ENGINEERING MANAGER

In Demand Recruitment and Consulting Inc.; Piney Flats (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IN DEMAND Recruitment & Consulting Inc. seeks an Engineering Manager in Piney Flats, TN to lead process innovation, equipment design, and a technical team. The role focuses on safety, scalability, and operational excellence in a high-technology environment.

You will manage Process, Controls, Facility, and Maintenance Engineers, driving manufacturing improvements, CAPEX planning, and NPI readiness while aligning with quality and corporate goals.

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years in high-precision continuous process industries (battery, extrusion, coating, polymer processing, or similar).
• Proven ability to develop technical talent and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong decision making and prioritization in a fast-paced environment.
• Expertise in Continuous Improvement, Lean and Six Sigma.
• Effective communicator to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Travel to other plant locations and vendors as needed.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and manage engineering teams.
• Lead capital planning and Capex budgeting.
• Collaborate with Corporate Engineering to implement standards.
• Drive safety, continuous improvement, teamwork, and integrity.
• Develop succession plans and talent development paths.
• Lead process optimization, automation and CI projects.
• Develop and improve manufacturing processes using Lean and Six Sigma principles.
• Define equipment specifications and vendor performance expectations.
• Ensure scalability from prototype to full production.
• Oversee root cause analysis for quality and safety issues.
• Lead initiatives for scrap reduction, OEE improvement, cost reduction, uptime reliability.
• Support New Product Introduction and engineering change processes.
• Implement and manage CMMS.
• Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Collaborate with Quality and Sales on customer requirements.
• Adhere to ISO and other quality standards.
• Provide data-driven updates on project status and metrics.
• Coordinate with Operations, Finance, Procurement, HR, and Corporate Engineering.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Lean Six Sigma

Data-driven decision making

Communication

Root cause analysis

Troubleshooting

CAPEX budgeting

CMMS

Talent development

Education

BS degree in engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

CMMS

Job description

IN DEMAND Recruitment & Consulting Inc. is currently assisting a client in their search for an ENGINEERING MANAGER in Piney Flats, TN.

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 company’s mission, growth strategy, and core values.

The Engineering Manager is responsible for Process Engineers, Controls Engineers, Facility Engineers and Maintenance Engineers.

What You’ll 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

What We’re 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.
• 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

Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use

IN DEMAND Recruitment & Consulting Inc. may use artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled tools to support certain aspects of our recruitment process, including the screening and assessment of applications. These tools are used to assist with organizing, reviewing, and evaluating candidate information and do not replace human judgment or decision-making.