Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Position Summary: Milacron is looking for a Manufacturing Engineering Manage to join our team in Mt. Orab, Ohio. In this position, you will be responsible for the development of manufacturing capabilities and standards to ensure proper manufacturing processing of components and assemblies to obtain maximum productivity and quality. This person will also be coordinating shop floor projects and activities to achieve timely resolution of manufacturing problems and new product and process launches.   This position is part of the plant leadership team and provides vision and direction to drive continuous improvement throughout the facility.  This person will also interface with operations, design, quality, purchasing, safety, and component suppliers to ensure products are manufactured with the most cost-effective methods at the highest quality.   Work You’ll Do: An Engineering Manager must have extensive knowledge of engineering practices and principles.  Establish goals and expectations for the department to support daily operations and drive project execution. Drive continuous improvement using lean manufacturing tools. Cost analysis, product design methods, interpersonal skills, and the ability to integrate all these skills to a productive, cost-effective result.  Monitor and direct day-to-day process development to ensure product quality, timely product shipments, continuing cost effectiveness, and divisional profitability. The Engineering Manager will assign and prioritize manufacturing engineering projects and track progress towards completion by following published timelines to attain maximum effectiveness of manufacturing engineering efforts. Drive continuous improvement of processes, quality, and cost through maintaining profitability and competitiveness. The Engineering Manager will determine capital equipment needs, write specification statements for equipment, and supervise installation and qualification of equipment to ensure equipment functions to meet specifications, and is delivered on time within cost requirements.   Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent machining and manufacturing leadership experience. 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in a machining environment, with demonstrated progression in technical responsibility. Prior experience leading, mentoring, or coordinating engineers, technicians, or cross-functional improvement teams. Working knowledge of continuous improvement methods such as Lean, Kaizen, or similar structured problem-solving tools. Strong communication, project management, and shop floor problem-solving skills.   Preferred Experience: Experience producing screws, barrels, or similar precision cylindrical components for heavy industrial or plastics processing applications. Familiarity with deep-hole machining, heat treatment, wear-resistant materials, surface finishing, or rebuild and repair operations. Experience with ERP systems, process costing, capital equipment justification, and manufacturing metrics. #LI-KH1 #LI-ONSITE Physical Demands To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances. DISCLAIMER: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.