Tyler Union- Restraint Product Engineering Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Tyler Union is seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Product Engineering Manager to join the team. The ideal candidate will oversee product innovation, ensures compliance with industry standards, and partners closely with Operations, Quality, Sales, and Supply Chain to support growth, customer satisfaction, and manufacturing excellence. The Restraint Product Engineering Manager is a key driving force in the development and implementation of a proactive culture that aligns with The McWane Way Safety Principal, Value, and Behaviors.

This is a salaried exempt position, with an excellent benefits package with health, life, dental, and vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, vacation, holiday pay and 401(k).

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All candidates offered employment must submit to a drug screen, physical, and background check.

Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities ( Other duties may be assigned.)

• Product Leadership & Strategy
  • Lead the product engineering team supporting TruGrip product and related components across the full product lifecycle.
  • Define engineering priorities based on market needs, customer feedback, competitive intelligence, and operational capability.
  • Drive product improvements related to performance, manufacturability, cost, and quality.
  • Manage engineering roadmaps to support long-term business strategy and new product development.
• Design, Development & Technical Oversight
  • Oversee product tooling, modeling, simulation, and drafting using CAD/FEA tools
  • Ensure all product configurations meet applicable regulatory and industry standards.
  • Approve engineering drawings, specifications, mills of materials, and technical documentation.
  • Lead root-cause analysis and engineering countermeasures for product issues, field failures, or customer complaints.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with Manufacturing and Foundry Engineering to ensure designs align with casting, machining, and assembly capabilities.
  • Support Sales and Customer Service with technical expertise, product training, and customer-facing engineering solutions.
  • Work with Quality to develop testing protocols, inspection standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborate with Supply Chain and Procurement on raw materials, tooling, and vendor capabilities.
• Testing, Compliance & Quality Assurance
  • Manage product validation tests, performance testing, and third-party certifications.
  • Ensure products maintain compliance with all current industry standards and agency requirements.
  • Lead design reviews, process validations, and product audits.
• Team Leadership
  • Coach, develop, and mentor engineers, designers, and technical staff.
• Project & Budget Management
  • Oversee engineering project schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
  • Manage departmental budget, capital requests, tooling investments, and project resources.
  • Ensure timely execution of product releases, engineering changes, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of product engineering experience in a manufacturing environment (metals, castings, machined components, or similar).
• Strong knowledge of waterworks fittings, restraints, or related infrastructure products.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams or managing complex engineering projects.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD modeling (SolidWorks, Inventor, or similar).
• Understanding of foundry processes, machining, assembly, coatings, and testing methods.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Master’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Management, preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, preferred.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.