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Engineering Manager
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An Engineering Manager oversees engineering and technical design of large projects, and manages communication and coordination among different types of engineers working on a project. Supervises project schedule, budget, and communications with stakeholders.
$144,073 / year median in Tennessee
+5% projected growth
Job Description
Engineering Manager (OOJ
- 47294) 150000-160000 / US Dollars / Annual Salary NPAworldwide Recruitment Network update Last updated: Jul/22/2026 Job Description Our client is growing and needs a pro-active Engineering Manager to lead all engineering activities, The Engineering Manager drives process innovation, equipment design, and team development to ensure operational excellence, safety, and scalability in a fast-growing, high-technology environment.
- Build, mentor, manage high-performing engineering team responsible for process functions.
- Lead capital planning, Capex budgeting, operating expense for Engineering and Maintenance
- Collaborate with Corporate Engineering implement engineering standards and strategies.
- Drive a culture of safety, continuous improvement, accountability, teamwork, and integrity.
- Develop role based expectations, succession plans, and talent development paths.
- Lead projects focused on process optimization, automation, and continuous improvement
- Develop and improve manufacturing processes using Lean and Six Sigma principles.
- Define maintain equipment specifications, standards, and vendor performance expectations.
- Ensure process scalability from prototype to full production.
- Oversee troubleshooting and root cause analysis for quality, productivity, and safety issues.
- Lead initiatives for scrap reduction, OEE improvement, cost reduction, uptime reliability.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and engineering change processes to ensure manufacturability and production readiness.
- Implement and manage the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Ensure preventive and predictive maintenance strategies are fully deployed.
- Collaborate with Quality and Sales on customer requirements and applications.
- Ensure adherence to ISO and other applicable quality management standards.
- Provide data driven updates on project status, engineering metrics, maintenance performance.
- Ensure alignment with Operations, Finance, Procurement, HR, and
Corporate Engineering Qualifications:
- BS degree in engineering or related technical discipline (advanced degree preferred).
- 10 + years relevant engineering experience in battery, extrusion, coating, polymer processing, specialty film, or other high precision continuous process industries highly preferred.
- CAPEX project management expertise
- Demonstrated ability to develop technical talent and lead multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong decision making and prioritization skills in a fast paced environment.
- Expertise in Continuous Improvement, Lean and six sigma
- Effective communicator tailoring messages to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Present technical data and project status to both internal stakeholders and customers.
- Strong analytical mindset with demonstrated ability to diagnose complex process issues.
- Expertise in root cause analysis, statistical problem solving, and structured decision making.
- Travel to other plant locations, vendors as needed Why is This a