Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Description

Evans, an electronic components company, is a trusted partner in the military, aerospace, industrial, and commercial markets, with over a century of combined experience as a reliable problem-solver. Being part of the Evans Group portfolio has enabled Evans to continue developing cutting-edge capacitor technology alongside other world-class technology companies that represent the future of mission-critical electronics.

Evans, with sites in East Providence, RI, Sanford, ME, and Phoenix, AZ, manufactures high-energy-density capacitors for demanding, mission-critical applications. We have the most power-dense capacitor technology in the industry and are routinely specified for defense, aerospace, and energy exploration applications where high reliability and SWaP (space, weight, and power) savings are critical design considerations.

• •Lead, coach, and develop the Manufacturing Engineer team across two locations.
• •Build a cohesive, engaged, and accountable engineering organization aligned around common goals and business objectives.
• •Establish clear priorities, performance expectations, ownership, and accountability across the team.
• •Create an environment where team members understand their responsibilities, are empowered to make decisions, and are held accountable for results.
• •Develop and implement career development plans for direct reports and support the professional growth of the team.
• •Recruit, retain, and build strong engineering talent to support current business needs and future growth.
• •Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, urgency, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• •Ensure effective communication and alignment between engineering teams located in Rhode Island, and Maine.
• •Build strong partnerships with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Sales leaders to drive business performance.
• •Participate as a key member of the operational leadership team, contributing to strategic planning, prioritization, and execution across the organization.

• •Lead efforts to optimize and refine manufacturing processes with a focus on quality, reliability, efficiency, throughput, cost reduction, and waste reduction.
• •Identify, prioritize, and implement process improvements that improve yields, reduce defects, increase output, and support customer delivery.
• •Foster a culture of continuous improvement through the practical application of Lean, Six Sigma, root cause analysis, and other problem-solving methodologies.
• •Champion cross-functional initiatives that improve end-to-end operational performance, from order intake through customer delivery.
• •Use data and performance metrics to identify trends, solve problems, and drive sustainable improvements.
• •Work directly with operators, technicians, engineers, and manufacturing leaders to troubleshoot issues and implement practical solutions.
• •Balance short-term production needs with long-term process capability, capacity, and scalability.

• •Partner with the Quality team to ensure processes, materials, equipment, and products meet internal requirements, customer requirements, and applicable quality standards.
• •Support corrective action, preventive action, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities to prevent recurrence of quality issues.
• •Utilize data-driven approaches to enhance product quality, process stability, and reliability.
• •Establish, maintain, and drive effective use of FMEA processes to identify and reduce operational, product, and process risks.
• •Identify potential risks to process stability, product quality, equipment reliability, safety, and operational efficiency.
• •Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to reduce impact to business operations.
• •Support CMMC Level 2 readiness and assessment activities related to manufacturing engineering, equipment, systems, processes, documentation, and operational controls.
• •Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, environmental, export control, and company requirements.
• •Actively support business continuity planning and operational risk management across departments.

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