Mechanical Engineering Manager - Columbia Falls

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Position:                     Mechanical Engineering Manager
Division:                     Innovative Solutions Group

Department:              Mechanical Engineering

Status:                        Full-Time

Overview: Nomad Global Communications Solutions is a leading provider of communication and response products serving a wide variety of customers. Our purpose is to be the solution when every minute matters. We seek a candidate that is self-inspired to learn and demonstrates a high degree of customer service while positively contributing to our team.   The Mechanical Engineering Manager is responsible for delivering the highest quality mechanical engineering solutions, aligned with scope, schedule, and technical requirements. 

Organizational Structure:  Engineering is organized into Teams and Disciplines within the Innovative Solutions Division. The Mechanical Engineering Manager serves as the technical authority for the Mechanical Engineering Team, supporting all Innovative Solutions Teams and ensuring cross-discipline technical integrity.

• Teams:
• Team 1 – Standards and Modularity: Builds and maintains engineering standards, modules, templates, and rules enabling repeatability and scale.
• Team 2 – Design: Executes project-level engineering using established standards and less complex custom configurations.
• Team 3 – Advanced: Develops novel systems and resolves first-of-kind engineering challenges.
• Team 4 – Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering: Ensures manufacturability, safety, engineering intent, efficiency, and continuous improvement throughout Production.

• Disciplines:
• Mechanical Engineering (this role leads)
• Electrical Engineering
• IT Engineering
• Human Factors Engineering
• Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Directly oversee and lead the Mechanical Engineering Team.
• Develop the Mechanical Engineering Team, aligning individual goals with company objectives.
• Hire and/or develop Mechanical Engineering Team members, including subject matter experts (SMEs) needed for current and future product lines.
• Deliver high-quality mechanical engineering solutions aligned with project scope and customer expectations.
• Propose and support new mechanical engineering ideas and help implement them.
• Serve as the technical authority for all mechanical engineering work across all Innovation Solutions teams.
• Be accountable for the technical design of all physical and structural systems within the connected mobile operation center, ensuring they are safe, ergonomic, durable, and maintainable.
• Ensure mechanical systems integrate clearly with Electrical, IT, Human Factors, and Software Engineering requirements.
• Possess final authority on all matters of mechanical engineering technical correctness, including standards compliance, engineering methods, interface definitions, safety logic, control behavior, and cross-discipline technical integrity.
• Require design changes when mechanical engineering standards or safety logic are not met.
• Provide appropriate mechanical engineering skillsets to each project to ensure successful execution.
• Support Team 1 in developing and maintaining mechanical design standards, modularity rules, templates, and libraries.
• Support Team 2 by ensuring new engineers are trained in mechanical standards and design methods.
• Support Team 3 by reviewing and contributing to first-of-kind engineering solutions, ensuring technical soundness.
• Support Team 4 by validating manufacturability, optimizing workflows, and ensuring designs are safe, repeatable, and production-ready.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance and Production to incorporate lessons learned into future product designs.
• Champion data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement throughout the Mechanical Engineering Team.
• Define and implement electronic systems and workflows that increase mechanical engineering efficiency.
• Communicate effectively across all departments to ensure the successful flow of mechanical engineering information.
• Model and reinforce Nomad Core Values in daily operations.

Additional Responsibilities for All Discipline Managers: 

• Manage and allocate engineering resources in support of each roadmap maintained by every Team Director.
  • Conduct quarterly reviews for each contributor, evaluating agreed tasks, ad hoc tasks, communication, quality, and mentoring.
  • Obtain accurate hourly completion estimates for each quarterly task on the Team Director’s roadmap.
  • Implement Clifton Strengths assessments and apply results to team development and resource planning.

Required Education and Experience:

• 5–10+ years of manufacturing engineering leadership experience.
• Experience managing individual contributors or prior Team Lead experience.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field. Degree must be ABET accredited.
• Experience in automotive or trailer manufacturing highly preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading complex manufacturing or engineering processes with evolving work content.
• Strong client-centric approach. Experience developing people and organizational capability.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. Professional written and verbal communication abilities.
• High emotional intelligence including empathy, accountability, and resilience.
• Self-starter comfortable navigating ambiguity and leading through change. Optimistic, solution-oriented mindset.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks, ERP systems, and standard business tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand and sit for extended periods.
• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Working Environment:

• Professional office environment with regular interaction with guests, clients, team members, and vendors.
• Typical indoor manufacturing environment. Noise level is usually moderate. Safety glasses and closed-toe shoes are required when on the production floor.
• Everyday workwear must be business casual/smart casual and appropriate for the office environment.
• Subject to temperatures fluctuations if/when job duties require time on the production floor.
• Expected to maintain a professional image and demeanor on company property and while representing the company off-site.

Nomad GCS is an equal opportunity employer,(EOE,) and voluntarily follows affirmative action guidelines.  As an equal opportunity employer, Nomad GCS does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable state and local laws.