Lead Manufacturing Engineering: Precision Assembly

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to lead a team focused on improving production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput for a maker of precision sensors and precision assemblies.

You will oversee development and deployment of manufacturing methods, tooling, and work instructions, while coordinating new product introductions and process validations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant technical experience.
• Manufacturing engineering experience supporting precision manufacturing or engineered assembly operations.
• Experience supervising technical personnel or leading engineering projects and cross-functional improvement teams.
• Knowledge of process development, tooling, work instructions, engineering drawings, and structured problem solving.
• Ability to balance immediate production support with longer-term improvement projects and employee development.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the manufacturing engineering team’s workload to support production and new product introduction.
• Develop and improve manufacturing methods, routings, standard work, assembly processes, tooling, and fixtures.
• Lead the transition of new or revised products into repeatable production processes with documentation and training.
• Provide technical support for production problems and coordinate root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Identify and implement improvements in cycle time, labor utilization, first-pass yield, scrap, and rework.
• Partner with design engineering to review manufacturability and resolve production constraints before product release.
• Support equipment selection, capital project justification, installation, and process validation.
• Coach engineers and technicians, maintain process documentation, and reinforce safe work practices and quality requirements.

Skills

Team leadership

Process improvement

Root cause analysis

Lean manufacturing

Manufacturing engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Equivalent technical experience

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Professional Recruiting Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to lead a team focused on improving production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput for a maker of precision sensors and precision assemblies.

You will oversee development and deployment of manufacturing methods, tooling, and work instructions, while coordinating new product introductions and process validations.