Sustaining Engineering Manager – Heavy Equipment

Calqulate Metrics Ltd; Waterloo (IA); Presencial; USD 80.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Calqulate Metrics Ltd. seeks an Engineering Manager – Sustaining Products to lead an engineering team focused on sustaining existing product platforms, improving manufacturability, and reducing cost.

This hands-on leader collaborates across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and service functions to ensure reliable, compliant, and economically designed equipment. The role emphasizes design optimization, RCAs, ECNs/ECOs, and standardized product offerings while maintaining strict engineering

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Experience in heavy-haul trailers, heavy equipment, or fabricated mobile equipment strongly preferred.
• Previous engineering leadership or team management experience, including the ability to develop employees and coordinate technical priorities.
• Strong background in mechanical design, structural applications, hydraulics, and manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency with CAD software and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with engineering change management, design reviews, BOMs, and technical drawing documentation.
• Familiarity with design-for-manufacturability, cost-reduction initiatives, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Working knowledge of FMVSS and DOT standards.

Responsabilidades

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product design engineers responsible for existing product platforms and production support.
• Establish engineering priorities and allocate resources based on production requirements, product improvements, cost-reduction opportunities, and field performance.
• Collaborate with other engineering managers to maintain consistent engineering standards, processes, and design practices across the product portfolio.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and engineering oversight while remaining actively engaged in day-to-day operations.
• Own the ongoing engineering support, maintenance, and evolution of existing heavy-haul trailer product platforms.
• Lead design improvements and product changes that enhance manufacturability, durability, reliability, safety, and cost efficiency.
• Investigate and resolve design-related production issues, quality concerns, warranty claims, and field performance problems.
• Apply root-cause analysis, DFMEA, warranty data, lessons learned, and customer feedback to identify improvement opportunities and prevent recurring issues.
• Lead design reviews and evaluate proposed engineering changes to ensure technical accuracy, product integrity, and alignment with established design standards.
• Oversee engineering change notices and engineering change orders (ECNs/ECOs), ensuring changes are evaluated, approved, documented, and implemented accurately.
• Maintain product architectures, design standards, and engineering documentation throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support the development and implementation of standardized, pre-engineered product offerings to reduce custom engineering requirements and improve production scheduling.
• Identify opportunities to simplify product configurations, improve design consistency, and increase repeatability across product platforms.
• Maintain and improve engineering databases, CAD tools, and technical documentation systems.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Mechanical design

Cross-functional collaboration

Root-cause analysis

DFMEA

Design for manufacturability

Cost reduction

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Herramientas

CAD software

Microsoft Excel

Engineering data management systems

Descripción del empleo

Calqulate Metrics Ltd. seeks an Engineering Manager – Sustaining Products to lead an engineering team focused on sustaining existing product platforms, improving manufacturability, and reducing cost.

This hands-on leader collaborates across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and service functions to ensure reliable, compliant, and economically designed equipment. The role emphasizes design optimization, RCAs, ECNs/ECOs, and standardized product offerings while maintaining strict engineering