Lead the Future of Manufacturing Engineering at Garlock Palmyra

Garlock Palmyra is creating a new leadership role to elevate our manufacturing engineering function across the entire campus - and we're looking for a visionary leader ready to shape what comes next.

If you thrive on aligning people, processes, and technology to drive meaningful operational impact, this is a rare opportunity to step into a role with campus-wide influence, strategic visibility, and the ability to directly shape how we engineer, innovate, and execute.

Why This Role Is Exciting

• Build something new. You'll define the unified vision, structure, and strategy for a newly aligned engineering function.
• Drive real change. From automation to lean initiatives to advanced manufacturing technologies, you'll lead the efforts that move our operations forward.
• Shape the team of tomorrow. Mentor, develop, and grow engineering talent across the campus with a focus on capability, collaboration, and succession.
• Be a strategic voice. You'll partner closely with Operations, Quality, R&D, Supply Chain, and Product Development - ensuring engineering is tightly connected to business priorities.
• Influence at every level. From shop floor optimization to executive-level communication, your leadership will directly impact productivity, quality, and innovation.

What You'll Lead

• Aligning and optimizing engineering resources across all facilities
• Establishing standardized processes, tools, and documentation
• Driving automation, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement
• Ensuring manufacturing readiness for new product development
• Representing Garlock's engineering capabilities with customers and industry partners
• Building a culture rooted in Safety, Excellence, and Respect

What Makes You a Strong Fit

• Proven leadership in manufacturing engineering
• Ability to align teams, streamline workflows, and drive cross-functional collaboration
• Strong business mindset with understanding of cost drivers and operational strategy
• Experience with advanced manufacturing processes, value engineering, and quality systems
• Excellent communication skills - able to connect with executives and shop floor teams alike
• Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and developing people

Who Should Apply

This role is ideal for internal candidates who:

• Are ready for a campus level leadership step
• Have a strong grasp of operations and engineering challenges
• Want to influence strategy, not just execution

Are energized by building systems, teams, and processes that scale

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Full Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:

The Sr. Manager - Manufacturing Engineering provides strategic leadership and oversight of the manufacturing engineering function across the entire campus. This role ensures alignment of engineering resources, processes, and priorities to maximize efficiency, streamline operations, and support organizational goals. The Manager will drive collaboration across departments, optimize resource allocation, and establish standardized practices to enhance productivity, quality, and innovation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Leadership & Alignment

• Functionally align manufacturing engineers across the campus to ensure consistent practices, resource sharing, and streamlined workflows.
• Develop and implement a unified vision for the manufacturing engineering function that supports operational excellence and organizational strategy.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and accountability.
• Responsible for setting the direction and producing the strategy for the manufacturing engineering group
• Responsible for building the capability of the team to support the campus needs in all conditions
• Create an innovative environment that inspires new ways of working

• Establish KPI's for the function
• Understand business objectives and strategy and effectively disseminate to rest of team
• Work to stay abreast of state of the art and how we can deploy technology to gain competitive advantage
• Focused on total business results and translating that into strategy and action
• Embrace and lead using our core values of Safety, Excellence, and Respect

Resource Optimization and Talent Development

• Assess and allocate engineering resources across the campus to balance workload, eliminate redundancies, and maximize efficiency.
• Establish standardized processes, tools, and documentation practices to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Lead efforts to identify and implement automation, lean manufacturing, and process improvement initiatives.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering talent, with a focus on succession planning, career path mapping, and cross-campus collaboration.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work effectively with and build relationships with function peers (ie. R&D, Quality, and Operations Managers, etc)
• Effectively interface and work with the maintenance team to ensure equipment is running at full capability and that repairs are completed efficiently and that up-time is optimized
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Product Development to ensure manufacturing engineering supports organizational priorities.
• Serve as the primary liaison between engineering teams and leadership, ensuring clear communication of goals, progress, and challenges.
• Represent Garlock in customer visits, trade events, and professional societies, showcasing the company's engineering capabilities.

Strategic Initiatives

• Drive campus-wide initiatives to improve manufacturing efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance product quality.
• Support new product development by ensuring manufacturing readiness and scalable production processes.
• Provide technical leadership in evaluating and implementing advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Understand cost drivers and high-level business metrics

Competencies:

• Strategic leadership and organizational alignment
• Business mindset
• High skill set in manufacturing engineering with knowledge of both rubber processing as well as PTFE processing
• Resource planning and optimization
• Cross-functional collaboration and communication
• Continuous improvement and lean manufacturing expertise
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and coaching skills
• Demonstrated capability to convey information clearly and appropriately to diverse audiences, including both business executives and shop floor staff.

Job Qualifications:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline; Graduate degree in Engineering, Business, or similar preferred
• 5+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience
• Proven success in aligning engineering functions and streamlining resources across complex organizations
• Experience with ISO 9000, QS 9000, APQP, or equivalent quality standards
• Proficiency in value engineering, FEA, and advanced manufacturing processes
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills

Working Conditions:

Office/Manufacturing environment with regular interaction across multiple facilities.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.