Engineering Manager
Jackson
Engineering Manager
Full Time • Jackson
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Benefits:
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Company: Jackson Tumble Finish Corporation
Location: Jackson, MI
Employment Type: On-Site, Full-Time, Mon – Fri
About Us
Jackson Tumble Finish (JTF) is a trusted Midwest leader in high-quality metal finishing with over 70 years of industry experience. Operating from our expansive facility in Jackson, Michigan, we provide an impressive array of metal finishing, coating, and cleaning processes. As an ISO 9001:2015 certified company, we pride ourselves on precision, consistency, and a high standard of customer service. We proudly serve a diverse range of sectors, including automotive, heavy truck, aerospace, military, and agriculture.
Role Overview
The Engineering Manager is a critical leadership role responsible for maximizing asset reliability, optimizing mechanical uptime, and executing capital deployment strategies. This position bridges tactical plant floor maintenance and hands-on team leadership with long-term engineering strategy, ensuring production lines operate at peak efficiency while championing a culture of continuous improvement and safety.
Key Responsibilities
Maintenance Operations & Asset Reliability
- Team Leadership: Direct, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, and facility team members.
- Predictive Strategy: Shift from reactive firefighting to a proactive culture by owning preventive (PM) and predictive (PdM) maintenance schedules to drive down unplanned downtime.
- Root Cause Analysis: Lead Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to eliminate chronic equipment failures.
- Inventory & Vendor Management: Optimize spare parts inventory levels to balance working capital with equipment risk while managing key vendor and contractor relationships.
Capital Projects & Engineering Strategy
- Lifecycle Management: Oversee engineering and capital improvement projects ($CAPEX) from initial conceptual design and budgeting through to installation, testing, and start-up.
- System Upgrades: Design and implement automated system upgrades, equipment retrofits, and facility expansions to boost throughput.
- Energy & Utility Optimization: Evaluate and improve plant utility efficiencies, including compressed air, HVAC, water, and power distribution systems.
Financial & Digital Governance
- CMMS Ownership: Serve as the super-user for the Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to track work orders, labor efficiency, and asset history.
- Budget Accountability: Develop and manage the annual maintenance operational budget ($OPEX), ensuring tight cost controls on parts, labor, and external contractors.
- Data-Driven KPIs: Track, analyze, and report on critical operational metrics including OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), and MTTR (Mean Time to Repair).
Qualifications & Key Skills
Education & Background
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline (Equivalent hands-on plant leadership experience will be considered).
- 5+ years of progressive engineering and maintenance experience within a heavy industrial, manufacturing, or processing plant environment.
- 2+ years in a direct supervisory or managerial capacity over technical teams.
Technical & Core Competencies
- Industrial Machinery: Deep technical knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics, PLCs, robotics, and complex automated systems.
- Reliability Methodologies: Practical experience with Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and Lean Manufacturing principles.
- Software Proficiency: Advanced skills in CMMS platforms (e.g., Maximo, SAP, eMaint) and CAD software for reviewing engineering schematics.
- Regulatory Compliance: Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations, National Electrical Code (NEC), and local environmental/safety compliance standards.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive Salary: Highly competitive base pay commensurate with your engineering leadership background and technical expertise.
- Annual Performance-Based Bonus: A structured bonus program tied directly to key performance metrics, operational efficiency milestones, and company success.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Premium health, dental, and vision insurance packages.
- Time Off: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) package and paid holidays.
About Us
Meeting our Customer’s Needs
Jackson Tumble Finish was founded in an old feed storefront in l956 doing tumbling and hand deburring supporting one main customer. Over the course of time, the black oxide process was added. In the 1960’s the zinc phosphate process was introduced into the marketplace and added to our capabilities. Shortly after that, machine vibratory deburr was added. Expansions from the purchase of adjoining properties and the addition of new processes were developed based on the customer needs. The early 1990’s brought a new building and the development of a shot blast process.
Since 2000, the company has been changing its infrastructure from small, manual production lines to large, high volume producing lines to meet industry demands and a diverse array of industries. High quality processed parts with quick turnaround time service have become the company’s focus as well as becoming a solution orientated towards our customers’ needs.
Jackson Tumble Finish serves the following industries: automotive, heavy truck, agricultural, recreational, fastener, construction, appliance, marine, aerospace, and military. Our processes have been expanded now to encompass five forms of phosphate: fine, regular, heavy, calcium modified, and manganese phosphate; fine phosphate and lube, a full line of tumbling and vibratory deburr capabilities, black oxide, passivate-citric, brite dip, shot blast, and several forms of wash and cleaning. Cleaning processes have been expanded to now include not only stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, magnesium, copper, brass, and cast iron.
Today the company still resides at its original site. The current facility is now comprised of 4 buildings and includes an impressive array of metal finishing processes. Sixty-six+ years later, Jackson Tumble Finish remains steadfast and operates with a high standard of customer service and flexibility to meet its customer’s needs.
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