Reporting directly to the leadership team, this individual will oversee Mechanical, Electrical, and Controls Engineering while providing both strategic direction and hands-on technical leadership across a portfolio of highly customized engineered-to-order products.
Client Details
Our client is a well-established manufacturer of highly engineered thermal processing equipment used across advanced manufacturing industries worldwide. For more than 70 years, the organization has designed and built high-temperature vacuum and controlled-atmosphere furnace systems supporting critical applications in aerospace, defense, medical devices, advanced ceramics, additive manufacturing, energy, and materials science.
Description
- Develop and execute the engineering strategy in alignment with company growth objectives and long-term business goals.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Establish engineering priorities, key performance indicators, project execution standards, and team objectives.
- Oversee the design, development, and continuous improvement of complex thermal processing and industrial equipment systems.
- Drive initiatives focused on product standardization, design optimization, and implementation of new technologies.
- Provide technical leadership for complex customer-specific solutions and engineered-to-order projects.
- Partner closely with Manufacturing, Sales, Procurement, and Service teams to ensure successful project execution and product delivery.
- Resolve technical challenges related to product performance, quality, manufacturability, cost, and delivery.
- Ensure engineering documentation, design records, and technical standards meet quality and compliance requirements.
- Support the organization's commitment to innovation while balancing customer needs, operational efficiency, and business objectives.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
Profile
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Proven engineering leadership experience managing teams of four or more engineers.
- Background within industrial equipment, capital equipment, engineered-to-order products, or manufacturing environments.
- Strong understanding of mechanical design, electrical systems, controls, manufacturing processes, and product development.
- Experience leading multiple engineering programs and projects simultaneously.
- Familiarity with CAD systems, engineering documentation, configuration management, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Excellent communication, leadership, project management, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred
- Experience with vacuum furnace systems, thermal processing equipment, or related industrial technologies.
- Knowledge of vacuum systems, controls architecture, and data acquisition/reporting systems.
- Experience with thermodynamics, heat transfer, or fluid dynamics modeling.
- Advanced engineering degree.
Job Offer
- Salary of $145,000 to $175,000.
- Competitive Benefits Package.
Interested? Apply today.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.