The Manufacturing Engineering Manager leads a team of Manufacturing Engineers and Technicians to support daily production improve manufacturing processes and successfully launch new products into production. This role is highly hands-on and visible on the shop floor providing technical leadership prioritization and coaching while driving safety quality delivery and costobjectives.

• The manager ensures manufacturing processes are robust well-documented and continuously improving while developing team capability andmaintainingstrong cross-functional partnerships with Design Engineering Quality Supply Chain and Operations.

• This role is on-site in Claremont NH

• Relocation within the US is available

• Competitive salary and including bonus opportunities

What will you do

Leadership & People Management

• Lead coach and develop a team of Manufacturing Engineers and Technicians setting clear goals priorities and performance expectations.

• Provide daily direction and escalation support for shop-floor issues ensuring rapid response and effective problem resolution.

• Build technical depth and versatility within the team through mentoring training and standardized best practices.

• Foster a culture of safety accountability continuous improvement and collaboration.

• Support hiring onboarding performance reviews and career development for engineers and technicians.

Manufacturing & Shop Floor Support

• Maintain a strong daily presence on the shop floor to support production troubleshoot issues and remove barriers to flow.

• Ensure manufacturing processes are capable controlled and supported with clear work instructions and standardized work.

• Guide the team in fixture design (CNC brazing assembly) GD&T application CMM inspection and process validation

• Ensure preventive maintenance calibration and documentation for engineering tools fixtures andequipmentare executed and tracked

New Product Introduction (NPI)

• Lead manufacturing readiness for New Product Introduction ensuring smooth transitions from development to production.

• Partner with Design Engineering to influence DFM/DFA decisions and ensure manufacturability.

• Oversee high level assembly builds process development and early production support during product launches.

• Ensure lessons learned from NPI are captured and incorporated into standard processes.

Quality Improvement & Problem Solving

• Own the manufacturing response to quality issues including containment Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA) and permanent corrective actions.

• Review and approve process changes deviations and corrective actions to ensure long-term robustness.

• Use data-driven analysis toidentifytrends prioritize improvement efforts and support engineering decisions.

Continuous Improvement & Cost Reduction

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety quality throughput yield and cost reduction.

• Lead Kaizen events line balancing efforts and process optimization activities.

• Support capital planning line changes and equipment moves from concept through process readiness and handoff to production.

• Ensure improvements are documented standardized and sustained.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the primary manufacturing engineering interface to Operations Quality Supply Chain and Design Engineering

• Communicate status risks and priorities clearly to leadership and stakeholders.

• Alignengineering resources to production needs and business priorities.

How will you get here

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering or related technical field is required

Experience:

• Strong hands-on manufacturing experience in CNC machining assembly brazing or similar processes is required

• Proven experience leading or managing engineers and/or technicians in a manufacturing environment is required

• Experience with RCCA continuous improvement and data-driven decision making.

Knowledge Skills Abilities:

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment with frequent prioritization changes

• Deep understanding of GD&T fixture design work instruction development and shop-floor problem solving

• High shop-floor engagement with a bias toward action and real-time problem solving.

• Strong communicator who can translate technical issues into clear priorities and decisions.

• Leads by example with respect to safety professionalism and accountability.

• Comfortable making decisions with incomplete information while managing risk appropriately.

• Ability to travel both domestic and International up to 10%

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience driving Lean manufacturing or operational excellence initiatives and applying Six Sigma methodology is preferred

• Experience supporting NPI and scaling products from prototype to production is a plus

• Familiarity with CMM inspection process capability and quality systems.

• Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on technical work withpeopleleadership is preferred

What can Jabil offer you

Along with growth stability and the opportunity to be challenged Jabil offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Medical Dental Prescription Drug and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options

• 401K Match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Life AD&D and Disability Insurance

• Commuter Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Pet Insurance

• Adoption Assistance

• Annual Merit Increases

• Community Volunteer Opportunities