Engineering Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: Ogden, UT
Salary Range: $106,000 - $160,000/yr - DoE
Zip Code: 84404
Start Date: ASAP
Keywords: #EngineeringManager #OgdenJobs #Aerospace

Job Description
We're seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager with a manufacturing engineer's mindset and a leader's heart-someone who thrives on solving real-world process puzzles, mentors with empathy, and brings fresh energy to a team ready for positive change. If you love turning inefficiencies into wins and building high-performing teams, this is your opportunity to shape the future at a premier aerospace facility. This role offers a clear path for advancement and is ideal for driven leaders aiming to make an immediate impact and grow long-term.

Core Responsibilities:
* Oversee all new product introduction engineering activities to ensure that milestones, budgets, and technical customer"s expectations are met, while fostering a culture of timely project completion and accountability to prevent scope creep.
* Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the engineering staff ensuring they provide the necessary technical support to sales, manufacturing, and quality to achieve division objectives.
* Ensure that all manufacturing special processes and tooling conform to customer, organizational, and governmental standards.
* Direct the development of new manufacturing processes and the revision of existing processes to facilitate the improved manufacturing of parts.
* Develop, coach and mentor team of engineers to ensure the highest level of performance and standards of excellence; foster knowledge transfer in teams with experience gaps (senior level to juniors); adapt motivation strategies to individual team members via Emotional Intelligence.
* Manages by way of Leadership Effectiveness (EI). Recognizes his/her emotions and that of his/her team and develops actions to motivate, inspire and direct in a more effective manner.
* Experience with financial modeling (Revenue stream vs. product costs vs. capital costs).
* Coordinate the development of tooling and N/C programs to support the processing of parts.
* Manages/supports inventory and accountability for customer owned property (tooling).
* Drive continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs to produce legacy product.
* Drive project prioritization using financial modeling (e.g., Pareto analysis, ROI/payback calculations from ERP data) to ensure timely completion and resource allocation; eliminate indefinite project delays.
* Lead Six Sigma audits and Lean initiatives focused on manufacturing efficiency (e.g., tool accessibility, waste reduction, process flow optimization, poka-yoke for manual operations); benchmark processes with peer sites (e.g., Lansing).
* Lead on-the-floor process observations to identify and eliminate inefficiencies, such as tool accessibility issues or unnecessary steps, driving measurable gains in speed, quality, and cost savings.
* Collaborate on tooling modifications/design for easier loading/unloading and error-proofing; support hands-on process improvements in manual manufacturing environments.
* Minimal travel for benchmarking/customer visits.

Core Qualifications:
* 7 to 10+ years of overall manufacturing and/or mechanical engineering - including extensive knowledge of process engineering and industrial engineering principles.
* 3 to 5 years of supervisory experience. Demonstrated leadership effectiveness. Must be an effective change leader; balances consistency with flexibility and willing to change ideas in the face of new information.
* Aerospace industry experience preferred but open to transferable industries like automotive (focus on efficiency/cost reduction).

Leadership/Supervisory Experience:
* Must have proven enjoyment of management (e.g., handling difficult conversations); high-energy, decisive mindset (80/20 rule, avoid analysis paralysis); creative problem-solving for "behind-the-times" processes.
* Experience adapting leadership style to individual team needs, inspiring innovation while maintaining high standards and ethical integrity.
* Knowledge of financial modeling (revenue stream vs. product costs vs. capital costs).
* Understanding of ERP systems and engineering"s role within the system - proficiency in using data for quick ROI assessments. - Syteline ERP experience preferred (rare but ideal for quick cost pulls).
* Experience with benchmarking/cross-site collaboration.
* Seeks ideas for continuous improvement and change; suggests and encourages innovative ideas for products and processes.
* Highly professional and ethical, with unquestioned integrity.
* Excellent communication skills required and ability to communicate change(s) effectively. Has the ability to influence, build commitment, and overcome resistance to drive change initiatives.

Engineering Experience:
* Hands-on expertise in mechanical engineering, including metal forming, machining, and tooling design/modification.
* Strong knowledge of process and industrial engineering principles (e.g., process flow optimization, cell setup, waste reduction).
* Demonstrated experience or robust knowledge in process and industrial engineering, emphasizing manufacturing efficiency through techniques like workflow optimization, cell design, lean principles, and mistake-proofing (poka-yoke) to enhance manual operations and reduce operational steps.
* Experience with AS9100, aerospace customer contracts, system requirements, and Nadcap preferred.
* Manage the design and build of all tooling for both internal and external build.
* Proven ability to generate creative, out-of-the-box improvements (e.g., automation ideas, leveraging spec allowances to reduce rework) from practical, hands-on manufacturing experience.

Education & Other Requirements:
* Bachelor"s degree required in engineering. MBA or advanced degree preferred.
* Strong emphasis on Lean/Six Sigma application in manufacturing; Black Belt certification highly valued for audits and efficiency drives.
* Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project.

Belcan is a leading provider of qualified personnel to many of the world's most respected enterprises. We offer excellent opportunities for contract/temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct assignments in the engineering, IT, and professional fields. We are the employer of choice for thousands worldwide. Our overriding goal is to provide quality staffing solutions that help people, organizations, and communities succeed. Belcan is a team-driven Equal Opportunity Employer committed to workforce diversity. For more information, please visit our website at ;br>
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