Mechanical Engineering Manager

Dematic; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 114,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dematic is seeking an Engineering Manager to oversee comprehensive project execution at customer sites, driving safety, quality, delivery, and cost KPIs while managing project risks. You will lead by example, mentor teams, and balance budgets, staffing, and forecasting to optimize performance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and strong customer-facing leadership, with travel up to 20% and a focus on delivering lifecycle engineering excellence across

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of related experience with proven leadership in delivering complex projects.
• Experience leading teams from contract approval to customer turnover.
• Fluency in English; excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Promote safety culture with a zero-incident objective and KPI targets.
• Provide engineering design direction and lead teams to deliver projects.
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, and staffing to meet workload.
• Lead talent development through coaching, training, and 1-1 mentoring.
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews to align technical specs with customer needs.

Skills

Strength of materials

Fatigue analysis

Mechanism design

Problem solving

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Multi-project management

Customer facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Advanced degree (preferred)

Job description

The responsibilities of the Engineering Manager will encompass comprehensive project execution at existing customer sites, including promoting safety, achieving KPIs for quality, delivery, and cost, and managing project risks. You will also be accountable for financial project oversight, managing team budgets, forecasting, and optimizing resource allocation. A core aspect of this role is people leadership: leading by example, mentoring, fostering talent development through coaching and training, and maintaining strong team communication. Additionally, you will drive continuous improvement initiatives with a goal of enhancing productivity and quality.

We offer:

Career Development

We are here to support you for the entirety of your Dematic career. From a fast start of learning Dematic's history and foundational training to succeed in your role to leadership development programs, technical training and certifications, and Career Navigator to identify challenging new opportunities, our goal is to help you grow beyond your borders.

Competitive Compensation and Benefits

Our attractive and market competitive total rewards packages are designed to reward high performance and to assist in managing your personal and family needs. Dematic offers robust packages based on employment status and national requirements.

Pay Transparency

Dematic is committed to pay transparency. As such, Dematic will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, Dematic will still maintain confidentiality of your pay information. Employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by Dematic, or (c) consistent with Dematic's legal duty to furnish information.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $113,600.00 - $170,400.00 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Global Opportunities

As a global company, our employees are exposed to different ideas and perspectives from around the world. We offer international assignments for qualified employees and wherever possible, we offer flexible working hours and modern workspace design.

Learn More Here

https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Tasks and Qualifications:

Project Execution

• Promote safety culture across organization with a focus on zero incidents and 100% compliance.
• Lead efforts to expand team project execution expertise towards a life-cycle engineering perspective; including, but not limited to audits, design, drawings, order entry, configuration, visualization, commissioning, and testing.
• Ensure accuracy and achievement of performance KPI's for quality, on-time delivery, and cost. Proactively clear roadblocks to KPI target attainment for project teams.
• Manage project execution risk through validation of effective project staffing strategies, technical reviews, and comprehensive adherence to standard work and quality processes.
• Participate in cross-functional technical reviews to ensure alignment of technical specifications and customer requirements.
• Participates in design and cost reviews with sales and solution development for a project quotation.
• Continually monitor, evaluate, and report on status of team.
• Work cross-functionally with other disciplines and build multi-functional partnerships with regional managers to maintain consistency and standards.

• Continually represent the organization as a key customer-facing external contact and partner

Financial

• Works with execution teams to review project budgets and actual costs, identifying problem areas and developing mitigation plans where appropriate.
• Provide regular reporting of project/program performance and status to management and peers
• Take necessary actions to ensure staffing levels and talent support current and forecasted workload.

People Leadership

• Manage technical engineering decisions and provide engineering design direction to the team
• Lead team members by example and by living KION's shared Group Values and Leadership Principles.
• Assess and assign appropriate disciplines and skillsets of resources to successfully deliver engineering content utilizing all available talent pools.
• Support talent development through active and consistent engagement including 1-1 meetings, real-time learning/coaching opportunities, and training programs.

• Effectively recruit, onboard, and integrate new hires into the team.

Skills & Capabilities:

• Experience in strength of materials, fatigue analysis, and mechanism design
• Problem Solving
• Proficient Customer Facing Skills
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Detail Oriented with Ability to Manage Multiple Projects or Programs Simultaneously

Ability to Travel up to 20%

Experience Desired:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in related field and previous managerial experience with a proven track record of leading teams to deliver complex projects.
• Proven experience leading projects from contract approval through customer acceptance and turnover to warranty.

Proven experience leading a team of four or more direct reports to successfully achieve team goals.

Education & Certifications:

• Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree. Advanced degree a plus.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and presentation skills. Proven problem solver, with ability to facilitate groups to solve problems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact effectively in a team-based organization and with employees of all levels and backgrounds across all functions.

• Fluency in English is required