Manufacturing Engineering Lead: Boost Throughput & Quality

Top Dog Recruiting; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Dog Recruiting is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor for a client in Buffalo, NY. The role focuses on supervising manufacturing engineering activities to improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput.

You will lead a team, develop methods, transition products to production, provide technical support, and partner with design engineering to ensure manufacturability. Experience with lean methods and ERP exposure is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering supporting precision manufacturing.
• Experience supervising technical personnel or leading projects.
• Knowledge of engineering drawings and structured problem solving.
• Ability to balance production support with longer-term improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize 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 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

Root cause analysis

Lean manufacturing

Process development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Top Dog Recruiting is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor for a client in Buffalo, NY. The role focuses on supervising manufacturing engineering activities to improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput.

You will lead a team, develop methods, transition products to production, provide technical support, and partner with design engineering to ensure manufacturability. Experience with lean methods and ERP exposure is preferred.