Manufacturing Engineering Lead – Process Optimization & Lean

Sora Resource Group; Buffalo (NY); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sora Resource Group is recruiting on behalf of a client manufacturing precision components in Buffalo, NY. The Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor will lead a team to improve production readiness, quality, and throughput, while developing processes and tooling for repeatable production.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering, strong supervisory experience, and ability to balance immediate production support with long-term improvement projects in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or 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.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Process development

Root cause analysis

Structured problem solving

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

ERP systems

CAD drawings

Jobbeschreibung

Sora Resource Group is recruiting on behalf of a client manufacturing precision components in Buffalo, NY. The Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor will lead a team to improve production readiness, quality, and throughput, while developing processes and tooling for repeatable production.

The role requires a Bachelor's in engineering, strong supervisory experience, and ability to balance immediate production support with long-term improvement projects in a manufacturing setting.