Engineering Manager: Process & Automation Leader

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

Job summary

NPAworldwide seeks an Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team in a fast-growing, high-technology environment. The role drives Lean Six Sigma based process improvements, CAPEX projects, and safe, scalable production capabilities.

You will mentor engineers across Process, Controls, Facility, and Maintenance, partner with Quality and Sales to meet customer requirements, and foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years engineering experience in battery, extrusion, coating, polymer processing, specialty film, or other high precision continuous processes.
• 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.
• Travel to other plant locations, vendors as needed.

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 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 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.

Skills

Leadership

CAPEX management

Lean Six Sigma

Continuous Improvement

Root Cause Analysis

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CMMS

Statistical software

Job description

NPAworldwide seeks an Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team in a fast-growing, high-technology environment. The role drives Lean Six Sigma based process improvements, CAPEX projects, and safe, scalable production capabilities.

You will mentor engineers across Process, Controls, Facility, and Maintenance, partner with Quality and Sales to meet customer requirements, and foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.