ENGINEERING MANAGER

NPAworldwide; Piney Flats (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NPAworldwide is seeking an Engineering Manager to drive process innovation, equipment design, and team development in a fast-growing, high-technology environment.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team of Process, Controls, Facility, and Maintenance Engineers, manage CAPEX and OPEX for engineering, and push for safety, reliability, and scalable production across the organization.

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering or related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years engineering experience in battery, extrusion, coating, polymer processing, or related high-precision continuous processes.
• CAPEX project management expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and develop technical talent.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing engineering team for process functions.
• Lead capital planning, CAPEX budgeting, and operating expenses for Engineering and Maintenance.
• Collaborate with Corporate Engineering to implement standards and strategies.
• Drive safety culture, 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.

Skills

Leadership

CAPEX budgeting

Continuous Improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Job Description

Full-Time | Permanent | On-Site

Overview

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.

What Youll Do

• 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

What Were Looking For:

• 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

This is an exciting time to join. With more than 90 years of manufacturing expertise, the company is combining an established global reputation in battery-separator technology with significant investment in the rapidly growing advanced battery market. They are expanding its U.S. manufacturing footprint, introducing next-generation lithium-ion separator technologies, and building the infrastructure and teams required to support long-term growth. For professionals who want the stability of an established manufacturer with the opportunity to help shape a growing organization, offers the chance to make a visible impact while building a career in an industry critical to the future of energy storage and advanced manufacturing.