Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Elektro Assemblies Inc.; Red Wing (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Elektro Assemblies Inc. seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead the Engineering team on the production floor, drive process improvements, and scale operations to support rapid growth.

This leadership role focuses on turning ideas into measurable results and collaborating with Operations, Quality, and Engineering to improve productivity, throughput, safety, and cost.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience preferred.
• Experience leading engineering or technical teams.
• Strong manufacturing process and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Lean and continuous improvement.
• Experience with new product introduction and DFM.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team.
• Improve productivity, quality, throughput, safety, and cost.
• Identify and eliminate manufacturing bottlenecks.
• Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify and implement automation, tooling, fixtures, and new technology.
• Lead manufacturing engineering for new product introductions.
• Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) expertise.
• Develop processes, work instructions, routings, and standards.
• Analyze capacity, labor, cycle times, and manufacturing costs.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Sales.
• Develop manufacturing strategies to support significant business growth.

Skills

Leadership

Lean & CI

DFM

Automation

Problem-solving

Capacity planning

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering

Tools

ERP/MRP

CAD

Six Sigma

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Build the Manufacturing Future

Elektro Assemblies is experiencing rapid, profitable growth and is looking for a hands-on Manufacturing Engineering Manager to help build the manufacturing capabilities needed to support that growth.

This is a key leadership role responsible for process improvement, capacity, productivity, automation, new product introduction, and manufacturing engineering leadership.

We need a technical leader who enjoys being on the production floor, solving problems, developing people, and turning ideas into measurable results.

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team.
• Improve productivity, quality, throughput, safety, and cost.
• Identify and eliminate manufacturing bottlenecks.
• Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify and implement automation, tooling, fixtures, and new technology.
• Lead manufacturing engineering for new product introductions.
• Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) expertise.
• Develop processes, work instructions, routings, and standards.
• Analyze capacity, labor, cycle times, and manufacturing costs.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Sales.
• Develop manufacturing strategies to support significant business growth.

The Leader We're Looking For

We want someone who is hands-on, entrepreneurial, analytical, proactive, and results-driven.

You should be comfortable working directly with operators and leadership to identify problems, determine root causes, develop solutions, and drive implementation.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience preferred.
• Experience leading engineering or technical teams.
• Strong manufacturing process and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Lean and continuous improvement.
• Experience with new product introduction and DFM.
• Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills.

Preferred: Electrical/electromechanical manufacturing, wire harness or cable assembly, automation, robotics, ERP/MRP, CAD, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and EOS/Traction experience.

This is not a maintenance role. You’ll help build the future manufacturing operation of Elektro Assemblies.

Your work will directly impact capacity, quality, productivity, profitability, and our ability to scale.

If you’re a manufacturing engineering leader who wants to build, improve, solve problems, develop people, and make a measurable impact, we’d like to hear from you.

Build the Process. Develop the People. Scale the Business.