Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Country: USA

State: Michigan

City: Grand Rapids

Office Location: 4100 68th Street - - - - -

Date posted: 20-Feb-2026

Business Function: Engineering

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Are you energized by leading technical teams and shaping the future of manufacturing processes? Do you thrive in an environment where you can guide engineers, elevate quality systems, and influence plant-wide performance? If you're someone who enjoys solving complex operational challenges while empowering people to do their best work, this role is designed for you.

Helping You Thrive By:

• Offering competitive wages and benefits, that support your life both in and out of work
• Creating continuous learning opportunities to help you grow and upskill.
• Fostering a culture of inclusion where employees feel seen, heard and valued - and living it out every day.
• Empowering you to make a meaningful impact on people and the planet through your work and Steelcase's ongoing commitment.

You'll Support Meaningful Work By:

• Providing people-focused technical direction and business guidance to the Operations Manufacturing Engineering team to improve overall customer experience.
• Cultivating processes and guiding the team to ensure quality production, including developing and improving the plant's quality systems.
• Developing and maintaining a high-performing engineering team that supports the manufacturing plant through daily operational monitoring.
• Leading production process improvements, resolving manufacturing problems, and investigating future-focused transformational production changes.
• Ensuring adherence to and compliance with established company quality policies and practices.
• Managing investigations and root cause identification for quality issues and achieving immediate and permanent corrective actions.
• Interpreting, executing, and recommending policy and procedure changes to consistently enhance the customer experience and overall product quality.
• Continually seeking innovative methods for improving team performance and the plant's quality and profitability.
• Serving as consultant to other management and is considered the Operations Manufacturing engineering resource for plant management cross functional team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in Engineering or equivalent education; preferred degrees in mechanical, industrial, or process/operations engineering.
• 7-10+ years of engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years of management experience.
• Extensive experience in Quality or related fields, including product or manufacturing engineering.
• solving skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering technology applicable to a manufacturing environment.
• depth understanding of manufacturing processes and production concepts.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years engineering management experience.
• ASQ certifications.
• Expertise in lean line design, flow, and throughput improvements.
• Ability to motivate and effectively lead technical engineering personnel.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively across all levels of management.
• pressure situations.
• Experience with continuous improvement and lean manufacturing tools.
• Demonstrated project management and leadership ability
• Advanced level of computer skills including CAD exposure
• Directs Operations Manufacturing engineering activities and assignments for both run and change the business support
• Ensures an active cost reduction program is properly staffed and supported to achieve set fiscal targets
• Ability to champion continuous improvement and experience with lean manufacturing tools
• Strong knowledge and understanding of quality sciences and quality systems
• Able to design and implement quality control procedures for critical processes
• Knowledgeable about product and process costing and calculation of cost savings

Doing better for people and planet

Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.

Why People Choose to Work with Us

At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.

The starting annual base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $145,000. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Steelcase considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

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