Engineering Production & Automation Team Manager

About New England Wire Products

New England Wire Products is a family-owned manufacturer, building custom wire and metal products entirely in the USA for over 45 years. Everything happens under one roof, from design through delivery, and we are growing fast.

The opportunity

We are hiring an Engineering Production and Automation Team Manager to lead a team of 5 to 7 individual contributors who develop and improve manufacturing processes for custom metal solutions serving the retail and warehousing storage industries. You will manage team workload, track deliverables, and keep Operations and senior leadership informed of project progress.

Your team decides how our products can be made efficiently and consistently in our facility, from production process plans and tooling and jig fixtures to run-rate analysis and bottleneck fixes.

What you will own

• Team workload and development: prioritizing new products, process improvements, and production support, assigning work, tracking deliverables, and coaching team members
• Project visibility: monitoring status, risks, and deadlines, and giving Operations and upper management timely updates
• Process planning: evaluating products, choosing manufacturing methods, and developing production process plans covering key steps, equipment, and labor
• Tooling and jig fixtures: identifying needs and overseeing design and development with relevant teams
• Run rates and bottlenecks: analyzing process performance, then partnering with Operations to validate and implement improvements

Qualifications

Who we are looking for

• Experience in manufacturing, production engineering, industrial engineering, or a related field
• Experience coordinating projects or leading a team, ideally a team of individual contributors, and managing multiple priorities and deadlines
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and process planning, custom metal fabrication experience preferred
• Reads production data, analyzes run rates, and finds process constraints, with familiarity with tooling, jig fixtures, and manufacturing equipment
• Proficiency with relevant CAD, manufacturing, and production-analysis tools, and clear reporting to Operations and senior leadership

What you will gain

• Leadership of a production engineering team with a direct line to Operations and senior leadership
• Ownership of how products are made in our facility, from process plan to bottleneck fix
• A role in a family-owned American manufacturer that does everything in-house
• Salaried pay, with health and dental insurance and a retirement plan

New England Wire Products provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state law. Candidates who require an accommodation to perform the essential functions of a position are encouraged to contact Human Resources.

Employment with New England Wire Products is contingent on a successful background check, which we conduct after a conditional offer of employment and in line with applicable law. We participate in E-Verify and confirm the employment eligibility of all new employees.

New England Wire Products is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.