Engineering And Manufacturing Manager

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The Manufacturing Engineering Manager leads the engineering organization responsible for New Product Introduction (NPI), New Source Introduction and source transfers, product changes, and capital projects. This role ensures manufacturing readiness and production ramp-up by aligning people, processes, tooling, equipment, capacity, quality, cost, safety, and schedules with business objectives. The position develops engineering talent, directs cross-functional execution, and drives sustainable improvements across machining, assembly, painting, and related manufacturing operations.
Lead and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team, setting priorities and driving safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Lead DFM/DFA and design reviews, ensuring early Manufacturing and Product Engineering alignment.
Develop and validate processes, layouts, standard work, PFMEA, control plans, capacity models, tooling, equipment, and automation.
Improve productivity, flow, cost, quality, and process capability through Lean and data-driven problem solving.
Ensure APQP, PPAP, process validation, launch readiness, operator training, and regulatory and customer compliance.
Coordinate BOMs, routings, PFEP, material readiness, and manufacturing systems with Supply Chain and Operations.
Manage project governance, engineering changes, risks, schedules, reporting, and delivery commitments.
Own CAPEX business cases, prioritization, forecasting, controls, and on-time, on-budget execution.
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Expert in manufacturing engineering, including people leadership and responsibility for NPI, source transfers, process development, or capital projects.
Advanced English
Working knowledge of machining, assembly, painting, tooling, equipment, capacity planning, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Lean Manufacturing, and project management.
Provides expert guidance on manufacturing processes, NPI, source transfers, product changes, process validation, tooling, equipment, quality core tools, cost reduction, and CAPEX decisions.
Integrates Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Program Management to remove barriers, deploy best practices, and achieve launch and production-readiness objectives.
Leads adoption of new technologies, systems, workflows, automation, and lessons learned to improve organizational capability, scalability, and operational performance.
Influencing Through Expertise: Uses technical credibility, stakeholder insight, risk assessment, and data-driven recommendations to influence manufacturing, investment, and launch decisions.
Project Management: Plans and controls scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, milestones, and governance for complex NPI, transfer, change, and capital projects.
Capacity Planning & Management - MFG: Converts demand and launch plans into short- and long-term requirements for labor, equipment, tooling, floor space, automation, and capital investment.
Lean Manufacturing: Establishes Lean roadmaps, develops problem-solving capability, and sustains measurable improvements in flow, waste elimination, standard work, employee engagement, quality, cost, and productivity.
Master's degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Engineering Management, or Business Administration (MBA).
PMP or equivalent project management certification; and formal training in APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, and core quality tools.
Expertise with ERP/MES platforms, manufacturing analytics, automation, robotics, and data-driven production systems.
Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon.
This position is five-day a week in-office model.
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
In this company we do not request pregnancy tests, nor HIV tests as requirements for employment entry, permanence or promotion.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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