Director, Manufacturing Engineering
Overhead Door · Lewisville, TX
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Travel
- 50%
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 17 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level manufacturing role at Overhead Door (industrial) in Lewisville, TX.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, Root cause, Robotics, Automation
- Day to day
- about 50% travel
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $85k–$132k.
Median of the low and high ends of 44 live postings that list pay, out of 237 manufacturing engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 236 other live manufacturing postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $85k–$132k, from 44 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 45%
- ✓ Root cause 43%
- ✓ Automation 35%
- ✓ Lean 35%
- New product launch 33%
- SPC 27%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for TPM, Capacity planning, EHS / safety, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Overhead Door
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- 3
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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 50% travel. Between which sites?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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This plant: Overhead Door in Lewisville
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- Director, Operations National Accounts · Production · Director+
- Director, Lean & Enterprise Transformation · Lean / CI · Director+
Full description from Overhead DoorAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Reports to: Senior Vice President, Operations, and Transformation
Scope: 8 U.S. Manufacturing Facilities
The Director of Manufacturing Engineering provides enterprise leadership for manufacturing process excellence, automation, and asset reliability across Overhead Door Corporation’s U.S. manufacturing footprint. This role is responsible for developing and executing a unified manufacturing engineering and maintenance strategy that enables world-class productivity, equipment uptime, and technological advancement. The leader will integrate engineering, maintenance, and facilities functions under a single vision — driving automation, digitalization, and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) within the OHD Lean Operating System. This position blends strategic system design with hands-on execution, ensuring that process capability, reliability, and cost effectiveness improve year over year across all sites.
Manufacturing Engineering Leadership
- •Lead the enterprise Manufacturing Engineering strategy to improve process capability, throughput, and cost efficiency.
- •Define and deploy standard manufacturing methods, best practices, and process documentation across all plants.
- •Partner with Operations and Product Engineering to ensure manufacturability and scalability of new products.
- •Oversee major capital investments, layout optimization, and capacity planning initiatives.
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Automation, Digitalization & Smart Factory
- •Develop and implement the corporate automation roadmap to drive productivity, consistency, and labor efficiency.
- •Lead digital transformation through implementation of smart manufacturing systems, MES, and IoT technologies.
- •Integrate equipment monitoring, predictive analytics, and real-time performance dashboards.
- •Evaluate and deploy robotics, vision systems, and advanced automation to improve safety and reduce waste.
Maintenance & Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- •Own enterprise maintenance and reliability strategy, driving TPM deployment and asset lifecycle management.
- •Establish preventive and predictive maintenance programs focused on reducing unplanned downtime and maintenance cost.
- •Standardize maintenance planning, CMMS utilization, and spare parts management across plants.
- •Drive MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) and MTTR (Mean Time to Repair) improvements year-over-year.
Facilities & Capital Planning
- •Oversee facilities management, including infrastructure maintenance, utilities, and energy optimization.
- •Ensure all facility projects meet regulatory, environmental, and safety standards.
- •Lead annual capital planning process and long-term asset renewal strategy.
- •Drive energy efficiency and sustainability improvements in partnership with EHS & Sustainability leadership.
Technical Capability & Continuous Improvement
- •Build an enterprise-level technical capability roadmap for engineers, technicians, and maintenance professionals.
- •Lead advanced problem-solving using Six Sigma, root cause analysis, and reliability-centered maintenance techniques.
- •Integrate engineering and maintenance metrics into site performance dashboards and executive reviews.
- •Partner with Lean and Quality to ensure process discipline and adherence to standard work.
Leadership Expectations
- •Operates as a strategic transformation leader driving technology and reliability improvements across all sites.
- •Fosters a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement among engineering and maintenance teams.
- •Balances strategic capital planning with hands-on operational problem solving.
- •Influences through data, collaboration, and disciplined execution — not escalation.
- •Serves as the corporate champion for automation, TPM, and digital manufacturing innovation.
- •Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering (master’s preferred).
- •10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, maintenance, or operations leadership.
- •Demonstrated success implementing automation and TPM in multi-site manufacturing environments.
- •Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical teams through large-scale transformation initiatives.
- •Deep knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, reliability engineering, and digital factory technologies (MES, IoT, robotics).
- •Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills.
- •Experience in building products, industrial equipment, or discrete manufacturing preferred.
- •Willingness to travel up to 50% across U.S. manufacturing sites.
- •Position Impact
- •This role is foundational in shaping the future of manufacturing for Overhead Door Corporation — combining engineering excellence, automation, and reliability into a single cohesive system. Success will be measured by improved equipment performance, reduced downtime, capital efficiency, and the advancement of digital manufacturing maturity across all plants.