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$ 100,000 Manufacturing Efficiency Engineer ManagerDaleville, VA | Munters Corporation
Lead Manufacturing Excellence. Build Smarter. Deliver Better.Munters is a global leader in climate solutions for mission-critical applications. We design and manufacture innovative systems that help customers control humidity, temperature, and energy use while improving efficiency and sustainability.
We’re looking for a Manufacturing Efficiency Engineer Manager to lead our Manufacturing Engineering team in developing, validating, and continuously improving production systems. This role will help ensure our people, materials, processes, equipment, tooling, and test systems are ready to safely meet customer demand while improving productivity, quality, capacity, and cost.
You’ll work closely with Operations, Design Engineering, R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, Safety, Maintenance, Test, and Finance to build efficient and scalable manufacturing systems.
What You’ll Do- Lead and develop the Manufacturing Engineering team and manufacturing system owners.
- Establish and improve production processes, layouts, standard work, staffing, capacity, tooling, and material flow.
- Protect production takt and schedule performance by identifying constraints, validating cycle times, balancing labor, and developing capacity plans.
- Lead production readiness activities for new products and manufacturing changes, ensuring materials, tooling, equipment, staffing, standard work, and testing are ready before production.
- Partner with Design Engineering and R&D on Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, Testing, and Serviceability (DFM/DFA).
- Drive Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives using tools such as 5S, line balancing, SMED, Kanban, JIT, DMAIC, visual management, root-cause analysis, and error-proofing.
- Identify and eliminate waste, bottlenecks, rework, downtime, and process variation.
- Develop and evaluate capital and automation projects using labor savings, capacity, quality, risk reduction, ROI, and payback analysis.
- Turn production challenges into sustainable process improvements and permanent corrective actions.
- Develop and track manufacturing KPIs, including takt attainment, labor hours per unit, capacity, first-pass yield, rework, downtime, lead time, WIP, cost savings, and productivity.
- Support and drive standardization across manufacturing processes while ensuring changes are properly evaluated, validated, and implemented.
- Champion a culture of safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Operations, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, operations, or continuous improvement.
- 3+ years of experience leading technical teams or manufacturing engineering functions.
- Strong experience with Lean Manufacturing, line design, productivity, capacity planning, and process optimization.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects and influence teams across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and other functions.
- Strong analytical and financial skills, including the ability to evaluate labor, capacity, cost, ROI, and capital investments.
- Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
- Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or similar certification.
- Experience in engineered products, HVAC, refrigeration, or industrial manufacturing.
- Experience with automation and capital equipment projects.
- New Product Introduction (NPI) experience.
- Electrical manufacturing experience.
- Experience leading manufacturing improvements across multiple sites or global operations.
At Munters, you’ll have the opportunity to lead manufacturing improvements supporting innovative climate-control technology used in mission-critical industries around the world.
We offer:
- Competitive salary
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible work schedule
- Generous vacation and paid time off
- 401(k) with employer matching
- Professional development opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement and conference opportunities
- Company-sponsored social events and team-building activities
If you’re a manufacturing engineering leader who enjoys building efficient production systems, developing teams, solving complex operational challenges, and driving measurable improvements, we’d love to hear from you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, Operations, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, operations, or continuous improvement
- 3+ years leading technical teams
- Demonstrated Lean capability
- Demonstrated line design capability
- Demonstrated productivity improvement capability
- Demonstrated capacity planning capability
- Demonstrated financial analysis capability
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership capability
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Engineered product or HVAC and refrigeration experience
- Automation experience
- Capital project experience
- New Product Introduction experience
- Electrical manufacturing experience
- Global manufacturing experience
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is portrayed as comprehensive in the U.S., contributing meaningfully to overall compensation value. Mentions of full medical, dental, and vision plans are paired with a generally favorable view of the total package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company match and defined vesting, reinforcing longer-term value for employees. This is positioned as a consistent element of the core package in the U.S.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Around three weeks of vacation to start is frequently noted for U.S. roles, aligning with competitive mid‑market packages. Time off is often highlighted as a positive component of total rewards.
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What We Do
Munters is a global leader in energy-efficient air treatment and climate solutions. Using innovative technologies, we create the perfect climate for customers in a wide range of industries. We have been defining the future of air treatment since 1955. Today, 3,940 employees carry out manufacturing and sales in more than 30 countries. Munters Group AB reported annual net sales of SEK 10.4 billion in 2022 and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
