Manufacturing Engineering Lead – Process Improvement & NPI

Essenti Talent; Buffalo (NY); Presencial; USD 90 000 - 125 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Essenti Talent seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to lead the manufacturing engineering team responsible for improving production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput in a high-precision environment. The role blends technical process development with hands-on problem solving, tooling, and work instruction creation.

You will supervise engineers and technicians, coordinate cross-functional improvement projects, and drive transitions of new products into repeatable

Qualificações

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conhecimentos

Supervisory experience

Process development

Engineering drawings

Problem solving

Formação académica

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

Ferramentas

ERP systems

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Essenti Talent seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to lead the manufacturing engineering team responsible for improving production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput in a high-precision environment. The role blends technical process development with hands-on problem solving, tooling, and work instruction creation.

You will supervise engineers and technicians, coordinate cross-functional improvement projects, and drive transitions of new products into repeatable