Manufacturing Engineer

Stefanini Group; Dublin (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini Group seeks a hands-on manufacturing leader in Dublin, VA to oversee daily operations, safety, quality, and staffing. You will mentor and coach teams, manage timekeeping and payroll, and drive continuous improvement across the site.

The role requires strong leadership, problem-solving skills, and experience in a unionized manufacturing environment. Proficiency with MS Office and PowerBI is expected to support daily reporting and scheduling.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in a leadership/supervisory role.
• 3–5 years experience in a manufacturing/warehouse environment (unionized).
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel) and PowerBI.
• Lean experience and/or Six Sigma Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Mentor, coach and coordinate teams; approve time reporting for teams.
• Oversee staffing needs on a daily basis, including safety, overtime and attendance.
• Payroll and timekeeping responsibilities.
• Performance management of staff.
• Lead and manage safety activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Daily management of quality checks and Lean activities in assigned areas.
• Lead daily team meetings and coordinate cross-functional problem-solving.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Time management

Planning

Organizational skills

Analytical

Teamwork

Decision making

Emotional intelligence

Self-awareness

Education

Associate degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerBI

Job description

• People leader responsibilities: focus on mentoring, coaching and coordination
• Manage staffing needs on a daily basis
• Payroll and time keeping
• Performance management
• Lead and manage safety activities
• Daily management of quality checks
• Daily team meetings
• Process Improvement initiatives and efforts

Principal Duties and Accountabilities

• Overall responsibility for production safety, delivery, quality, cost, environmental, people and on-time performance for the department/area
• Supervises, mentors, coaches and coordinate teams (direct staff & support functions) and approve time-reporting for teams in an accountable manner for meeting Manufacturing Operations goals and objectives, both driving positive environment while promoting employee's ideas and suggestions
• Complies & enforces Company and contractual policies, rules of conduct and regulations including OSHA, safety, environmental, and health and supports team in compliance with the same
• Manages staffing needs and concerns including but not limited to safety, ergonomics, overtime, absenteeism, discipline
• Leading Lean activities in assigned areas of responsibility, identifying waste and promoting continuous improvement. Advanced ability to apply various Lean Manufacturing tools
• Initiates cross functional feedback for problem solving

Leadership and Technical Competencies

• Strong interpersonal, leadership, time management, planning, organizational, and analytical skills with proven results
• Integrity - Ensures both consistency of and compliance with company and departmental policies/procedures and performance standards. Implements operational plans to achieve designated objectives, established performance goals and quality standards.
• Ability to analyze procedures, routine reports, and correspondence with a strong attention to detail
• Identifies, reports and communicates to the Department Manager trends and/or irregularities. Takes a proactive approach to analyzing deficiencies and develops plans to correct. Recommends and implements solutions by involving team in problem solving to obtain the best results
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong problem solving and driving for Results, Priority setting and decision making. Ability to make good, rapid decisions in a face paced environment.
• Foster a sense of teamwork and collaboration with the operational stakeholders.
• Leads the team in creating an atmosphere that enables dialog and commitments that promote a continuous improvement mindset and has a favorable impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of the site through accuracy measurements.
• Self-awareness: knows personal strengths, weaknesses and limits. Gains insights from mistakes and is open to criticism.
• Able to have developmental conversations with direct reports.
• Demonstrates emotional intelligence.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Preferred Associate Degree or higher
• Required 2 years plus of experience in a leadership/supervisory role
• Preferred 3 to 5 years experience in a manufacturing/warehouse environment in a unionized manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with MS office suite with emphasis on Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerBI
• Preferred Lean experience and/or Six Sigma Certification