Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Reynoldsville, PA
Shift: 1st Shift, 6a to 2p
Employment Type: Full-time / Permanent
Department: Engineering
About Us
We are a growing precision manufacturing team producing high-quality round cutting tools for customers across various industries. We’re committed to quality, innovation, and providing a clean, well-organized workplace where skilled team members can thrive.
We are currently seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to join our team.
Position Overview
The Engineering Manager leads the development, standardization, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes, ensuring they are capable, controlled, documented, and optimized. This plant leadership role reports to the Production Unit Manager and owns production prints, drawings, CNC and manufacturing programs, process specifications, parameters, tooling concepts, and manufacturing methods. While not responsible for daily production execution, the Engineering Manager provides technical leadership for critical process issues and partners with Production, Maintenance, and Technology to develop sustainable future-state manufacturing solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Own the technical definition and integrity of manufacturing processes, including production prints, drawings, CNC and manufacturing programs, process specifications, parameters, tooling concepts, and manufacturing methods.
Establish engineering standards, maintain accurate technical documentation, and implement engineering change-control practices.
Lead systematic process improvements to cycle time, capability, productivity, quality, yield, material utilization, manufacturing costs, and capacity.
Use manufacturing data to identify losses and constraints, lead technical root-cause analysis, and standardize sustainable solutions across applicable processes and equipment.
Set priorities for manufacturing engineering resources and provide technical direction to engineering personnel.
Support new product and process development and industrialization; ensure tooling, documentation, programs, and technical resources are ready for production requirements and customer demand.
Evaluate tooling, manufacturing methods, equipment capabilities, process constraints, staffing requirements, and future manufacturing needs to support capacity planning.
Partner with Quality to establish process controls, validation requirements, capability targets, and corrective actions.
Collaborate with Production, Maintenance, and Technology on future-state manufacturing concepts and the site’s manufacturing process and technology roadmap.
Evaluate process redesign, automation, equipment modernization, and new manufacturing methods to meet longer-term business needs.
Develop technical requirements and investment justifications; support equipment selection and lead or support engineering elements of capital projects.
Coordinate engineering resources for installation, qualification, and process validation; ensure new equipment, processes, and technologies meet technical requirements before routine production.
Lead, coach, and develop the Engineering team with clear priorities, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
Build technical capability through knowledge sharing, employee development, and identification of skill gaps; foster technical ownership, disciplined problem solving, empowerment, and continuous improvement.
Communicate goals, priorities, and change clearly; listen to employees, recognize contributions, and provide constructive feedback.
Safety & Compliance
Translate future safety and capability requirements into technical manufacturing solutions.
Ensure manufacturing processes are documented, standardized, and controlled in accordance with approved engineering methods.
Ensure new processes and technologies are technically validated before routine production.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering,…