Mechanical Project Engineering Manager

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Mechanical Engineering department.
• Provide direct supervision and performance management for mechanical engineers and support personnel.
• Manage staffing and workload allocation, including direct, indirect, and overtime hours, to meet project demands, budget requirements, and delivery schedules.
• Support the successful execution of assigned programs by ensuring objectives related to cost, quality, timing, and customer satisfaction are achieved.
• Collaborate with Applications Engineering teams during the project conception, proposal, and design phases to develop effective customer solutions.
• Design and develop mechanical equipment and systems that meet customer requirements while applying sound engineering principles and industry best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the engineering team to enhance efficiency, quality, and technical capability.
• Provide technical guidance and support throughout the design, development, manufacturing, and installation phases of projects.
• Influences team, department, and business unit decisions.
• Influential in assisting engineers in career development and advancement.
• Direct supervision of mechanical engineers and other staff.
• Manages staffing of projects, workload issues, and meeting project timelines.
• Responsible for leading cross-functional technical teams throughout the lifecycle of various projects.
• Exercises independent judgment, innovates, and works autonomously.
• Recognizes and implements significant design and workflow improvements.
• Collaborates with department leadership in executing and creating methods to develop technical talent.
• Independently works with key talent in department to support career progression and personal development.
• Serves as a mentor/coach for developing engineers.
• Able to lead discipline specific teams and influence project direction and progress.
• Viewed as a technical expert and leader in the department.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum Experience: 8+ years; 2+ years leading technical projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline.
• Current or prior JR Automation experience, or experience in the automation industry is strongly preferred.
• Experienced with CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, Creo, NX, AutoCAD).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with experience presenting to colleagues and company management.
• Speaks effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Demonstrates skills in persuasion and negotiation of critical issues.
• Proficient in the application of standard and advanced engineering principles, practices, and procedures.
• Recognized as an individual that has people centric skills.
• Demonstrated ability to positively influence engineer's development and progression.
• Able to quickly recognize and fix common engineering problems based on experience, including review / critique of others' work.
• Experience leading technical projects.
• Travel up to 25% to visit customer sites, supplier sites, installation of equipment & other JR locations.