Senior Engineering Supervisor
engineering › Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing · · M2 — M2 — Manager II · Management
Senior supervisor overseeing engineering technicians and manufacturing engineering staff on a shift or production line.
Median pay · United States · annual
$103,563 USD
▲ +29% vs M1 on this ladder
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pay@2 · 2026-07
What this role is
Senior supervisor overseeing engineering technicians and manufacturing engineering staff on a shift or production line. At the Manager II (M2) level, the role owns an established team or sub-function, cross-project coordination and priorities, and drives group delivery and development. Manages a team; sometimes manages leads.
What this level does
- Leads a skilled team of manufacturing engineers, making judgments within known process factors on method changes, tooling, and test plan design
- Owns delivery of production times, schedules, resource requirements, and workload assignments, and consolidates project reports for the manufacturing team
- Directs development of statistically designed experiments and applies Manufacturing CAE tools to reduce required physical testing
- Coordinates cross-functionally with Design Engineering during development to translate key product characteristics into manufacturable process definitions
- Owns tactical outcomes for process qualification and manufacturing readiness of assigned parts or lines
- Knowledge applied
- Applies deeper process knowledge — DOE, Manufacturing CAE, production scheduling and costing — to lead a skilled engineering team.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Makes judgments within known process factors on test plans, tooling, and method changes.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Cross-functional cooperation with Design Engineering and production teams during development and ramp.
- Typical experience
- 2–5 years in team leadership or specialist manufacturing engineering roles.
Skills at this level
- Manufacturing Process Development
- — Develops, evaluates, and improves manufacturing methods and processes, translating product design intent into repeatable, cost-effective production operations.
- Manufacturing Equipment Troubleshooting
- — Diagnoses and resolves technical faults in manufacturing equipment on the shop floor and directs the team to restore process capability with minimal disruption.
- CAD Manufacturing Planning
- — Uses CAD software (preferably Catia V5, and tools such as Siemens NX, SOLIDWORKS, PTC Creo, AutoCAD) to build 3D models from 2D drawings and draw up manufacturing plans.
- Design-for-Manufacturability Collaboration
- — Works with Design Engineering during the development phase to understand key product characteristics and feed manufacturability into the design, documenting results in technical reports.
- Design of Experiments (DOE) & Manufacturing CAE
- — Develops test plans using statistically designed experiments and applies Manufacturing CAE tools to reduce required physical testing and validate process settings.
- Production Planning & Cost Estimating
- — Provides production times and schedules with resource requirements and workload assignments, calculates production costs, estimates future requirements, and prepares project reports.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma & Kaizen
- — Applies Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and Kaizen principles to optimize the effectiveness, cost, and quality of manufacturing operations.
- Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
- — Applies additive and digital manufacturing technologies together with process control and optimization techniques to advance production capability.
- Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
- — Identifies root cause of process and quality problems across product lines and defines corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence.
- ERP for Manufacturing Operations
- — Uses enterprise resource planning systems (e.g., Vantage by Epicor) to track and manage manufacturing operations, resources, and workload.
- Engineering Team Leadership
- — Sets technical standards, assigns and reviews engineering work, and leads manufacturing engineers and technicians at team, department, and functional scope.
- Subcontractor & Shop Engineering Support
- — Directs engineering support to the shop and subcontractors, resolving fabrication and process concerns to keep production on schedule.
- Manufacturing Technology Strategy
- — Sets the multi-year engineering and manufacturing technology roadmap, prioritizing automation and process investment against business cost and capacity objectives.
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