Mechanical Engineering Manager - Lead Innovation & Teams

Miller Electric Mfg. LLC; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Paid time off

Life and disability insurance

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Miller Electric Mfg. LLC in Appleton, Wisconsin, seeks a Mechanical Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering innovative, customer-driven solutions across the product lifecycle.

The role balances technical execution with strategic talent development, ensuring capabilities, processes, and the right structure to support divisional growth, product innovation, and sustainability. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• Minimum of 7 years of engineering experience with demonstrated team leadership.
• Experience in engineering management, including direct people leadership, talent development, resource alignment and workload planning is preferred.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to establish priorities and drive execution across multiple initiatives.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing functional engineering team that supports current priorities and long-term divisional growth initiatives.
• Develop and sustain talent pipelines with a focus on succession planning and future capability needs.
• Promote a culture of growth by learning, engagement, creativity and foster inclusive and collaborative team environments.
• Role-model ITW’s core values — Trust, Respect, Integrity, Shared Risk, and Simplicity — in decision-making and leadership practices.
• Align engineering resources with Customer Back Innovation (CBI) priorities and product sustainability objectives.
• Collaborate with divisional leadership to align engineering strategies with business goals, long-range plans, and product lifecycle support needs.
• Ensure consistent application of CBI best practices, driving disciplined, high-quality execution.
• Provide early-stage project input, including risk assessments, technical feasibility, and effort estimation.
• Apply lessons learned from product development, production and field performance to continuously improve development speed, efficiency, product quality and customer experience.

Skills

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Miller Electric Mfg. LLC in Appleton, Wisconsin, seeks a Mechanical Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering innovative, customer-driven solutions across the product lifecycle.

The role balances technical execution with strategic talent development, ensuring capabilities, processes, and the right structure to support divisional growth, product innovation, and sustainability. Travel up to 25% may be required.