Engineering Manager: Manufacturing & NPI Leader

Plastic Executive Recruiters; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Plastic Executive Recruiters is seeking an Engineering Manager in the Northeastern Indiana area to lead a multidisciplinary manufacturing engineering team in a high-volume production environment. You will own engineering changes, drive new product launches, and advance continuous improvement across tooling, automation, and processes in collaboration with Operations and Quality.

This is a plant leadership role with meaningful accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• Experience leading engineers in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of production equipment, tooling, and automation.
• Experience with engineering changes and launches.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary manufacturing engineering team.
• Drive new product introductions from planning through stable production.
• Own engineering changes, priorities, timelines, and open issues.
• Ensure processes, equipment, tooling, and documentation are production-ready.
• Lead manufacturing trials and production-readiness activities.
• Partner with Operations and Quality on difficult process and production problems.
• Drive root cause, corrective action, and continuous improvement.
• Improve engineering execution, accountability, and communication across the operation.

Skills

Leadership experience

Manufacturing Engineering

Process Engineering

Automation

Project management

Root cause analysis

Structured problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Automation equipment

Manufacturing tooling

Job description

Plastic Executive Recruiters is seeking an Engineering Manager in the Northeastern Indiana area to lead a multidisciplinary manufacturing engineering team in a high-volume production environment. You will own engineering changes, drive new product launches, and advance continuous improvement across tooling, automation, and processes in collaboration with Operations and Quality.

This is a plant leadership role with meaningful accountability.