Job Description

About the Role

Pinnacle Partners is recruiting for a Global Process Engineering Manager on behalf of a client in New Albany, Indiana. We are seeking an experienced manufacturing/process engineering leader with a strong background in continuous improvement, cost reduction, and people leadership. This role will lead a global team of approximately 11 engineers while driving process improvement initiatives across a global manufacturing organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a global team of approximately 11 engineers, including team members based locally and at international facilities.
• Drive continuous improvement and process engineering initiatives across the organization.
• Identify opportunities related to cost, throughput, equipment utilization, scrap, yield, cycle time, scalability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Own improvement projects from opportunity identification through implementation and validate measurable results and savings.
• Partner with plant managers and engineering/support groups including software engineering, tooling design, machine build, and other engineering functions.
• Work directly on the manufacturing floor to identify opportunities, gather information, troubleshoot processes, and help teams implement improvements.
• Establish and track projects using an Impact/Effort methodology, including ROI, cost, and projected savings.
• Help build and establish an operations-focused continuous improvement and cost-savings program.
• Lead projects ranging from smaller continuous improvement opportunities to larger global initiatives.
• Collaborate with geographically dispersed engineering and manufacturing teams across multiple facilities.
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on manufacturing problem solving and project execution.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Approximately 5+ years of process engineering, manufacturing engineering, and/or continuous improvement experience.
• Strong manufacturing and process engineering background.
• Demonstrated history of cost savings and/or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience leading or managing people, preferably engineers or technical teams.
• Six Sigma Green Belt required.
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify improvement opportunities, develop projects, and drive them through implementation.
• Comfortable working directly on the manufacturing floor.
• Experience working effectively in a high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work effectively with geographically dispersed teams.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally approximately 2–3 times per year.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or another closely related discipline.
• Electrical, Chemical, or other engineering degrees considered with the right manufacturing/process engineering background.
• Experience managing engineers or technical teams.
• Experience with Minitab or JMP.
• Understanding of process capability and statistical analysis.
• Experience with PFMEA and/or DMAIC.
• Proven experience driving manufacturing cost reductions.
• Experience working in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments.
• Global manufacturing experience.
• Experience developing or establishing continuous improvement programs.

Benefits Overview:

• Competitive base salary of approximately $120,000-$150,000.
• Great bonus plan.
• Global travel opportunities approximately 2–3 times per year.
• Opportunity to lead a global team of approximately 11 engineers.
• High visibility across a global manufacturing organization.
• Opportunity to help establish and shape a newer operations-focused continuous improvement program.
• Hands-on role with significant influence over manufacturing processes, cost reduction, and operational efficiency.
• Opportunity to work across a broad range of manufacturing and engineering functions.

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