Senior Engineering & Maintenance Leader — Manufacturing

Consolidated-Metco; Monroe (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Consolidated-Metco in Monroe, NC seeks an Engineering & Maintenance Superintendent to lead maintenance, manufacturing engineering, and capital projects. The role ensures safe, reliable, and cost-effective manufacturing operations on the plant floor.

This hands-on leader will drive preventive and predictive maintenance, oversee equipment reliability, and mentor technical staff while maintaining strong safety and ISO/IATF compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering or related field preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering, maintenance, or related experience required.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and ISO/IATF preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, mentor, and retain Maintenance, Manufacturing Engineering, Controls, and other technical personnel.
• Establish goals, priorities, performance expectations, staffing, training, and succession plans.
• Maintain a strong floor presence and provide technical leadership during production issues and equipment failures.
• Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs based on equipment criticality, risk, and performance.
• Oversee troubleshooting, repairs, installations, upgrades, commissioning, and equipment reliability.
• Monitor uptime, downtime, PM compliance, work orders, maintenance costs, and other KPIs.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for equipment failures and recurring problems.
• Ensure effective use of the CMMS and accurate maintenance records, equipment history, and critical spare-parts inventories.
• Provide technical direction for mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, automation, and facility systems.
• Lead manufacturing engineering activities supporting safety, quality, productivity, cost, and manufacturability.
• Improve manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, automation, controls, and production methods.
• Analyze production and process data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Support machining, die casting, inspection/fixturing, finishing, assembly, tooling, and automated processes.
• Lead or support Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and structured problem-solving activities.
• Coordinate engineering changes, technical documentation, equipment suppliers, integrators, contractors, and Corporate Engineering.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies and automation to improve plant capability and performance.
• Lead capital and major engineering projects from concept through completion.
• Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and ROI justification.
• Coordinate suppliers, contractors, Corporate Engineering, and internal departments.
• Ensure projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to specifications.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and startup.
• Champion a Safety-First culture and ensure equipment and processes are safe and compliant.
• Support OSHA, EPA, environmental, life-safety, and other regulatory requirements.
• Ensure corrective actions from incidents, audits, inspections, and identified deficiencies are completed.
• Partner with Quality and Operations to support ISO/IATF requirements, audits, AQP/PPAP, and continuous quality improvement.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste, energy use, downtime, defects, and environmental impact.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering practices

Schematic interpretation

GD&T knowledge

Analytical skills

Project management

Prioritization

Safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Electrical Engineering

10+ years in manufacturing engineering/maintenance

Job description

Consolidated-Metco in Monroe, NC seeks an Engineering & Maintenance Superintendent to lead maintenance, manufacturing engineering, and capital projects. The role ensures safe, reliable, and cost-effective manufacturing operations on the plant floor.

This hands-on leader will drive preventive and predictive maintenance, oversee equipment reliability, and mentor technical staff while maintaining strong safety and ISO/IATF compliance.