Lego
Sr. Manager, Technology and Process Engineering
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Richmond, VA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $138K - $207K
💻 Project Management
🗓️ September 19th, 2025
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The LEGO Group is hiring a Sr. Manager, Technology and Process Engineering. This role involves leading automation and process engineering initiatives for packing processes, managing technology platforms, and building a skilled engineering team while collaborating closely with R&D and global departments to drive innovation and production readiness.
Highlights
- Lead site process engineering, including collaboration with R&D on validation and continuous improvement.
- Manage automation technology platforms, including PLC structure and standards.
- Plan, implement, and validate new processes and products for production readiness.
- Build and lead a dedicated engineering team supporting automation and technology integration.
- Network with global engineering teams to introduce new technologies and share best practices.
- Provide technical support for process maintenance and improvements.
- Experience required in manufacturing and process engineering, PLC automation, and Lean techniques.
- Leadership experience in engineering management and production support.
- Salary range from $137,856 to $206,784, with comprehensive benefits and relocation assistance.
- Preferred experience includes new facility start-ups and packing industry knowledge.
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- Location
- Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Job ID
- 0000027954
- Category
- Engineering & Science
Job Description
Are you ready to lead the transformation of automation solutions and cultivate a high-performing engineering team dedicated to excellence in production processes?
Join us as a Sr. Manager, Technology and Process Engineering, where you will orchestrate the revolution of packing processes, drive innovative automation, and ensure the seamless readiness of innovative products for production!
Join us as a Sr. Manager, Technology and Process Engineering, where you will orchestrate the revolution of packing processes, drive innovative automation, and ensure the seamless readiness of innovative products for production!
Core Responsibilities
- Lead Site Process Engineering: Collaborate with R&D for establishment, qualification, validation, and continuous improvement while fostering team development.
- Own Automation Technology Platforms: Manage PLC structure and standards; facilitate the hand-off from Manufacturing Design to Implementation, integrating new functions and ideas while advancing automation processes.
- Strategically Plan and Implement: Plan, implement, and follow up on the validation of new processes and products.
- Build and Hire a Dedicated Team: Implement process and technology engineering tasks effectively, ensuring the right experts support automation and technology integration.
- Network with Global Engineering Departments: Introduce new technologies and share best practices across sites.
Play Your Part in Our Team's Success
The New Product Introduction and Engineering department acts as a crucial bridge between development and Packing Production, ensuring the successful introduction and sustainability of new technologies, products, and processes. We set the pace and standards for product and technology introductions, collaborating closely with Production departments to optimize manufacturing efficiency.
- Lead and Empower: Drive innovation and excellence in site ownership of Packing Processes and associated technologies, overseeing automation, establishing process standards, leading acceptance activities, and developing continuous improvements.
- Final Step Before Production: Deliver processes and products that operate at the expected rate and capability. Together, we build high-performing teams that learn from one another and achieve collective success.
- Technical Support: Provide regular technical support for process maintenance and ongoing improvements to ensure sustained operational excellence.
- Technical Expert: Act as the technical expert in industrialization.
Do You Have What It Takes?
- Experience in Manufacturing and Process Engineering: Including HMI interface and mechanical skills (spatial understanding, coordinate systems, physics).
- Proficiency in PLC Automation Structure and Management: With skills in change management and process optimization.
- Familiarity with Lean Techniques: A strong foundation in manufacturing technology.
- Proven Leadership Abilities: In engineering management and production support, with a focus on building and leading strong teams.
- Exceptional Communication Skills: Essential for collaboration with stakeholders.
- Experience with New Facility Start-ups: Preferred for global standardization of technology.
- Previous Experience in the Packing Industry: Desirable but not required.
Relocation will be provided for this position.
Compensation
The salary for this position has a range of $137,856.00 - $206,784.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.
The salary for this position has a range of $137,856.00 - $206,784.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
What’s in it for you?
Here are some of what to expect:
Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
Wellbeing – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based
Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.
We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.
The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.
The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.
We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”
The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.
The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.
Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.
We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.
Online Application Accessibility Statement; which is intended for people with disabilities - LEGO systems endeavors to make www.LEGO.com/jobs accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our web site or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the HR Service Desk at 1.860-763-7777, option #3. Please note, these communication channels should be used for those having difficulty accessing our on-line channels, not to inquire about job opportunities.
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