Sr Manager, Operations Engineering

About the role

The Senior Manager, Operations Engineering oversees the successful industrialization of new products into serial production. This role acts as the primary liaison between the product development team and all operations functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Project Engineers and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide subject matter expertise, mentorship, and coaching to Business Unit’s Manufacturing Engineers.
• Identify and implement new capital investments and factory automation solutions to improve safety, quality, capacity, and cost.
• Ensure strong employee development and engagement.
• Lead large-scale, complex industrial projects.
• Develop and lead a high-performing engineering team.
• Advance operational excellence and long-term capability.
• Champion Lean manufacturing standards, ensure BoM and routing accuracy, and partner with operations leadership on 3–5 year capital and technology plans.
• Promote Lean and efficient operating practices to improve efficiency and effectiveness of processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline with 2+ years of hands-on management experience leading a team of engineers.
• 7+ years of experience supporting manufacturing engineering processes, particularly in power electronics and/or high-volume precision machining industries.
• Experience in a related industry (such as high-volume machining, electronics assembly, mechatronics, and automation).
• Preferred certification: PMI Project Manager Professional (PMP) or Agile Certified Professional (ACP) or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship building skills conducive to team development.
• Ability to partner and collaborate with people at all levels - individual engineers, managers, and executives.
• Ability to influence and build buy-in to product/process changes and the investment of resources.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to work independently as well as manage a team.
• Knowledge of project tasking, analysis, recommendations, and implementation of changes toward process improvement.

Skills

• Project management skills.
• Technical expertise in manufacturing processes.
• Leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Collaboration and communication skills.

Benefits

Hypertherm Associates offers a global, 100% employee-owned company for over 50 years, profit-sharing and employee stock ownership, five days/year community service time, strong commitment to environmental stewardship, and a stable, growing organization with a no-layoff philosophy.

Schedule

Onsite in Hanover, NH

Pay

$107,495.00-$179,160.00 Annual