Engineering Manager

General Information Location: Alvarado, TX Department: Operations Work Schedule: Monday - Friday Job Type: Regular / Full Time FLSA Classification: Exempt Travel Required: 20% Reports To: COO/GM Positions Supervised: All engineering personnel Position Summary The Engineering Manager is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing the engineering department while driving the modernization, standardization, and automation of engineering processes to support scalable growth, operational excellence, and cross‑functional alignment. This role owns the effectiveness of engineering workflows, tools, systems, and deliverables in a manufacturing, engineered‑to‑order environment. The Engineering Manager is expected to be both a strong people leader and a change leader—ensuring engineering operates efficiently, consistently, and in alignment with manufacturing, sales, and operations. Success in this role requires strategic thinking, technical depth, disciplined execution, and the ability to lead process improvement initiatives that reduce complexity, eliminate waste, and enable long‑term growth. Essential Duties To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Essential Duties: Provide strategic leadership and direction to the engineering team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and technical excellence. Establish clear expectations, priorities, and performance standards aligned with company objectives. Ensure engineering resources are effectively deployed to support business needs. Lead the modernization of engineering processes, tools, and workflows to improve efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and cross‑functional alignment. Standardize engineering practices, documentation, and design methodologies to reduce variation, rework, and reliance on tribal knowledge. Identify, evaluate, and implement engineering systems and technologies that support automation, data integrity, and lifecycle management (e.g., CAD standards, PDM/PLM concepts, ERP integration, configuration tools, and workflow automation). Drive automation of repetitive or manual engineering tasks to increase throughput and allow engineers to focus on higher‑value work. Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to engineering efficiency, cycle time, quality, and process adherence. Lead and manage engineering projects from concept through release to manufacturing, ensuring scope clarity, schedule adherence, budget discipline, and high‑quality outcomes. Coordinate engineering priorities with production, operations, and sales to ensure timely and accurate execution. Partner closely with Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Procurement, Sales, and IT to ensure engineering outputs are practical, manufacturable, and aligned with business requirements. Improve handoffs and communication between engineering and downstream functions to minimize delays and rework. Drive innovation in product design and engineering methods to enhance performance, manufacturability, and customer value. Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices relevant to engineered air pollution control equipment. Ensure engineering designs and documentation meet or exceed internal quality standards, customer requirements, and applicable regulations. Collaborate with quality teams to support corrective actions, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. Recruit, train, mentor, and develop engineering personnel to build a high‑performing, scalable team. Conduct regular performance reviews and provide clear, constructive feedback. Develop succession planning and skill development strategies within the engineering function. Develop and manage the engineering department budget, identifying opportunities for cost control, efficiency gains, and return on investment from modernization initiatives. Communicate effectively with senior leadership regarding engineering performance, capacity, risks, and improvement initiatives. Represent the engineering function in meetings with customers, suppliers, and external partners as needed. Champion lean engineering principles and data‑driven decision‑making to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance organizational effectiveness. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field required. Licenses and Certifications: As required or applicable. Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive engineering experience, including leadership roles within a manufacturing or engineered‑to‑order environment required. Skills: Strong technical expertise in relevant engineering disciplines. Proven leadership and people management skills. Demonstrated experience leading process improvement, modernization, or engineering transformation initiatives. Ability to standardize processes while supporting flexibility required in an engineered‑to‑order business. Strong understanding of engineering data flow, documentation control, and system integration concepts. Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem‑solving skills. Proficiency with engineering design software, project management tools, and Microsoft Office Suite. Experience managing budgets and driving cost discipline. Other Requirements Flexibility to travel up to 20%. Must pass drug test, physical, and background check. Must maintain an excellent attendance record. Must sign an NDA and other applicable/appropriate restrictive covenants agreements. Physical Demands This position requires the ability to sit and manually manipulate objects on a constant basis, with frequent standing and walking throughout the workday. Occasional physical activities may include climbing, crawling, squatting or kneeling, reaching outward or above shoulder level, and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling light to moderate weights (up to 50 pounds). The role also requires constant verbal communication. Specific vision abilities necessary for this position include close, distance, and peripheral vision. #J-18808-Ljbffr