Purple is a digitally-native vertical brand with a mission to help people feel and live better through innovative comfort solutions. To us, comfort means more than great products, it means empowering every employee to feel comfortable being themselves. We believe your career at Purple will be a one-of-a-kind “Career in Comfort” because our workforce is one-of-a-kind. We are committed to a culture of collaboration where every voice is heard and understood. As an innovation company at our core, we believe a diversity workforce brings better insights, solutions and products and serves as the backbone to bettering our company. Join with us as we add to our team of exceptional individuals who will help us take over the world — one mattress at a time.
Compensation
The compensation target range for this role is:
$119,000 - $140,000
Job Summary
The Engineering Manager will efficiently manage and support the day-to-day activities of the Plant Engineering team. The Engineering Manager will collaborate with all key stakeholders to ensure engineering efforts are in alignment with company goals and will partner with their peers to align and share and best practices. This position is responsible to develop, test, modify and sustain solutions that will improve our manufacturing equipment, processes, and quality of production.
Job Description
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
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Create and execute a development plan for the engineering team; keeping them engaged and growing through coaching, teaching, and technically challenging projects.
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Day to day management of the engineering team regarding tasks, projects, and issues, and removing roadblocks as appropriate.
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Collaborating with critical business functions including manufacturing, supply chain, and quality assurance, providing technical support to develop new processes, equipment, and manufacturing methods as part of the Purple leadership team.
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Budgeting responsibility both capital and human.
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Provide technical information and support to the various internal teams and customers.
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Assist troubleshooting items in the manufacturing process.
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Works closely with corporate engineering staff to promote and facilitate introduction of new or alternative approaches, methods, or equipment to produce our products more effectively.
Required Skills, Education, Experience:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, etc..) with 10 years’ experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
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Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience.
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A focus on safety is a must.
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Understanding of Lean and Six Sigma principles.
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Project Management capabilities are an asset.
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Mechanical aptitude with ability to read blueprints/schematics and understand manufacturing equipment.
Physical Requirements
Physical activities may occasionally include:
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Remaining in stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods of time.
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Adjusting or moving objects up to 15 pounds in all directions.
Physical activities may constantly include:
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Communicating with others to exchange information.
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Repetitive motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
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Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of work assigned.
Environmental Conditions may occasionally include:
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Noisy open office environment
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Noisy production facility
BENEFITS AND PERKS
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Medical, Dental, Vision
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401(k) Match
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Flexible PTO
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Earn a Mattress
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Purple Swag
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Amazing Purple Products
WHY WORK AT PURPLE?
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Make your mark: We value innovative thinking. At Purple, you will be empowered to bring your ideas to life as we work together to improve people’s lives through comfort.
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Gain unique experience: Be a part of one of the fastest growing companies in Utah! The contributions you make will matter at Purple as the company continues to grow with you.
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Awesome culture: Join the tight-knit team at Purple and you can enjoy working alongside industry experts, making close friends, and annual employee appreciation events.
Purple provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.
Top Skills
What We Do
Welcome to Purple — home of the one, the only, the Purple Grid™. Ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction with bed in a box mattresses by J.D. Power, including best in both support and comfort! We’re a one-of-a-kind innovation brand that is on a mission to meaningfully improve lives by helping Every Body get the comfort they deserve and the support they need. Our premium comfort innovation products start in the bedroom and extend beyond to provide optimal comfort everywhere you go. With a variety of mattresses, bedding, bases, seat cushions, dog beds, and more, Purple is quickly becoming the iconic color of true comfort, true innovation, and truly feeling great.
While most new mattress companies only focus on just a simpler mattress buying experience with the same foam mattresses, Purple is committed to simply making a better mattress (with the better buying experience, to boot!). The only mattress with the Purple Grid™, Purple is instantly soft where you want it and firm where you need it – all at once. It's the comfort you crave, the support your back needs. Plus, 1,500+ open airways help dissipate body heat rather than trapping it, so you don't sleep hot.
It all started in 1989 when two engineer brothers, Tony and Terry Pearce, set out with a mission to invent technology and create local jobs that meaningfully improve the lives of everyone involved. Over the last 30+ years, the Brothers Pearce have revolutionized the comfort industry by innovating various No Pressure® cushioning materials used in everything from wheelchairs and critical care hospital beds to sporting goods and high-end mattresses. Then, in September of 2015, they successfully launched The No-Compromise Purple® Mattress on Kickstarter, and it's been uphill from there — continually inventing, improving, and creating ways to make the world a more comfortable place.
