Engineering program manager Jobs in San Mateo, CA

Chemelex Job Opportunity

Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world's critical processes, places and people. With over 50 years of innovation and a commitment to excellence, we develop solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency in diverse environments from industrial plants and data centers to people's homes. We deliver future-ready technologies, advanced engineering capabilities and local expertise backed by global standards. Our offering includes a leading portfolio from our trusted brands: Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat and Pyrotenax.

Key Responsibilities

Maintenance & Reliability Leadership

• Own and drive plant-wide maintenance strategy, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs
• Establish and continuously improve PM systems, work order execution, and spare parts strategy
• Drive measurable improvements in:
• Equipment uptime
• Mean time between failure (MTBF)
• Mean time to repair (MTTR)
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement permanent corrective actions (PCA) for major downtime events
• Build a data-driven maintenance organization with strong KPI tracking and accountability

Facilities & Infrastructure

• Oversee all facility systems, including electrical, mechanical, and utilities infrastructure
• Lead capital planning and execution for facility upgrades and expansion
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards
• Develop long-term strategies for capacity scaling and plant modernization

Manufacturing Engineering Leadership

• Lead the Manufacturing Engineering team to support production stability and continuous improvement
• Drive process standardization, line balancing, and labor optimization
• Support new product introductions (NPI) and ensure seamless equipment commissioning and ramp
• Partner with Operations to improve:
• Throughput (UPH)
• Yield and scrap reduction
• Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

Controls & Automation Engineering

• Oversee Controls Engineering and automation systems across the plant
• Drive improvements in:
• PLC architecture and standardization
• Automation reliability
• Robotics performance (Fanuc, ABB, etc.)
• Lead integration of new automated systems and ensure robust handoff to production
• Establish best practices for troubleshooting, diagnostics, and system scalability

Process / Industrial Engineering

• Own process engineering and industrial engineering strategy
• Drive:
• Standard work development
• Time studies and labor modeling
• Capacity analysis and constraint identification
• Lead initiatives to improve:
• Cost per unit (CPU)
• Labor efficiency

Capital Projects & Equipment Launch

• Lead execution of new equipment installs, commissioning, and ramp-up
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure:
• Cycle time achievement
• Safety validation
• Production readiness
• Manage capital budgets and ensure ROI realization

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent hands-on experience in high-volume manufacturing, automation, and engineering leadership will be considered in lieu of a degree
• 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing engineering, maintenance, and automation within high-volume production environments
• Proven leadership experience managing:
• Maintenance
• Equipment/Manufacturing Engineering
• Controls Engineering
• Strong background in:
• PLC systems (Allen-Bradley preferred)
• Robotics
• Automated production systems
• Equipment commissioning and production ramp
• Preventive maintenance program development
• Downtime reduction and reliability improvement
• Experience with:
• Root cause analysis (RCA)
• Continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
• Strong working knowledge of:
• Electrical systems and diagnostics
• Mechanical systems and fabrication

Pay Transparency

Chemelex's pay scale is based on the expected range of compensation for this job and the employee's work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range: $126,000 - $234,000

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation.

At Chemelex:

We protect places of progress through electric excellence.

Pioneering plants, sprawling data centers, busy transport hubs, and your own home. These are the places that bring progress to the world, and the places that we protect with time-tested technologies, advanced engineering, and a suite of services. Because here, excellence is everything.

Our Dimensions of Excellence reflect the core values of Chemelex. Together, they inspire our decisions and guide our actions defining excellence in our work for colleagues, customers and communities.

• Experts with empathy
• Explorer mindset
• Example for others
• Exceptional impact

We are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.