Engineering Manager

With over 10,000 employees and more than a dozen brands, American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designers and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, corporate office, and manufacturing facilities, you'll find a consistent commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do.

About the Role

The Engineering Manager will lead a team of project engineers, manufacturing engineers, and maintenance employees in identifying and completing projects and repairs that support our manufacturing site. The engineering team is also responsible for introducing new technology to the company for use in the plant.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a project engineering team to meet the needs of the plant and successfully execute needed projects.
• Lead and manage a team of project engineers to improve manufacturing operations, enhance safety, reduce cost, and shorten lead time through capital and technology projects.
• Identify project opportunities, vet ideas, and lead or participate in projects from concept to implementation and commissioning. Project types include:
  • Equipment replacement or upgrade
  • New application of technologies
  • Process and equipment development
  • Automation/robotic material movement
  • Processing equipment
  • Process control systems
  • Facility automation systems
• Own projects from start to finish, including:
  • Engineering: user requirements, engineering specifications, test documents, RFP/RFQ, purchase agreements, acceptance criteria
  • Financial: budget development, creation of capital authorization request documents, execution and tracking of project spending
• Act as project manager and lead cross-functional teams on high-level projects critical to the business.
• Serve as a leader, influencer, and consultant for plant-level engineering groups in capital projects, engineering and maintenance organizational planning, and maintenance activities and methods.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of engineering experience in an industrial environment.
• 3+ years in an engineering management role.
• Completion of a variety of capital projects in an industrial setting.
• Demonstrated project management and leadership roles with complete project ownership.
• Experience managing internal maintenance staff and external contractors on a project basis.
• Previous experience complying with regulated environments (e.g., OSHA, EPA).

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or a related discipline; advanced degree a plus.

Skills

• Highly energized and motivated with experience working with teams to implement change.
• Knowledge of and experience with Lean and Six-Sigma processes.
• Excellent personal computer skills in a network environment.
• Highly detail-oriented and able to work independently.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong planning, time management, and prioritization skills.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Health care benefits.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid vacation days.
• Paid sick days.
• 401(k) match.
• Tuition assistance.
• Relocation assistance when available.