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Manager Engineering

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MENOMONEE FALLS, WI
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Job overview

The Engineering Manager leads the design function for Magnetek operations in Menomonee Falls, providing technical and people leadership for customer-specific engineered solutions from order handoff through production release and shipment support. The role sets priorities, balances engineering capacity, improves design and review processes, and develops technical capability. It partners with cross-functional teams to translate customer requirements into manufacturable designs and improve lead time, quality, delivery, and cost.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

People LeadershipCapacity PlanningVisual ManagementValue EngineeringDesign-to-CostDesign VerificationEngineering Change ControlRevision Control

Full job description

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Job Summary/Overview The Engineering Manager leads the design function for Magnetek operations in Menomonee Falls. This role provides technical and people leadership for the safe, accurate, and timely execution of customer-specific engineered solutions from order handoff through release to production and shipment support. The manager establishes priorities, balances engineering capacity, strengthens design and review processes, and develops the technical capability required to meet customer, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. This leader partners closely with Operations, Project Management, Customer Service, Sales, Quality, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering, and Product Management to translate customer requirements into manufacturable designs. The role is accountable for improving lead time, on-time completion, first-pass quality, change control, and visibility of engineering status while building a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement aligned with the Columbus McKinnon Business System (CMBS). Essential Duties and Responsibilities Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary engineering organization; establish clear expectations, documented standard work, technical training, cross-training, accountability, and succession plans. Prioritize, schedule, and assign engineering work based on customer commitments, project complexity, available capacity, technical risk, and production needs. Own the design execution process from order handoff and requirements clarification through design, review, approval, release, and production support. Establish capacity planning and visual management practices that identify workload constraints, competing priorities, schedule risk, and recovery actions before customer commitments are missed. Drive measurable improvement in engineering lead time, on-time completion, first-pass quality, rework, engineering changes, and customer response time. Drive value engineering and design-to-cost activities that reduce material, labor, complexity, and lifecycle cost without compromising safety, quality, performance, or customer requirements. Ensure customer and application requirements are translated into complete, accurate, safe, and manufacturable drawings, bills of material, specifications, calculations, and technical documentation. Maintain disciplined technical review and design verification practices appropriate to project complexity and risk; ensure issues and lessons learned are incorporated into standards and future designs. Provide technical direction and escalation support for complex applications, design questions, production issues, field concerns, and customer-specific requirements. Own engineering change and release discipline for designs, including accurate configuration, revision control, documentation, approvals, and timely communication to affected functions. Partner... For full info follow application link. EOE/AA Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/212E0ACBD5094439

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