Engineering Manager

Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing defense autonomy at sea, dedicated to developing state-of-the-art solutions that enhance maritime operations for the Department of Defense (DoD) through autonomous and intelligent platforms.

Job Summary

• As an Engineering Manager at Saronic-Franklin, you will oversee all operations within the engineering department, supporting production by ensuring high-quality task execution, efficient workflows, and a safe working environment. It is the responsibility of the Engineering Manager to drive continuous improvement, ensure compliance with safety and quality standards, and collaborate with other departments to meet organizational goals.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Team Leadership: Manage, train, and motivate a team of production and manufacturing engineering personnel, including hiring, performance evaluations, and professional development.
• Engineering Oversight: Plan and coordinate production and manufacturing engineering activities to meet production schedules, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products.
• Quality Control: Monitor quality assurance processes in conjunction with the QA/QC team to maintain standards for engineering products and manufacturing equipment, ensuring compliance with industry specifications.
• Safety Compliance: Work with the EHS team to enforce workplace safety protocols, ensuring adherence to Saronic EHS guidelines and company policies to maintain a safe work environment.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and optimize resource utilization.
• Reporting: Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as engineering output, down for repair (DFR) time, quality metrics, and labor efficiency to ensure performance meets organizational goals.

Technical Knowledge

• Understand how to properly motivate direct reports to meet goals and provide direct reports with the resources to meet their goals
• Can communicate effectively to company leadership on needed resources and KPIs
• Can organize a cross-functional team
• Analyze and make key decisions relative to changes in operations, staffing, equipment, resources, and procedures
• Maintain proper administrative records
• Read, interpret, and follow blueprints and sketches to understand the specifications of a project
• Strong technical aptitude and attention to detail

Job Proficiency

• Ensure direct reports are accomplishing their tasks, roles, and responsibilities as outlined in applicable job descriptions
• Provides independent judgement to leadership on direct report performance, including recommendations to transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or other similar actions using established policies, procedures, and practices
• Resolve production and quality problems
• Provide periodic reports on decisions, issues, actions and status updates for the purpose of compliance and continuous quality improvement
• Manages overall resource utilization to meet or exceed efficiency goals and recommends or directs necessary personnel, maintenance or engineering changes to help achieve those goals
• Collaborate with product design team, project management team, and build engineering team to ensure product design is in line with scaled production goals
• This includes participating in conflict resolution re: design vs production issues
• Facilitating as-built updates to drawings
• Deriving, tracking, and implementing lessons learned in design-for-production
• Facilitating design-for-production improvements

Culture and Collaboration

• Follow all shipyard safety policies, including proper use of PPE, fire prevention, and confined space protocols.
• Assist in the training and development of production engineers, manufacturing engineers, and other managers
• Collaborate and communicate with other departments to ensure seamless production line integration, especially production
• Work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced ship production environment
• Maintain a clean and safe work area
• Maintain a positive attitude toward customers and represent Saronic professionally
• Make a personal commitment and be accountable for HSE results, driving toward the achievement of defined goals
• Maintain a supportive and productive work atmosphere through professional conduct and effective communication with internal and external customers, including vendors, coworkers, subordinates, and other supervisors

Benefits

• Medical Insurance: Comprehensive health insurance plans covering a range of services
• Dental and Vision Insurance: Coverage for routine dental check-ups, orthodontics, and vision careSaronic pays 100% of the premium for employees and 80% for dependents
• Time Off: Generous PTO and Holidays
• Parental Leave: Paid maternity and paternity leave to support new parents
• Competitive Salary: Industry-standard salaries with opportunities for performance-based bonuses
• Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan
• Stock Options: Equity options to give employees a stake in the company’s success
• Life and Disability Insurance: Basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Additional Perks: Free lunch benefit and unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office

Saronic does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.