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Director of Engineering

AMETEK · Kent, OH

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Level
Director+
Team
Manufacturing
Travel
25%
Degree
Required (or equivalent experience)
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
16 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A director-level manufacturing role at AMETEK (industrial) in Kent, OH.

They ask for
3+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
Day to day
about 25% travel

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Manufacturing Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $80k–$105k.

Median of the low and high ends of 13 live postings that list pay, out of 76 manufacturing engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 75 other live manufacturing postings in Ohio.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $80k–$105k, from 13 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 47%
  • Lean 47%
  • Tooling 39%
  • Six Sigma 36%
  • Root cause 32%
  • New product launch 32%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 3+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

At a glance

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How to get in at this plant

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  1. 1

    Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at AMETEK

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  2. 2

    Send a short, curious note

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  3. 3

    Turn a reply into a short call

    Questions worth asking about this team:

    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
    • How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
    • The posting says about 25% travel. Between which sites?
    • How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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  5. 5

    Bring proof to the interview

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Full description from AMETEKAs posted on their careers site.Show

What you will do

  • ◆Manage and lead new product development and product engineering functions for the Bison portfolio of motors, blowers, pumps, and gearmotors
  • ◆Work at multiple levels of detail – from project-specific technical details, to high-level long-term planning. This role combines leadership

responsibilities

with hands-on involvement in day-to-day operations.

  • ◆Be a key part of our stage-gate process for development programs, working closely with Application Engineering, Sales, Product Management, and Operations
  • ◆Manage and lead VAVE efforts for your respective areas
  • ◆Drive development programs, including managing scope, risk, schedule, and budget. Project management skills are key
  • ◆Lead R&D efforts, in conjunction with Product Management, to ensure we’re saying current with trends and innovation in select areas and technologies
  • ◆Prepare budgets and other financial reporting and tracking, in accordance with AMETEK expectations
  • ◆Lead and work with teams that are both on-site at the same location, and also remote and global, including vendors, customers, and engineers that are in different time zones
  • ◆Manage support for qualification and approvals for part re-sourcing, new components, and other production issues
  • ◆Provide and ensure technical support for our manufacturing sites, to ensure on-time delivery and to meet quality expectations
  • ◆Use your technical experience and knowledge to guide and make decisions and plans for individual development projects and for product lines
  • ◆Support or lead meetings, training, or report-outs to customers, peers, or to corporate management. Ability to communicate well with all roles and levels is key.
  • ◆Analyze and interpret data to make decisions
  • ◆Lead and foster a sense of urgency and ownership within your team to drive a high-level of performance
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Join our team as the Director of Engineering , where you’ll lead the charge in developing cutting-edge motors, blowers, pumps, and gearmotors for the Bison product line. This is a high-impact role that blends technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic vision to drive product innovation and support our global manufacturing operations.

This role can be based in either our Kent, OH, Whitsett, NC or Aurora, IL site.

We are looking for

  • •Bachelor's degree in related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master’s degree is a plus.
  • •Minimum 3 years in a leadership/supervisory role
  • •Minimum 3 years working for a manufacturer
  • •Minimum 5 years working in a related field; experience with similar products a plus
  • •Demonstrated success in a manufacturing environment
  • •Strong organizational, collaboration, and communication skills required
  • •Demonstrated success in talent development
  • •Demonstrated success in project management
  • •Ability to travel 25% of the time domestically and internationally

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