Manufacturing Engineering Manager

nVent; Bentleyville (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

nVent is seeking a hands-on manufacturing engineering leader in Ohio to guide a diverse team of supervisors and managers. You will partner with production, engineering, and maintenance to improve processes, support growth, and solve real-world challenges in a safe, efficient operation.

The role emphasizes Lean manufacturing, data‑driven decisions, and TPM reliability programs. You’ll own maintenance, drive cost‑reduction initiatives, and mentor your direct reports to develop their skills and

Qualifications

• B.S. in engineering field or equivalent experience with evidence of outstanding ability.
• 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience with 3+ years in a supervisory or management role.
• Expertise in Lean Manufacturing principles and structured problem solving (e.g., 8D, A3).
• Experience working in continuous improvement environments.
• Data-analytic mindset with ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging technology trends.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a diverse team of supervisors and managers, equipping them with the skills and cultural attitude needed to maintain a safe and efficient working environment.
• Identify and implement manufacturing solutions; coordinate project management for multiple concurrent projects; drive budgets for proposed automation.
• Develop and maintain a continuously improving maintenance program that optimizes safety, asset utilization, cost-effectiveness, and quality.
• Provide direction and mentorship to your direct reports, evaluating their performance and assisting in career development.
• Lead equipment evaluations ensuring ergonomics, environmental impact, and capacity improvements.
• Devise novel ways to improve manufacturing processes, reduce waste, and improve efficiency using Lean/Ergonomic methods.
• Partner with campus leaders, site leadership, functional teams, and value stream teams to complete transformation plans and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Implement and optimize predictive and preventive maintenance strategies for a premier reliability program.
• Drive TPM metrics to achieve improvements such as MTBF and MTTR.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

B.S. in engineering

Job description

What you will experience in this position:

In this role, your ideas, leadership, and problem‑solving skills build meaningful change every day. You'll lead and support cross‑functional teams while helping keep our manufacturing operations running smoothly, safely, and efficiently. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you'll partner closely with production, engineering, and maintenance to improve processes, support growth, and solve real‑world challenges.

Your responsibilities include:

• Managing and developing a diverse team of supervisors and managers, equipping them with the skills and cultural attitude needed to maintain a safe and efficient working environment.

• Identifying and implementing innovative manufacturing solutions, coordinating project management for multiple concurrent projects, and driving the team to provide concepts, value justification, and budgets for proposed automation.

• Developing and maintaining a continuously improving complete maintenance program that optimizes safety performance, asset utilization, cost‑effectiveness, and quality, while meeting or exceeding business key results.

• Providing direction and mentorship to your direct reports, evaluating their performance, and assisting in their career development.

• Leading equipment evaluations and ensuring measurement criteria meet all site requirements, including ergonomics, environmental impact, and capacity improvement.

• Devising novel ways to improve manufacturing processes, reduce waste, and improve efficiency using Lean Manufacturing/Ergonomic Manufacturing techniques.

• Partnering with campus leaders, site leadership, functional teams, and value stream teams to complete transformation plans and cost‑reduction initiatives.

• Implementing and optimizing predictive and preventive maintenance strategies for a premier reliability program.

• Driving reliability metrics in the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program to achieve significant improvements, such as Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).

YOU HAVE:

• B.S. in engineering field or equivalent experience with evidence of outstanding ability.

• 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, preferably in fabrication, welding, brazing, CNC, custom automation or press environment with 3+ years in a supervisory or management role.

• Expertise in Lean Manufacturing principles and structured problem solving (e.g., 8D, A3) preferred.

• Experience working in continuous improvement environment.

• Data analytic mindset with ability to make data‑driven decisions.

• A commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging technology trends.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well‑being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full‑time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short‑term and long‑term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan – both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back‑up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well‑being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other's authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.