Global Sustaining Manufacturing Engineering Leader

Samtec Inc; New Albany (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Samtec Inc. in the United States seeks a Sustaining Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead global teams that develop and optimize manufacturing processes and tooling. You will drive cost efficiency, quality improvement, and scalable engineering strategies across sites worldwide.

The role requires strong leadership, Lean/Six Sigma understanding, and hands-on expertise with design tooling, GD&T, and SolidWorks. Collaboration with multiple engineering groups and cross-site projects is essential.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years related engineering experience in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Manage the global sustaining manufacturing engineering teams to provide a high level of service to global operations teams for Safety, Service, Cost, and Quality.
• Lead the global sustaining manufacturing engineering teams in prioritizing projects, managing resource allocation, project communications and progress tracking to ensure on-time successful completion.
• Coach and oversee the designs and implementation on new and optimized tooling and equipment. Driving best practices and standardization across the global teams.
• Develop best practices for sustaining engineering workflows for design, qualification, and implementation of projects.
• Collaborate and work with other Samtec engineering teams to develop and standardize processes and equipment designs.
• Manage planning and execution of capital appropriation requests for development of new equipment and optimization projects. Support production teams for duplicate equipment builds / integrations.
• Develop and maintain team KPI’s to track performance and measure the impacts to the business.
• Manage the support structure and processes for sustaining manufacturing engineering resources that assist in quality problems resolution and support unplanned manufacturing floor issues.
• Support machine transfers and site qualifications from internal and external equipment builds.
• Ensure all safety regulatory policies and procedures are implemented and maintained at all times.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Project management

SolidWorks

Microsoft Office

GD&T

Leadership

3D Modelling

Lean Manufacturing

Education

B.S. in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Lean/Six Sigma knowledge preferred

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Samtec Inc. in the United States seeks a Sustaining Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead global teams that develop and optimize manufacturing processes and tooling. You will drive cost efficiency, quality improvement, and scalable engineering strategies across sites worldwide.

The role requires strong leadership, Lean/Six Sigma understanding, and hands-on expertise with design tooling, GD&T, and SolidWorks. Collaboration with multiple engineering groups and cross-site projects is essential.