Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Location: South Bend, Indiana

Work Schedule: On-site

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Honeywell Aerospace, you will lead a team of Manufacturing Engineers responsible for supporting daily manufacturing operations, improving production processes, and driving operational excellence across our South Bend manufacturing facility. You will play a critical leadership role in ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production while leading strategic initiatives focused on productivity, quality, cost reduction, and continuous improvement.

Reporting directly to the Sr. Director, Manufacturing Engineering, you will oversee a team of approximately 12 Manufacturing Engineers and serve as a key partner to Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Product Engineering leaders.

This position is based at South Bend site, a major aerospace manufacturing operation specializing in aircraft wheels, brakes, fuel controls, and related systems. The facility is recognized as a world leader in the production of steel and carbon brakes for commercial and military aircraft.

Lead a High-Performing Engineering Team

• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for a team of Manufacturing Engineers.
• Establish team priorities, allocate resources, and drive execution against operational and strategic objectives.
• Build organizational capability through mentoring, succession planning, performance management, and talent development.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Support Manufacturing Operations

• Provide engineering leadership and support for day-to-day production activities.
• Drive rapid resolution of manufacturing issues impacting safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Lead disposition and resolution of non-conforming material, production disruptions, and manufacturing challenges.
• Partner closely with production teams to maintain operational continuity and improve manufacturing performance.

Drive Continuous Improvement

• Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and operational excellence initiatives across manufacturing operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve throughput, reduce waste, increase capacity, and improve product quality.
• Utilize root cause analysis and corrective action methodologies to eliminate recurring issues.
• Develop and implement long-term manufacturing strategies that improve efficiency and competitiveness.

Manufacturing Process Ownership

• Develop, improve, and sustain manufacturing methods, process flows, tooling, and production standards.
• Lead industrialization, process optimization, and implementation of best practices across manufacturing operations.
• Ensure manufacturing processes are capable, repeatable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Support capital investment planning and implementation of new technologies where applicable.

Technical Documentation & Training

• Oversee the development and maintenance of manufacturing work instructions, process documentation, and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure manufacturing documentation is accurate, compliant, and effectively supports production requirements.
• Partner with Operations to train and develop production personnel on manufacturing processes and best practices.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Collaborate with Quality, Operations, Product Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Program Management teams to achieve business goals.
• Serve as a key technical leader during problem-solving activities and production readiness reviews.
• Drive alignment across stakeholders to ensure successful production execution and continuous improvement.

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure manufacturing activities comply with Honeywell and regulatory requirements.
• Support quality management systems and compliance with aerospace manufacturing standards.
• Ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet customer, regulatory, and organizational requirements.

YOU MUST HAVE

• At least 10 years of manufacturing engineering, operations engineering, industrial engineering, or related manufacturing experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading manufacturing process improvements within a production environment.
• Experience leading, supervising, or developing engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations, process development, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to solve complex manufacturing and operational challenges in a fast-paced environment.

WE VALUE

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing or aerospace manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Operational Excellence methodologies.
• Experience managing non-conforming material disposition and manufacturing quality issues.
• Experience developing manufacturing work instructions and production documentation.