Process & Mechanical Engineering Team Lead (Industrial Automation)

Location: Rochester, NY, with on-site work at offices in Rochester and/or Rush, NY; willingness to travel to client sites and suppliers is required, typically 25%.

Salary: $106,563–$159,845 per year, plus potential annual incentive and/or long-term incentives.

Company

hirify.global Optimation delivers custom-engineered process equipment, automated systems, process control, and turnkey industrial solutions for chemical, energy, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, glass, and advanced manufacturing clients.

What you will do

• Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight for the process and mechanical engineering team.
• Allocate workload, optimize resource utilization, and manage departmental capacity against project demands.
• Provide hands-on engineering support, technical guidance, and design review leadership for process and mechanical builds.
• Lead estimating, scope definition, resource planning, and risk mitigation for engineering work.
• Collaborate with project managers, design and engineering leads, and other functional groups to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement of design tools, standards, workflows, and team performance.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of experience in chemical, process, and/or mechanical engineering, preferably in an engineering services or industrial environment.
• Strong understanding of engineering workflows, workload balancing, labor-hour planning, project estimating, and departmental capacity management.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, and team management skills.
• Strong design skills using AutoCAD 2D/3D; SolidWorks experience is preferred.
• Experience gathering, documenting, and communicating technical project requirements and estimating engineering design project costs.
• Ability to work on-site at offices in Rochester, NY and/or Rush, NY, with travel to client sites and suppliers typically 25%.

Nice to have

• Experience leading and mentoring technical teams, interviewing, onboarding, and delivering performance evaluations.
• Experience designing industrial equipment and/or automation solutions.
• Experience with ISO 9001 or a similar quality system.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, forward-thinking environment focused on innovative industrial automation and manufacturing systems.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits and paid time off.
• Employee ownership with shared financial rewards.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.