Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Alfa Laval Inc.; Franklin (WI); On-site; USD 116,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

S&C Electric invites applications for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead manufacturing engineering activities across value streams and improve processes, tooling, and equipment. This role drives safe, efficient, and high-quality production with leadership across cross-functional teams.

You will partner with Value Stream leaders, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Continuous Improvement to enhance safety, quality, delivery, and cost, aligning with Lean Performance System principles.

Qualifications

• Experience leading manufacturing engineering teams.
• Strong collaboration with operations and quality.
• Experience with value streams and Lean systems.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of Manufacturing Engineers across an assigned value stream, establishing standards and scalable production; provide technical leadership and coaching.
• Coordinate with Value Stream Managers and Operations to support daily performance, address constraints and ensure safe, repeatable production.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Value stream optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Tools

Lean methodology

Job description

As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We’re big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.

Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner

Hours

8:00 am-5:00 pm (Monday-Friday) On-site

Compensation

At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position is $116,440-$154,283.Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills and experience, and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria.

Join Our Team as a Manufacturing Engineering Manager!

Are you passionate about Manufacturing Engineering? The Manager – Manufacturing Engineering provides leadership for manufacturing engineering activities that support production operations within assigned value streams. This role is responsible for improving manufacturing processes, equipment, and tooling to support safe, efficient, and high-quality production.

This leader coordinates with Value Stream leadership, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Continuous Improvement teams to drive improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance. The Manager leads initiatives that strengthen manufacturing capability, reduce process variation, and support operational performance aligned with S&C’s Lean Performance System. May support a domestic US and international Manufacturing Engineering team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manufacturing Engineering Leadership: Supervise a team of Manufacturing Engineers supporting an assigned value stream. Establish engineering standards, manufacturing processes, and best practices to support consistent and scalable production. Provide technical leadership to address manufacturing challenges impacting production performance. Support manufacturing engineering priorities with value stream objectives and operational performance goals. Foster a culture of accountability, problem-solving, and continuous improvement. Demonstrate leadership through regular floor presence, assisting with line troubleshooting, coaching engineers in real time, and ensuring that engineering decisions are data-driven.
• Value Stream Support: Coordinate with Value Stream Managers and Operations leaders to support daily production performance and operational stability. Provide engineering support to address production constraints, equipment issues, and process variation. Ensure manufacturing processes support safe, repeatable, and reliable production performance.