Manufacturing Engineering Manager

About the role

Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Managing and developing a diverse team of supervisors and managers, equipping them with the skills and cultural attitude needed to maintain a safe and efficient working environment.
• Identifying and implementing innovative manufacturing solutions, coordinating project management for multiple concurrent projects, and driving the team to provide concepts, value justification, and budgets for proposed automation.
• Developing and maintaining a continuously improving complete maintenance program that optimizes safety performance, asset utilization, cost-effectiveness, and quality, while meeting or exceeding business key results.
• Providing direction and mentorship to your direct reports, evaluating their performance, and assisting in their career development.
• Leading equipment evaluations and ensuring measurement criteria meet all site requirements, including ergonomics, environmental impact, and capacity improvement.
• Devising novel ways to improve manufacturing processes, reduce waste, and improve efficiency using Lean Manufacturing/Ergonomic Manufacturing techniques.
• Partnering with campus leaders, site leadership, functional teams, and value stream teams to complete transformation plans and cost reduction initiatives.
• Implementing and optimizing predictive and preventive maintenance strategies for a premier reliability program.
• Driving reliability metrics in the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program to achieve significant improvements, such as Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).

Requirements

• B.S. in engineering field or equivalent experience with evidence of outstanding ability.
• 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, preferably in fabrication, welding, brazing, CNC, custom automation or press environment with 3+ years in a supervisory or management role.
• Expertise in Lean Manufacturing principles and structured problem solving (e.g., 8D, A3) preferred.
• Data analytic mindset with ability to make data driven decisions.
• A commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging technology trends.

Qualifications

Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

Skills

Innovative & adaptable
Dedicated to absolute integrity
Focused on the customer first
Respectful and team oriented
Optimistic and energizing
Accountable for performance

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.