Manufacturing Engineering Director

Join us to create change and have an impact in homes around the world.

At Electrolux Group our vision is to be the home appliance industry leader in consumer satisfaction by delivering outstanding lifetime experiences with solutions that always get better. We share ideas and collaborate so that together we can develop solutions that deliver more enjoyable and sustainable living.

All About the Role

The Manufacturing Engineering Director is a results-driven manufacturing leader responsible for engineering maintenance and technical operations within a heavy manufacturing environment. Drives equipment reliability productivity quality and operational performance through continuous improvement preventive and predictive maintenance process optimization and capital project execution. Leads investments in automation AI and digital manufacturing technologies while managing budgets developing high-performing teams and supporting operational excellence and new product introductions.

What Youll Do

• Lead manufacturing engineers maintenance managers and technicians to optimize production processes equipment performance and maintenance strategies.
• Develop review and approve specifications quotations labor requirements tooling and capital equipment investments.
• Participate in design reviews and approve engineering drawings routings specifications and manufacturing documentation.
• Oversee equipment procurement installation commissioning and capital improvement projects.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions to resolve production equipment and maintenance-related issues.
• Collaborate closely with production and engineering teams to implement process improvements and support operational excellence initiatives.
• Ensure preventive predictive and corrective maintenance programs are effective and sustain equipment reliability.
• Develop and manage maintenance budgets while maintaining cost-effective operations.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on uptime quality productivity scrap reduction and cycle time improvements.
• Provide leadership coaching and technical guidance to engineering and maintenance teams.
• Manage manufacturing-related capital (CAPEX) and operating budgets including investment planning business case development cost control resource allocation and ROI tracking for equipment automation AI initiatives digital technologies and facility improvements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in mechanical electrical electronic or related Engineering discipline preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of manufacturing engineering and maintenance leadership experience in a heavy manufacturing environment including leading engineering and maintenance teams.
• Strong expertise in preventive predictive and corrective autonomous maintenance systems equipment reliability and operational efficiency improvement.
• Hands-on experience with PLCs controls programming motors hydraulics pneumatics and automated manufacturing equipment.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes production equipment plant layouts tooling and capital project management.
• Experience with steel forming roll forming power presses enameling cutting systems conveyors fixtures and tooling.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex equipment issues and perform root cause analysis to drive uptime quality and continuous improvement.
• Proficient in reading technical drawings blueprints schematics engineering documentation and utilizing computerized maintenance systems (CMMS).
• Strong project management organizational collaboration and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Drive labor productivity improvements through workforce planning process optimization performance management and continuous improvement initiatives to achieve operational and cost-efficiency targets.
• Lead the implementation and optimization of AI automation and digital manufacturing technologies to improve operational performance productivity quality and data-driven decision-making across manufacturing operations.

Where youll be:

This position will be based in Springfield TN.

Benefits highlights:

• Medical dental vision and life insurance.
• Competitive holiday and vacation time off program.
• Retirement Savings Plan (401(k)) with relevant company contribution
• Discounted products and an EAP upon hire and tuition reimbursement after 12 months of service.

Please be advised that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position at this time.

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Electrolux Group North America: Group Careers: part of Electrolux Group we will continuously invest in you and your development. There are no barriers to where your career could take you.

Electrolux Home Products Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation disability or veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability it is available upon request through The company is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

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