Sr. Engineering Manager

Join the Associated Materials Innovations team at Associated Materials, LLC, and be AMazing with us!

At Associated Materials Innovations, we combine our rich history in innovation with an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement of customer experience. For decades, we have provided vinyl windows, siding, and metal building products that have helped build homes and communities across North America.

As a leading manufacturer of exterior building products, you'll have the opportunity to contribute ideas in a welcoming and supportive work environment driven by safety and our core values. Join the AMI team where you can be AMazing as we shape our future together.

Position Summary

The Senior Engineering Manager serves as a key member of the plant leadership team, with end-to-end accountability for engineering, maintenance, and reliability performance. This role sets the strategic direction for plant engineering, ensuring alignment with business objectives and driving measurable improvements in safety, quality, cost, and operational efficiency.

This position leads a multi-functional team and is accountable for delivering results across safety, quality, cost, and asset performance. The Senior Engineering Manager partners across functions and with enterprise stakeholders to deploy best practices, advance automation, and digital initiatives, and ensure the plant is positioned for scalable, efficient growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Engineering and Maintenance teams to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve productivity, quality, capacity, and cost performance.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective action efforts for equipment and process issues.
• Oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime.
• Manage capital projects, including planning, budgeting, equipment installation, and commissioning.
• Identify and implement automation, technology, and process improvement opportunities.
• Establish departmental goals, KPIs, budgets, and staffing plans.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Safety, HR, and Corporate teams to achieve business objectives.
• Develop and mentor engineering and maintenance personnel while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Own plant-wide engineering, maintenance, and reliability strategy aligned to business objectives
• Lead a multi-functional team, developing leadership capability and succession pipelines
• Manage capital portfolio and engineering budgets, ensuring ROI-driven investment decisions
• Drive measurable improvements in OEE, cost, quality, and capacity
• Partner cross-functionally and with corporate teams to standardize best practices
• Identify and implement automation and digital manufacturing solutions to modernize operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Business Administration, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive engineering/manufacturing experience
• 3+ years in leadership roles (including leading leaders)
• Experience in manufacturing, building products, or similar industrial environments.
• Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent continuous improvement certification preferred.
• Experience with CMMS systems, reliability engineering, and asset management programs.
• Strong leadership, project management, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Proven success leading cross-functional teams, capital projects, and operational improvement initiatives.

About Us

 When you join AMI, you are part of a leading North American manufacturing business of vinyl windows, cladding, metal siding, trim and other essential exterior building products for residential, light commercial and multifamily projects. In 2022, we introduced our composite cladding system, a first-of-its-kind solution featuring exclusive (GP)2 technology. Headquartered in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, AMI is part of Associated Materials, LLC, which owns and operates multiple manufacturing facilities in North America including a distribution center.

 Associated Materials Innovations ... Building Products Better

 Associated Materials, LLC, provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance. We also make reasonable accommodations for disabled employees and applicants, as required by law.

 Additional Information

The actual wage offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay parity. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.