What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Manager position at Senneca Holdings?
Overview
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Position Summary
This position is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to a team of Senior Design Engineers, Design Engineers, and Drafting professionals supporting our Industrial, Aviation, and Research & Development product lines. The Engineering Manager drives engineering excellence through talent development, product innovation, quality improvement, efficient project execution, measurable process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
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Position Details
The successful candidate will build a high-performing, data-driven engineering organization that supports current production while advancing new product development initiatives that address customer needs and drive profitable growth. This leader will establish performance expectations, measure results through meaningful KPIs, drive continuous improvement, and strengthen partnerships across Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, and Executive Leadership.
Responsibilities
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Engineering Leadership
Lead, develop, and hold accountable Engineering staff through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and professional development. Establish departmental goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with business objectives. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
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Department Management
Direct workload planning, resource allocation, and project execution across engineering programs. Establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, best practices, and KPIs; use performance data to prioritize resources, drive improvements, and measure results.
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Product Development & Innovation
Lead a disciplined new product development process that balances production support with long-term growth initiatives, ensuring successful execution and commercialization. Identify opportunities for product improvement, cost reduction, manufacturability enhancement, and competitive differentiation. Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to align engineering priorities with business and customer requirements.
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Engineering Quality & Execution
Ensure engineering outputs meet customer, regulatory, manufacturing, and quality requirements. Drive engineering quality through design accuracy, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives. Review and approve significant engineering changes and technical decisions.
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Cross-Functional Leadership
Partner with Operations, Production, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, and Project Management to support business objectives, remove technical barriers, improve production flow, and advance strategic initiatives. Serve as the primary engineering representative for major business initiatives.
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Continuous Improvement
Champion Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies to enhance engineering productivity, quality, lead time, capacity, scalability, and cost performance. Improve Supply Chain visibility to material demand.
Requirements
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Experience
7 years of engineering experience within a manufacturing environment. 3 years of engineering leadership or supervisory experience. Experience leading technical teams and managing multiple priorities. Experience with CAD systems such as SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo, AutoCAD, or similar.
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Skills
Effective management of engineering priorities, resources, workload, and departmental accountability. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Successful support of production requirements while advancing strategic product development objectives. Strong project management and organizational skills.
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Success
On-time completion of engineering projects and product development initiatives. Improved collaboration and responsiveness across Engineering, Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, and other business functions. Progress toward product standardization, manufacturability, operational efficiency, and profitable growth through successful product launches and enhancements. Reduction in engineering-related quality issues, rework, production disruptions, warranty claims, and field concerns.
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Education
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
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Preferred
Experience in commercial door systems, industrial equipment, building products, architectural products, or other engineered-to-order manufacturing environments. Experience leading engineering organizations through the transition from highly customized, make-to-order product offerings toward greater product standardization, design reuse, manufacturability, and operational efficiency while maintaining customer-focused solutions.
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Additional Preferred Experience
Demonstrated success reducing product complexity, improving material utilization, increasing manufacturing efficiency, and establishing scalable engineering standards. Experience leading new product development initiatives. Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma experience. ERP/MRP system experience. Master's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Administration, or related field.
About Us
NOTE: You will always speak directly with a Senneca team member before receiving any offer of employment. Senneca will never extend a job offer without a formal interview process.
Senneca Holdings is a diversified management and holding company whose companies are focused on the specialty door industry. Senneca oversees the operations of its companies, allocates resources among them, and helps to improve the performance of its operations. Senneca seeks out acquisition opportunities that strengthen our position in a business segment as well as companies that will diversify our portfolio of specialty doors.
For more information:
website: senneca.com
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Legal Disclaimer: Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) view full text to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. view full text
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Position Summary
This position is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to a team of Senior Design Engineers, Design Engineers, and Drafting professionals supporting our Industrial, Aviation, and Research & Development product lines. The Engineering Manager drives engineering excellence through talent development, product innovation, quality improvement, efficient project execution, measurable process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
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Position Details
The successful candidate will build a high-performing, data-driven engineering organization that supports current production while advancing new product development initiatives that address customer needs and drive profitable growth. This leader will establish performance expectations, measure results through meaningful KPIs, drive continuous improvement, and strengthen partnerships across Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, and Executive Leadership.
Responsibilities
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Engineering Leadership
Lead, develop, and hold accountable Engineering staff through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and professional development. Establish departmental goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with business objectives. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
48_Consulting Created with Sketch.
Department Management
Direct workload planning, resource allocation, and project execution across engineering programs. Establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, best practices, and KPIs; use performance data to prioritize resources, drive improvements, and measure results.
48_Creative Created with Sketch.
Product Development & Innovation
Lead a disciplined new product development process that balances production support with long-term growth initiatives, ensuring successful execution and commercialization. Identify opportunities for product improvement, cost reduction, manufacturability enhancement, and competitive differentiation. Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to align engineering priorities with business and customer requirements.
48_Quality Assurance Created with Sketch.
Engineering Quality & Execution
Ensure engineering outputs meet customer, regulatory, manufacturing, and quality requirements. Drive engineering quality through design accuracy, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives. Review and approve significant engineering changes and technical decisions.
48_Leadership Created with Sketch.
Cross-Functional Leadership
Partner with Operations, Production, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, and Project Management to support business objectives, remove technical barriers, improve production flow, and advance strategic initiatives. Serve as the primary engineering representative for major business initiatives.
48_Business Development Created with Sketch.
Continuous Improvement
Champion Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies to enhance engineering productivity, quality, lead time, capacity, scalability, and cost performance. Improve Supply Chain visibility to material demand.
Requirements
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Experience
7 years of engineering experience within a manufacturing environment. 3 years of engineering leadership or supervisory experience. Experience leading technical teams and managing multiple priorities. Experience with CAD systems such as SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo, AutoCAD, or similar.
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Skills
Effective management of engineering priorities, resources, workload, and departmental accountability. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Successful support of production requirements while advancing strategic product development objectives. Strong project management and organizational skills.
48_Success Created with Sketch.
Success
On-time completion of engineering projects and product development initiatives. Improved collaboration and responsiveness across Engineering, Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality, and other business functions. Progress toward product standardization, manufacturability, operational efficiency, and profitable growth through successful product launches and enhancements. Reduction in engineering-related quality issues, rework, production disruptions, warranty claims, and field concerns.
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Education
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
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Preferred
Experience in commercial door systems, industrial equipment, building products, architectural products, or other engineered-to-order manufacturing environments. Experience leading engineering organizations through the transition from highly customized, make-to-order product offerings toward greater product standardization, design reuse, manufacturability, and operational efficiency while maintaining customer-focused solutions.
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Additional Preferred Experience
Demonstrated success reducing product complexity, improving material utilization, increasing manufacturing efficiency, and establishing scalable engineering standards. Experience leading new product development initiatives. Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma experience. ERP/MRP system experience. Master's Degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Administration, or related field.
About Us
NOTE: You will always speak directly with a Senneca team member before receiving any offer of employment. Senneca will never extend a job offer without a formal interview process.
Senneca Holdings is a diversified management and holding company whose companies are focused on the specialty door industry. Senneca oversees the operations of its companies, allocates resources among them, and helps to improve the performance of its operations. Senneca seeks out acquisition opportunities that strengthen our position in a business segment as well as companies that will diversify our portfolio of specialty doors.
For more information:
website: senneca.com
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Legal Disclaimer: Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) view full text to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. view full text
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