Engineering Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you’ll serve as a key member of the plant leadership team, driving technical excellence, capital execution, and long-term asset performance across the Memphis facility. This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on operational impact, overseeing engineering and asset care to ensure reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement. You’ll lead a team, influence plant strategy, and play a critical role in delivering safe, high-performing operations.

This scope is for temporary, supplier-provided contractual support with an anticipated assignment duration of approximately four to six months. The engagement is not a permanent position and does not create an employment relationship. The actual assignment duration may be shorter or longer depending on business requirements.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Lead and direct engineering and asset care strategies to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.

• Drive continuous technical improvement across facilities, equipment, utilities, wastewater systems, and production control systems.

• Oversee capital and construction projects from planning through execution, ensuring alignment to scope, budget, and timelines.

• Partner with Corporate Engineering, Operations, Quality, and external service providers to deliver project and operational success.

• Deploy and align global engineering strategies with plant performance goals and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Establish, track, and drive performance against key engineering and reliability KPIs.

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership, technical direction, coaching, and work coordination to designated engineering and asset care personnel. Formal employment decisions, including hiring, termination, compensation, disciplinary action, and performance ratings, will remain with authorized management.

• Lead asset care and reliability programs to improve equipment performance, reduce downtime, and extend asset life.

• Support and administer departmental budgets within delegated authority, including capital planning, expense forecasting, budget tracking, and financial justification of projects. Final expenditure approval will remain with an authorized representative.

• Support and drive Integrated Work Systems initiatives to strengthen operational performance and culture.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Technical, or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or High School Diploma/GED with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience

• Comprehensive managerial and technical experience in a manufacturing or plant environment.

• Proven experience leading capital projects, including planning, execution, and budget management.

• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing teams.

• Experience with project management, budgeting, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Knowledge of utilities operations, facility systems, and maintenance practices.

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

• Experience working in a union environment.

Preferred:

• Experience within the food manufacturing industry.

• Experience leading asset care and reliability excellence programs.

• Familiarity with continuous improvement frameworks such as KIWS or similar systems.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Combination of office and manufacturing plant floor environment.

• Regular interaction with production equipment, engineering systems, and cross-functional teams.

• Exposure to plant conditions including noise, temperature variations, and required PPE while on the floor.

• Fast-paced environment requiring strong decision-making, prioritization, and leadership.

WORK SCHEDULE

• Monday through Friday, with flexibility to support operational needs, including occasional work outside of traditional hours.

\nCompany Description

With almost four decades of experience as a proven industry leader, Acro continues to be consistently recognized among the Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in the United States. As an international professional services firm with deep expertise in consulting and staff augmentation offering a variety of solutions including MSP, VMS, RPO, HRO (and more), Acro operates across North America, Europe, and Asia from over 30 locations. Acro’s client portfolio includes some of the most well-known names in business and provides services across all verticals including technology, aerospace, energy, automotive, government, and manufacturing. To learn more, please visit

Company Description

With almost four decades of experience as a proven industry leader, Acro continues to be consistently recognized among the Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in the United States. As an international professional services firm with deep expertise in consulting and staff augmentation offering a variety of solutions including MSP, VMS, RPO, HRO (and more), Acro operates across North America, Europe, and Asia from over 30 locations. Acro’s client portfolio includes some of the most well-known names in business and provides services across all verticals including technology, aerospace, energy, automotive, government, and manufacturing. To learn more, please visit