Product Design Engineering Supervisor

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Supervise engineering activities related to Product Drawings, Bills of Materials, CNC Programs, and Routings.
• Support new product introduction (NPI) by ensuring engineering deliverables, documentation, and change controls are completed on time.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to resolve technical issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, or cost.
• Provide timely technical guidance for specifications, design interpretation, and custom product requirements.
• Execute engineering tasks needed to produce drawings, BOMs, and Routings on an as needed basis.
• Provide engineering support for daily production activities, including troubleshooting process issues, equipment problems, tooling, or quality defects.
• Ensure adherence to corporate quality, safety, environmental, and industry regulations; promote a safe work environment.
• Perform all other duties as assigned to support departmental operations and company objectives.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provide daily leadership, direction, and coaching to engineering staff.
• Assign daily/weekly tasks, manage workloads and priorities, and ensure team deliverables align with production needs.
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, skill development, and succession planning in partnership with HR.
• Conduct performance reviews, provide coaching/mentoring.
• Foster an accountable, collaborative, and inclusive engineering culture.
• Model strong communication, collaboration, and professionalism to foster an inclusive, accountable culture.

Objectives

• Provide input and feedback needed to redefine Product Engineering Team role changes due to the implementation of a new ERP.
• Collaborate with the Director of Engineering to establish key performance indicators such as engineering on time delivery, engineering change notice reductions, including the associated metrics.

Qualifications

• Education: Required- associate’s degree in engineering or related technical field with continued technical education or technical courses. Preferred- Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Experience And/or Training: Required- 5 - 7 years in an engineering‑related role within a manufacturing environment. Preferred- >1 years of supervisory/leadership experience in a manufacturing engineering environment.
• Licenses/Certificates: Valid Driver’s License.
• Technology/Equipment Proficiency: In SolidWorks, AutoCAD (or comparable CAD software), and Microsoft Office Suite. Working knowledge of an ERP/MRP system.
• Physical And Mental Demands: Sitting for long periods of time, 6-8 hours per day. Walking, speaking, hearing seeing. Listen and observe the environment for hazard prevention. Use hands for tools and typing. Semi-frequently lift to 15 lbs. Some tasks may require the employee to bend, stoop, twist, and turn.
• Working Environment: Office environment is temperature-controlled year-round, the plant environment is heated without air conditioning. Manufacturing area requires PPE and adherence to OSHA General Industry Standards (29 CFR Part 1910).