Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Leads the Manufacturing Engineering Team to support Hapco Operations and business objectives.
• Responsible for leading and managing the Facility Maintenance Team.
• Supports multi-plant operations, ensuring alignment of manufacturing engineering standards, processes, and initiatives across locations.
• Develop and maintain standard work, work instructions, routings, and process documentation
• Collaborate with Quality to support root cause analysis and corrective actions for internal and customer issues
• Partner with Operations to improve throughput, labor efficiency, and equipment uptime
• Support make/buy decisions, capacity planning, and layout optimization
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements
• Manage departmental budgets, timelines, and project priorities
• Carries out departmental goals aligned with corporate strategic plans.
• Fosters a team-based environment to achieve company goals and resolve issues.
• Builds and maintains positive working relationships internally and externally.

New Product Introduction & Manufacturing Development

• Launch new products into manufacturing.
• Develop comprehensive Manufacturing Plans, including:
• Standard work projects
• Tooling and facility equipment capacity
• Tooling and operational concepts
• Tool specifications
• Facility floor planning and value stream flow
• Consumable materials
• Product handling and workflow

Process Improvement & Lean Initiatives

• Continuously identify opportunities to improve processes, efficiency, and product quality.
• Participates in lean manufacturing initiatives such as Kaizen events and value stream mapping.

Project Management

• Oversees multiple projects to ensure on-time and under-budget completion.
• Reviews plans, specifications, and special provisions.
• Represents the department in project meetings, including pre-manufacturing and production meetings.

Technical Support & Problem Solving

• Troubleshoots manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Ensures cycle time and process performance targets are achieved.
• Assists with troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
• Collaborates with internal and external engineering and design teams.

Travel Requirements

Travel is required up to 30% and may include visits to other company facilities, projects, training events and cross-functional collaboration.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (e.g., Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering or a related field)
• Master’s degree preferred in Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in manufacturing engineering or management
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

Reasoning Ability

• Perform movements such as climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds as needed.
• Requires close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to stand for the duration of the entire shift.
• Frequent use of hands to finger, handle, and feel.

Physical Demands

• Ability to apply common sense understanding when carrying out instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to create, read, and accurately interpret documents.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage situations involving multiple variables in various contexts.

Work Environment

The position is primarily office-based, with ongoing involvement in the manufacturing plant where required PPE and safety precautions must be followed.