Lead Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor

Key People; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Key People is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to oversee engineering activities that boost production readiness, reliability, quality, and throughput. The role blends team leadership with hands-on process development, tooling, work instructions, and day-to-day resolution of manufacturing challenges.

The candidate will coordinate workloads, develop assembly methods, and transition products into repeatable production with proper documentation and training, while driving improvements

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

• Prioritize and coordinate 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 appropriate 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

Manufacturing engineering experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering or related field

Job description

Key People is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to oversee engineering activities that boost production readiness, reliability, quality, and throughput. The role blends team leadership with hands-on process development, tooling, work instructions, and day-to-day resolution of manufacturing challenges.

The candidate will coordinate workloads, develop assembly methods, and transition products into repeatable production with proper documentation and training, while driving improvements