Manufacturing Engineer Manager

Build Your Best Future with Johnson Controls

At Johnson Controls, we're shaping the future of smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings. As a Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you will play a critical leadership role in driving manufacturing excellence, operational performance, and continuous improvement across our production operations. This is an opportunity to lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization while influencing automation, process optimization, facility improvements, and manufacturing strategy in a fast-paced environment.

Why Join Us?

• Lead a high-impact manufacturing engineering organization supporting complex production operations.
• Drive automation, process improvement, and capital investment initiatives that directly influence business performance.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Continuous Improvement teams.
• Shape manufacturing readiness for new products, facility expansions, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Develop and mentor engineering, maintenance, and production support talent.
• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and career growth opportunities within a global industry leader.

Position Summary

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the Manufacturing Engineering function, including Manufacturing Engineers, Production Coordinators, Maintenance, Programming, and technical support resources. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across manufacturing processes, production equipment, facility reliability, automation, controls, assembly line development, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The successful candidate will ensure manufacturing systems support safety, quality, productivity, cost, and capacity objectives while driving collaboration across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Planning, Maintenance, and Continuous Improvement teams.

What You'll Impact

In this role, you will drive initiatives that improve manufacturing performance, increase operational efficiency, and support future business growth. Your leadership will influence production readiness, equipment reliability, process standardization, employee development, and continuous improvement across the facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Manufacturing Engineers, Production Coordinators, Maintenance personnel, and other technical team members.
• Drive manufacturing readiness activities for new product introductions, facility expansions, and major operational initiatives.
• Oversee assembly line design, manufacturing workflows, plant layouts, line balancing, capacity planning, and process optimization efforts.
• Champion a strong safety culture through active participation in safety programs, risk assessments, and corrective action initiatives.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Project teams to ensure seamless product launches and manufacturing execution.
• Establish and improve manufacturing processes that enhance safety, quality, productivity, and operational performance.
• Provide leadership for maintenance and equipment reliability programs, including preventive maintenance strategies and uptime improvement initiatives.
• Oversee Engineering Change Request (ECR) implementation and manufacturing process changes.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective action activities to drive sustainable quality improvements.
• Partner with Continuous Improvement teams to identify and implement productivity, efficiency, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Lead capital equipment planning, justification, budgeting, procurement, installation, and startup activities.
• Monitor manufacturing performance metrics, recommend resource allocation, and drive actions to achieve operational goals.
• Ensure projects are executed in accordance with customer requirements, engineering specifications, and company standards.
• Manage departmental budgets, staffing plans, and resource requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.
• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing engineers, technical professionals, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience leading manufacturing process improvement, production support, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Demonstrated success managing capital equipment projects from concept through implementation and production launch.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems, equipment reliability, preventive maintenance programs, and facility operations.
• Experience utilizing Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Root Cause Analysis, and operational excellence methodologies.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing performance metrics, including OEE, productivity, quality, throughput, and equipment uptime.
• Excellent project management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across all organizational levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading automation, controls, or advanced manufacturing initiatives.
• Experience supporting new product introductions (NPI) and manufacturing scale-up activities.
• Six Sigma certification or formal Continuous Improvement training.
• Experience managing large-scale facility, equipment, or manufacturing expansion projects.
• Knowledge of engineering standards, regulatory codes, and manufacturing compliance requirements.
• Experience working in highly engineered, configurable, or project-based manufacturing environments.

Working Environment

• Combination of office and manufacturing floor environments.
• Frequent interaction with production equipment, manufacturing processes, and operational teams.
• Ability to work safely in a manufacturing environment and adhere to all company safety policies and procedures.
• Regular use of computers and standard office equipment.
• Occasional travel may be required based on business needs.

​SALARY RANGE: $117,000 - 170,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance.  This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us

Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here.