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They will oversee actions that are critical for the day-to-day operation of the facility. Who are we?\nFounded in 1849, Ducommun is the oldest company in California. Starting as a hardware supply store during the California Gold Rush and eventually assisted in the birth of the aerospace industry in Southern California by providing aircraft aluminum to early aerospace pioneers like Lindbergh, Douglas and Lockheed. Today Ducommun is a global provider of innovative manufacturing solutions for customers in the aerospace, defense and industrial markets.\nWe specialize in electronic and structural systems, producing complex products and components for commercial aircraft platforms, mission-critical military and space programs, and sophisticated industrial applications. Our Facility in Coxsackie, NY manufactures large, complex contoured structural components and assemblies for aerospace and other applications. Our integrated processes include stretch-forming, thermal-forming, chemical processing, precision fabrication, machining, finishing processes, and integration of components into subassemblies.\nDuties Responsibilities Leads, supervises, and directs the Engineering department which includes tool design, manufacturing engineering, project engineering, and document control. Acts as a key member of the management team. Manages Capex implementations and major facility improvements.\nDirects the product development group where issues are identified, detailed, improved upon, or corrected early in the product development process. Leads manufacturing lean processes in product flow, tooling, and standard work procedures as required. Provides leadership by working with product marketing and providing input for manufacturability, direct, and non-recurrent costs for the Bid and Proposal process.\nLeads project management. Assists operations in meeting financial goals per operating plan. Communicates with customers during technical information exchange.\nProvides implementation of process-dependent manufacturing techniques. Plans, schedules, and tracks product development cycles and acquires needed resources as appropriate. Develops and writes product engineering specifications that meet the vision set forth by the product and marketing documents.\nEnsures customer requirements are met during the product development process to assure product key features are tested, certified, and ready to ship. Works closely with internal and external developers to prioritize necessary software development change requests and product features to lead for a successful product deliverable. Ensures the Engineering department uses structured gate review processes during product development and is training on tools such as 8D, PFMEA, DMEA, and lean design concepts.\nEstablishes drafting standards and standard design components to lead configuration, design, and drafting management. Develops and matures an Engineering culture and infrastructure within the performance center. Makes recommendations on policies and procedures to maximize department operating performance.\nParticipates in the annual strategic planning and budgeting process. Supports Manufacturing and other departments as needed. Upholds, improves, and participates in audits, such as ISO 14001 and other audits as required.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3476,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Aerospace Manufacturing","Defense Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T00:09:38Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":60,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.602,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":40,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ducommun-engineering-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ducommun-engineering-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T09:15:16Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13865,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2648928},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2648928"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fducommun-engineering-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fducommun-engineering-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fducommun-engineering-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ducommun-engineering-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fducommun-engineering-manager"}]}