Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor

About the role

Our Defense team in Salt Lake City, UT is eagerly looking for a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to join their dynamic team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Manufacturing Engineers, fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with Value Stream Managers and cross-functional teams to prioritize resources, resolve production challenges, and achieve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost objectives.
• Drive execution of departmental goals by establishing clear expectations, monitoring performance, and ensuring timely completion of projects and deliverables within schedule and budget targets.
• Provide oversight for the design, release, deployment, and lifecycle support of production tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing equipment.
• Establish and maintain manufacturing engineering standards, processes, and documentation to ensure quality, consistency, maintainability, and operational readiness.
• Ensure effective communication of project status, risks, constraints, and resource needs to support informed decision-making and successful implementation.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing, production flow, ergonomics, equipment support, and continuous improvement initiatives to optimize manufacturing performance and resource utilization.
• Utilize production metrics and data-driven problem solving to identify opportunities, eliminate waste, and implement sustainable operational improvements.

Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant manufacturing engineering experience in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience successfully leading manufacturing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading manufacturing engineering teams in a complex production environment.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment support, Lean Manufacturing principles, process improvement, and value stream optimization.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and solve complex production and operational challenges.
• Strong leadership, communication, project management, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Must have access to U.S. export-controlled information.