Mechanical Engineering Manager - IE&A

About the role

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Mechanical Engineering Manager leads a high‑performing functional engineering team and is responsible for delivering innovative, customer‑focused solutions throughout the product lifecycle. The role balances technical execution with strategic talent development, ensuring the right capabilities, processes, and organizational structure are in place to support divisional growth, product innovation, and product sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high‑performing functional engineering team, supporting current priorities and long‑term divisional growth; develop talent pipelines, succession plans, and foster an inclusive, collaborative culture aligned with ITW’s core values.
• Align engineering resources with Customer Back Innovation (CBI) priorities and product sustainability objectives; provide early‑stage project input, risk assessments, feasibility studies, and effort estimates; apply lessons learned to improve development speed, efficiency, quality, and customer experience.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Service, and Product Management to prioritize and execute product sustainment activities, including field issue resolution, engineering change management, component obsolescence mitigation, and manufacturing support.
• Develop organizational capability for new product development and sustainment; anticipate emerging technical needs, leverage internal and external resources, and champion innovation and intellectual‑property protection.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional managers and senior technical leaders to align project priorities, facilitate problem solving, and maintain a systems‑level approach; manage departmental budgets and capex expenditures for team development and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (required).
• Minimum 7 years of engineering experience with demonstrated team leadership.
• Experience in engineering management, including direct people leadership, talent development, resource alignment, and workload planning (preferred).
• Strong leadership and organizational skills; ability to set priorities and drive execution across multiple initiatives.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous situations, making informed decisions with incomplete information, and leading teams through change.
• Strong customer focus with ability to translate pain points and industry trends into high‑impact solutions.
• Willingness to travel up to 25 %.

Benefits

• Generous retirement benefits – 401(k) match plus an additional retirement contribution.
• Paid time off – 11 paid holidays, 5 sick days, and vacation time.
• Company‑paid insurance – life, AD&D, short‑term and long‑term disability.
• Family‑friendly benefits – 4 weeks of paid parental leave and adoption reimbursement.
• Education assistance – tuition reimbursement.

Company description

ITW Welding comprises a market‑leading portfolio of best‑in‑class brands that provide premium performance solutions in welding, cutting, consumables, and accessories. North America operations include Miller Electric Welding Equipment, Safety & Accessories, Hobart Filler Metals, and Bernard/Tregaskiss MIG Guns. Headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, ITW Welding is wholly owned by Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) and is known for reliability, quality, and responsiveness.