Job Responsibilities and Requirements
Position Summary
The MEG Supervisor will report to the MEG Manager and serve as a people and execution leader for assigned technical teams. This role will collaborate on departmental priorities and translate them into clear execution, balanced workloads, measurable progress, and strong cross-functional coordination. The successful candidate will also build strong partnerships across Manufacturing (MFG), Quality, and Engineering New Product Development (NPD) to deliver robust solutions with clarity, urgency, and discipline.
This supervisor will own technical execution, resource coordination, team development, and operational follow-through. This role (and associated technical teams) supports project delivery through Project Managers, influences broader direction through technical and operational insight, and helps integrate production, infrastructure, and engineering/technology needs.
Responsibilities:
- Technical Execution, Development, and Coordination
- Drive execution across assigned technical workstreams, including workload balancing, resource coordination, and follow-through.
- Maintain visibility to team capacity, competing priorities, risks, and technical constraints.
- Support project delivery by aligning engineering execution, technical resources, and cross-functional dependencies with project strategy and priorities established by Project Managers.
- Translate department priorities into actionable plans and measurable progress.
- Ensure accurate, on-time, robust, and complete solutions through strong execution discipline and technical standards.
- Maintain clear transition handoffs and equipment sustainability across engineering, build, testing, startup, reproduction, and production support.
- Develop functional leads and subject matter experts to strengthen technical depth, distributed ownership, mentoring, and coordination.
- Partner across MFG and NPD to improve capability, safety, quality, efficiency, and reliability.
Team Leadership and Continuous Improvement:
- Coach and develop technical team members within the Laitram Business Philosophy and Continuous Improvement program (LCI).
- Set team goals, KPIs, and individual expectations aligned with department priorities.
- Lead hiring, performance reviews, development planning, bench-strength building, and compensation decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement in execution efficiency, solution quality, coordination, lessons learned, and overall team effectiveness.
- Influence improvements in MEG technical standards, methods, and execution practices.
Strategy, Planning, and Communication:
- Partner with the MEG Manager in department-level planning by providing technical, operational, and execution insight to improve MEG, MFG, and Intralox.
- Help translate business priorities into team direction, execution plans, and measurable results.
- Influence broader direction through an understanding of stakeholder needs, technical realities, infrastructure constraints, and execution risks.
- Communicate clearly and concisely with leadership and stakeholders regarding progress, priorities, risks, and resource needs.
Requirements:
- B.S. in Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Previous experience in team leadership, project execution, or supervision within a technical or manufacturing environment.
- Ability to balance competing priorities across a multidisciplinary technical team.
- Strong communication and people skills across functions, skill sets, and organizational levels.
- Continuous Improvement mindset with strong technical and analytical abilities.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, production-connected environment, understanding stakeholder processes, opportunities, and critical success factors.
- Ability to travel 10–20% for Factory Acceptance Testing, equipment installations, partner or technology visits, and engagement with stakeholders and team members across campuses.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with supervisory functions such as hiring, performance management, employee reviews, people and process development planning, and compensation decisions.
- Experience with industrial equipment and automation solutions, including equipment startup, production support, reliability improvement, or cross-functional manufacturing initiatives.
- Experience coordinating the multiple workstreams in a MFG and project-based environment.
