture

This position is responsible for providing strategic andoperational leadership to a team of Senior Design Engineers, Design Engineers,and Drafting professionals supporting our Industrial, Aviation, and Research& Development product lines. The Engineering Manager drives engineeringexcellence through talent development, product innovation, quality improvement,efficient project execution, measurable process improvement, andcross-functional collaboration.

The successful candidate will build a high-performing,data-driven engineering organization that supports current production whileadvancing new product development initiatives that address customer needs anddrive profitable growth. This leader will establish performance expectations,measure results through meaningful KPIs, drive continuous improvement, andstrengthen partnerships across Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, and ExecutiveLeadership.

Reports To: General Manager

Primary Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable Engineering staff through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and professional development.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with business objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Department Management

• Direct workload planning, resource allocation, and project execution across engineering programs.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, best practices, and KPIs; use performance data to prioritize resources, drive improvements, and measure results.
• Lead a disciplined new product development process that balances production support with long-term growth initiatives, ensuring successful execution and commercialization.
• Identify opportunities for product improvement, cost reduction, manufacturability enhancement, and competitive differentiation.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to align engineering priorities with business and customer requirements.

Engineering Quality & Execution

• Ensure engineering outputs meet customer, regulatory, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
• Drive engineering quality through design accuracy, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Review and approve significant engineering changes and technical decisions.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Operations, Production, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, and Project
• Management to support business objectives, remove technical barriers, improve production flow, and advance strategic initiatives.
• Serve as the primary engineering representative for major business initiatives.
• Champion Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies to enhance engineering productivity, quality, lead time, capacity, scalability, and cost performance.
• Improve Supply Chain visibility to material demand.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor'sDegree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, ManufacturingEngineering, or related field.
• 7+years of engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• 3+years of engineering leadership or supervisory experience.
• Experienceleading technical teams and managing multiple priorities.
• Experiencewith CAD systems such as SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo, AutoCAD, or similar.
• Strongproject management and organizational skills.
• Strongverbal and written communication skills.

Preferred

• Experiencein commercial door systems, industrial equipment, building products,architectural products, or other engineered-to-order manufacturingenvironments.
• Experienceleading engineering organizations through the transition from highlycustomized, make-to-order product offerings toward greater productstandardization, design reuse, manufacturability, and operationalefficiency while maintaining customer-focused solutions.
• Demonstratedsuccess reducing product complexity, improving material utilization,increasing manufacturing efficiency, and establishing scalable engineeringstandards.
• Experienceleading new product development initiatives.
• LeanManufacturing and/or Six Sigma experience.
• ERP/MRPsystem experience.
• Master'sDegree in Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Administration, orrelated field.

Success in this role will be measured by :

• Development,engagement, retention, and performance of engineering talent.
• Reductionin engineering-related quality issues, rework, production disruptions,warranty claims, and field concerns.
• Effectivemanagement of engineering priorities, resources, workload, anddepartmental accountability.
• On-timecompletion of engineering projects and product development initiatives.
• Successfulsupport of production requirements while advancing strategic productdevelopment objectives.
• Implementationand use of meaningful engineering KPIs that drive measurable operationaland quality improvements.
• Improvedcollaboration and responsiveness across Engineering, Operations, Sales,Supply Chain, Quality, and other business functions.
• Progress toward product standardization,manufacturability, operational efficiency, and profitable growth throughsuccessful product launches and enhancements.

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
**Please no Third-party candidates or phone calls**