Senior Supervisor, Manufacturing Engineering
manufacturing › Manufacturing Engineering · M2 — M2 — Manager II · Management
Leads a team of manufacturing engineers and technicians responsible for process development, tooling, and production support on the shop floor.
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What this role is
Leads a team of manufacturing engineers and technicians responsible for process development, tooling, and production support on the shop floor. 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 owning tactical outcomes for a defined process area or product line, exercising judgment within known process factors
- Directs root-cause investigations of product or process failures, deciding when to recommend changes in tolerances, materials, or processing methods
- Manages the deployment of lean manufacturing improvements across the team's cells, coordinating with maintenance and operations peers cross-functionally
- Owns the team's contribution to NPI readiness, aligning new manufacturing methods and equipment selection with production ramp timelines
- Knowledge applied
- Applies deeper process knowledge to lead root-cause work and lean deployment, making judgments within known process factors.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Resolves failures and process issues by weighing tolerance, material, and method options within a defined product line.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Cross-functional cooperation with maintenance, operations, and quality peers.
- Typical experience
- 2–5 years leading engineering teams or in specialist manufacturing roles.
Skills at this level
- Lean Manufacturing
- — Reduces waste and increases production efficiency across manufacturing cells; forms the foundational discipline for planning and standardizing how a manufacturing engineering team runs process improvements.
- Manufacturing Process Development
- — Develops new manufacturing methods, selects and maintains production equipment, and standardizes processes to improve existing operations and support production ramps.
- Root Cause Analysis and Troubleshooting
- — Determines root causes of product or process failures and recommends changes in designs, tolerances, or processing; troubleshoots new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
- Operational Problem Resolution
- — Investigates and resolves shop-floor operational problems such as material-use variances and line bottlenecks to protect throughput and yield.
- New Product Introduction (NPI)
- — Supports and coordinates the transfer of new products into production, aligning manufacturing methods, equipment, and documentation with design and ramp timelines.
- Analysis and Problem-Solving
- — Analyzes manufacturing problems from multiple perspectives and explores creative solutions, with troubleshooting of processes and machinery central to the work.
- CAM Software
- — Uses computer-aided manufacturing software to translate designs into machine tool paths and production programs for the factory floor.
- PLM Software
- — Uses product lifecycle management software to control manufacturing process documentation, engineering changes, and configuration across a product line.
- CAD (AutoCAD / CATIA / SolidWorks / Creo)
- — Uses AutoCAD, CATIA, SolidWorks, or Creo Parametric to design fixtures, tooling, and process layouts and to review product geometry for manufacturability.
- Capital Equipment and Budget Management
- — Plans and manages manufacturing engineering budgets and capital equipment investments, prioritizing spend against efficiency, capacity, and quality gains.
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