Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Overview

Vertiv is looking for a Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager to oversee fabrication, assembly, and manufacturing strategy for Infrastructure Solutions operations worldwide. This role involves defining scalable manufacturing processes, system standards, and equipment platforms, with a focus on Engineer-to-Order (ETO) and New Product Development Introduction (NPDI) environments. The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to establish safe, efficient, and repeatable manufacturing capabilities across multiple global sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and standardize global manufacturing processes covering fabrication, welding, assembly, and testing operations.
• Develop assembly process architectures, production line designs, and design for manufacturing/assembly (DFM/DFA) guidelines aligned with strategic business goals.
• Create standardized operating models for fabrication, sub-assembly, final assembly, and testing workflows.
• Promote process uniformity, manufacturability, scalability, and operational efficiency across all global manufacturing locations.
• Define and implement global strategies for equipment, tooling, and automation in support of fabrication and assembly operations.
• Oversee equipment specification, supplier evaluation, factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, and governance for deployment.
• Support capital investment planning via ROI-focused and risk-based business case preparation.
• Assess and integrate advanced manufacturing technologies, including automation and robotics, where suitable.
• Drive the global standardization of the Industrial Engineering (IE) framework for IS manufacturing operations.
• Develop consistent approaches for production routings, labor standards, work content analysis, takt time assumptions, and line balancing techniques.
• Implement best practices for ergonomic workstation design, material flow optimization, and efficient factory space utilization.
• Create executable capacity models accommodating ETO variability, complex product mixes, and production changeovers.
• Support optimization of manufacturing footprints and scaling operational capabilities.
• Lead manufacturing readiness efforts for new product development and introduction programs.
• Collaborate with Engineering to advance modularity, platform strategies, and product standardization initiatives.
• Ensure global deployment success of new manufacturing processes, equipment, and operational standards through structured change management.
• Facilitate process validation, pilot production runs, and ramp-up activities at manufacturing sites.
• Act as a strategic manufacturing partner to Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance teams, providing escalation support for manufacturing challenges.
• Drive alignment and continuous improvement across manufacturing KPIs including safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams in a globally matrixed organizational environment.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience in advanced manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing strategy, or industrialization.
• Proven expertise in fabrication, welding, and assembly within ETO, high-mix, or low-volume manufacturing settings.
• Strong knowledge of industrial engineering techniques including line balancing, labor modeling, and capacity planning.
• Demonstrated ability to translate manufacturing strategies into practical, plant-level solutions.
• Experience leading global initiatives for manufacturing process improvements and equipment deployment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in electrical infrastructure, power systems, thermal management, or heavy industrial manufacturing.
• Familiarity with automation, robotics, digital manufacturing, and advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma certification or related continuous improvement proficiency.
• Background working within global matrixed manufacturing organizations.

Educational Background

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering, or a closely related technical field is required.

Travel Requirements

This position requires the ability to travel internationally 10–30% of the time to support manufacturing deployments, site readiness, equipment commissioning, and operational support.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity organization, promoting fairness in hiring, compensation, training, and work conditions without discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, nationality, veteran status, political views, or disability.