Senior Engineer Lead (Manufacturing)

Location: MI - Zeeland, United States of America

Company

hirify.global designs furniture and workplace solutions with a focus on sustainability, equity, and human-centered design.

What you will do

• Develop and apply engineering theories, concepts, criteria, and solutions supporting business objectives.
• Lead a team of engineering technicians, coach team members, and establish goals and accountability.
• Analyze supply chain costs, value-stream capabilities, economic factors, and process concepts to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop and implement engineering and quality processes while improving products and manufacturing operations.
• Lead complex engineering assignments and cross-functional projects, coordinating schedules, costs, budgets, and expenses.
• Review designs and documentation for compliance with standards, conduct feasibility studies, and present results clearly.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited program.
• Seven to ten years of professional experience in lean manufacturing engineering required.
• Knowledge of lean principles and their application required.
• Knowledge of common office automation, application, and engineering-related software required.
• Leadership skills, including setting team goals, securing commitments, and holding team members accountable, required.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical project teams and assessing continuous improvement opportunities.
• Effective communication with Production, Engineering, management, and other team members, including the ability to build partnering relationships.
• Strong problem-solving skills, engineering judgment, prioritization, independent decision-making, adaptability, and business understanding.
• Ability to perform all essential job functions with or without accommodations.

Nice to have

• Wood manufacturing experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a focus on inclusive, equitable, and collaborative work.
• Equal opportunity employment for applicants across abilities, identities, backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and veteran status.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants and employees with disabilities.
• The position participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.
• Positions are generally closed within 45 days and remain open for applications for at least 5 days.