Manufacturing Engineering Lead - Precision Assembly

Acloché LLC; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Acloché LLC is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to lead the manufacturing engineering team and drive improvements in production readiness, process reliability, quality and throughput. The role combines people leadership with hands-on process development, tooling, work instructions and resolving day-to-day manufacturing challenges.

You will prioritize workloads, develop methods and fixtures, lead transitions of new products into repeatable production with documentation and training,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering 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 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

Team leadership

Process development

Lean methods

Cross-functional effort

Education

Bachelor’s in Manufacturing Eng

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Acloché LLC is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to lead the manufacturing engineering team and drive improvements in production readiness, process reliability, quality and throughput. The role combines people leadership with hands-on process development, tooling, work instructions and resolving day-to-day manufacturing challenges.

You will prioritize workloads, develop methods and fixtures, lead transitions of new products into repeatable production with documentation and training,