Senior Engineering Manager
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CONTRACT MANUFACTURER LLC
Madill, OK, US
Summary
Lead the CM/CTO engineering team in day-to-day operations, including new product development, custom quoting, and product upgrades. Drive modular architecture and process standardization across the digital thread to ensure efficient, repeatable engineering outcomes.
Job Description
Job Details: Level: Management, Job Location: CMTB Madill - Madill, OK, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Senior Engineering Manager — CM Truck (Configure-to-Order)
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our CM Truck configure-to-order (CTO) engineering team. This role owns day-to-day leadership across new product development (NPD), value-analysis/value-engineering (VAVE), product upgrades, custom orders, and quoting for our truck bed and service body product lines.
This is a highly visible leadership role central to our engineering reorganization — you'll help operationalize a company-wide 2027 operating model built around standardization, digitization, and a fully connected digital thread (CPQ → PLM → ERP → CAD).
What You'll Do
Team Leadership & Continuity
Lead the CM/CTO engineering team day-to-day, directly developing two team leads: one focused on custom orders & quoting, one on NPD & product upgrades
Build a resilient team with documented processes, cross-trained backups, and no single points of failure
Own coaching, assignments, and performance management; recommend promotions and role definitions
Custom Orders & Quoting
Drive custom-order throughput and quote turnaround for CM opportunities
Ensure quoting expertise is documented, repeatable, and not dependent on any one person
Provide accurate, competitive cost-estimating and quoting inputs
NPD, Product Upgrades & VAVE
Own delivery of NPD programs and product upgrades across truck-bed product lines
Embed value-analysis/value-engineering (VAVE) as an ongoing capability — part-count reduction, cost-down, reuse-first design
Drive modular architecture and promote recurring solutions into the standard catalog
Technical Leadership
Serve as the technical lead for CM product decisions within enterprise standards
Chair design reviews covering safety, regulatory compliance, DFM/DFA, and sourced-design
Maintain engineering-change (ECN) discipline and product validation rigor
Process & Systems
Implement CM processes on the company's shared digital-thread architecture
Establish PLM as the CM source of truth
Maintain part-numbering, BOM structure, revision control, and configurator rules
Financial & Cross-Functional
Own CM engineering cost performance and spend within an approved budget envelope
Recommend headcount, tooling, and contractor needs
Partner with Operations, Commercial/Sales, and IT to align CM with enterprise standards
Translate Voice-of-Customer input into CM design requirements
Qualifications: What You Bring
Required
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
Engineering leadership/supervisory experience in configure-to-order and/or NPD manufacturing environments — truck equipment, upfitting, or comparable vocational products strongly preferred
Demonstrated experience leading NPD programs, VAVE initiatives, product upgrades, and custom quoting from concept through production
Strong grounding in DFM/DFA, design reviews, BOM/part-numbering, and ECN/change management
Working knowledge of digital-thread systems (CPQ, PLM, ERP, CAD) and modular/standardization strategy
Preferred
Familiarity with applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., FMVSS) and multi-stage manufacturing
Experience building teams and processes that eliminate single points of failure
Strong systems-thinking with the ability to balance standardization with CTO configurability and NPD speed
What Success Looks Like in Year One
CM custom orders, quoting, NPD, and upgrade processes are documented with proven backups — no single points of failure
Both direct-report leads are operating effectively with documented methods and cross-trained backups
A CM coverage map is in place and maintained
PLM is established as the CM source of truth
NPD stage-gates are delivered on plan, quote turnaround is protected, and measurable progress is made on modular reuse and VAVE
CM Truck Beds is America's leader in flat deck truck body manufacturing. Located in Kingston, OK, CM Truck Beds now manufactures product in three manufacturing facilities in 180,000 sq ft. of manufacturing space. Currently employing over 250 employees, CM has grown from a small flat bed manufacturing company to the largest, preferred supplier of many fleet, commercial, and municipal users across North America. Our network of over 300 distributors across the United States and Canada allow us to distribute the industry's most feature rich product.
We currently manufacture steel and aluminum flat beds and skirted towing bodies. We also distribute one of the most feature rich service bodies in North America, home of the best warranty in the industry. With over a dozen models to choose from, when customers are searching for a safer alternative to many flat beds on the market, CM Truck Beds has the best solution-anywhere. CM Truck Beds sells on the premise that The Difference is Clear-building products that are more feature rich, safer, and are standard with more of the features that the working customer looks for in a flat deck truck body.
Owned by Bain Capitol in Boston, MA, CM Truck Beds is a member of the ATW portfolio of companies, amassing a $1 billion portfolio of manufacturing across the United States and Canada. As in all Bain Companies, CM Truck Beds strives to be a valued business partner in the industry.
Founded
1990
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Kingston, OK
CM Truck Beds is America's leader in flat deck truck body manufacturing. Located in Kingston, OK, CM Truck Beds now manufactures product in three manufacturing facilities in 180,000 sq ft. of manufacturing space. Currently employing over 250 employees, CM has grown from a small flat bed manufacturing company to the largest, preferred supplier of many fleet, commercial, and municipal users across North America. Our network of over 300 distributors across the United States and Canada allow us to distribute the industry's most feature rich product.
We currently manufacture steel and aluminum flat beds and skirted towing bodies. We also distribute one of the most feature rich service bodies in North America, home of the best warranty in the industry. With over a dozen models to choose from, when customers are searching for a safer alternative to many flat beds on the market, CM Truck Beds has the best solution-anywhere. CM Truck Beds sells on the premise that The Difference is Clear-building products that are more feature rich, safer, and are standard with more of the features that the working customer looks for in a flat deck truck body.
Owned by Bain Capitol in Boston, MA, CM Truck Beds is a member of the ATW portfolio of companies, amassing a $1 billion portfolio of manufacturing across the United States and Canada. As in all Bain Companies, CM Truck Beds strives to be a valued business partner in the industry.
Founded
1990
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Kingston, OK
