Engineering Manager

About Alto-Shaam

Whether you're just beginning your career or have years of experience—you've come to the right place! Working at Alto-Shaam means you’re a part of a passionate team working together towards one goal.

Since 1955, Alto-Shaam has pioneered industry-leading commercial foodservice equipment that anticipates and responds to our customers' needs. Our solutions help foodservice businesses like Sendik’s Food Market and Saz’s Hospitality Group enhance their menus while providing a greater return on their investment.

Our world-class products are made in a world-class facility. Alto-Shaam’s headquarters and manufacturing space is dynamic, clean and safe for all.

As a family company, we also take care of our people by providing market-leading benefits:

• Earn an annual bonus on your gross income, which has averaged 15% over the past five years
• Low to NO COST premiums for full coverage healthcare with wellness participation
• 11 paid holidays and generous earned PTO
• Advancement opportunities to grow through our career ladders program
• Tuition assistance to pursue a degree or certification
• Fitness reimbursement for gym memberships, classes, or training sessions
• Biannual performance reviews with yearly merit increases
• Annual free lunch with the company president to celebrate your work anniversary

Job Description

The ideal candidate for an Engineering Manager would be able to do the following:

• Ensure that direct reports clearly understand work objectives and use the talent, tools, and processes required to enable successful satisfaction of customer schedule and design quality expectations.
• Provide clear reporting on program and process status to management and non-management stakeholders.
• Instill a customer service culture of continuous improvement aligned to strengthening practical execution of Alto-Shaam Values.
• Relentlessly promote corporate strategic vision through excellence in tactical execution of Lean Product development and Design for Six Sigma frameworks.
• Collaborate with internal customers and engineering support functions to establish work priority and develop project schedules.
• Assign resources, clearly communicate schedule and quality expectations, and provide resource usage and program status reporting.
• Assist direct reports in conducting project risk assessments and ensure execution of contingency and mitigation plans, removing barriers to successful completion of employee work tasks.
• Resolve employee and program conflicts through creative means to assure employee support and accountability to timely and quality project execution.
• Provide periodic updates on metrics key to area of responsibility.
• Guide and develop direct reports through the use of performance reviews and development plans.

Qualifications

For a candidate to be successful as an Engineering Manager they must have:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required.
• Minimum of 2 years employee management experience in a product development engineering environment (new product development and product line maintenance engineering).
• Excellent documentation skills and oral communication skills directed to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficient in coaching/mentoring engineering analytical methods (DOE,QFD/CPM, DFMEA, robust design, mathematical modeling, reliability analysis,…) consistent with a DFSS framework.
• Possess leadership skills to be able to identify bottlenecks in the development workflow and creatively implement corrective actions
• High personal work ethic, attention to detail, strong sense of urgency, and ability to positively motivate direct employees as well as other supporting resources
• Ethical leader who executes with energy, quality, and commitment to the customer and Alto-Shaam values
• Experience in the food service equipment manufacturing industry preferred.

Additional Information

We are looking for team-members that exemplify and live our High FIVE values:

• Highest Quality: Are you detailed-oriented and ensure the accuracy of your work?
• Win together as a Family: Do you exceed expectations by being attentive and going above and beyond?
• Unleash the Innovative Spirit: Are you passionate about finding solutions to streamline and enhance the way you and your peers work?
• Be a Helpful Voice: Are you a positive person who wants to make an impact on others?
• Every Individual Makes an Impact: Are you a go-getter who takes initiative and pride in your work?

If you share our values, we want you to be a part of our Alto-Shaam family!