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Steffes · 1 day ago

Director of Manufacturing Engineering & Reliability

Shelby, North Carolina, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Steffes is a leading company in manufacturing engineering, seeking a Director of Manufacturing Engineering & Reliability to provide senior leadership for manufacturing engineering, facilities, and maintenance functions. The role focuses on defining and executing strategies for operational excellence, asset performance, and team development to support corporate growth objectives.

Manufacturing

Responsibilities

Define and execute enterprise OEE, reliability, and manufacturing automation strategies aligned with Steffes’ corporate growth objectives

Provide senior leadership for manufacturing engineering, facilities, and maintenance functions to ensure operational excellence and scalability

Lead reliability-centered, preventative, and predictive maintenance programs to maximize asset performance and uptime

Oversee equipment selection, lifecycle planning and capital investments, ensuring budget discipline and targeted ROI

Drive Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, capacity expansion, and successful new product introduction

Establish and monitor departmental performance through KPIs, dashboards, and data-driven decision making

Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory, safety, and industry standards (API, ISO, ASME, OSHA, UL, DOT, SHARP)

Lead technology advancement through automation, AI, data systems, and ERP-enabled manufacturing solutions

Build, develop, and retain high-performing teams while leading succession planning and modeling senior leadership behaviors

Serve as a senior cross-functional partner to operations, quality, supply chain, customers, and suppliers

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

OEE improvementReliability-centered maintenanceAutomation technologiesLean manufacturingCapital investment managementAsset lifecycle managementData-driven improvementsRegulatory complianceChange leadershipTeam leadershipCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred

10+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing engineering, reliability, or maintenance within an industrial manufacturing environment

Demonstrated expertise in OEE improvement, reliability-centered maintenance, and asset lifecycle management

Proven experience leading automation, advanced manufacturing technologies, and data-driven operational improvements

Strong knowledge of Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and change leadership

Experience managing capital investments, departmental budgets, and delivering ROI-driven projects

Working knowledge of applicable regulatory and industry standards (e.g., ISO, API, ASME, OSHA)

Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing technical teams in a complex, cross-functional organization

Represents Steffes in the community or through relevant professional networks to promote the company's goodwill and interest, as applicable

Ability to travel up to 15%, or as required

This position requires walking, sitting, or standing to a significant degree

Must have the ability to lift 50 pounds from floor to waist, carry 50 pounds, and push and/or pull up to 20 pounds

Must have the ability to climb ladders and/or stairs

Stooping, crouching, kneeling, and bending

Handling, feeling, and gripping would be required for some activities

This role may be subject to internal and external environmental conditions

Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota

Company

Steffes

Steffes is a lean-operating original equipment manufacturer headquartered in Dickinson, North Dakota with additional manufacturing facilities in Grand Forks, North Dakota and Shelby, North Carolina.

Founded in 1947

Dickinson, North Dakota, USA

501-1000 employees