Manufacturing Engineering Lead: Process & NPI

United Future; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

United Future seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to supervise engineering activities that improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput. The role blends team leadership with hands-on process development, tooling, work instructions, and solving day-to-day manufacturing challenges.

You will lead a team to optimize methods, implement new production processes, and mentor engineers, while ensuring safe, compliant operations and continuous improvement across

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

Engineering leadership

Process development

Root cause analysis

Documentation & training

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Eng

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

United Future seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to supervise engineering activities that improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput. The role blends team leadership with hands-on process development, tooling, work instructions, and solving day-to-day manufacturing challenges.

You will lead a team to optimize methods, implement new production processes, and mentor engineers, while ensuring safe, compliant operations and continuous improvement across