Manufacturing Engineering Lead — Process & NPI Excellence

Talent Solutions Partners; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Solutions Partners is assisting a client manufacturer of temperature sensors, compression seal fittings, and cable and harness assemblies in Buffalo, NY. The Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor will oversee engineering efforts to improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput, blending leadership with hands-on process development and tooling optimization.

Responsibilities include prioritizing workload for production support and NPI, leading transitions to

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

Team leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Process development

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Talent Solutions Partners is assisting a client manufacturer of temperature sensors, compression seal fittings, and cable and harness assemblies in Buffalo, NY. The Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor will oversee engineering efforts to improve production readiness, process reliability, quality, and throughput, blending leadership with hands-on process development and tooling optimization.

Responsibilities include prioritizing workload for production support and NPI, leading transitions to