Senior Mechanical Engineering and Configuration Manager
- Location
- Farmington, CT
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security
At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.
Additionally, Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup’s With Distinction honor — a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures. Stanley Access Technologies, a division of Allegion, is recognized as an industry leader in the manufacturing, installation, and servicing of automatic doors. Our growing product and service offerings have driven significant growth for our service business. Join our world class team of diligent problem solvers, innovators, fresh thinkers, and communicators who excite and inspire others.
Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager and Configuration Manager - Farmington, CT
The Senior Mechanical Engineering and Configuration Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for mechanical engineering and configuration management supporting access control and automatic door systems. The role sets technical and portfolio priorities, develops engineering and configuration capability, and is accountable for delivering safe, reliable, manufacturable, and cost-effective products throughout their lifecycle. The Senior Manager leads New Product Development (NPD), Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE), quality and reliability improvements, configuration-data integrity, and engineering-tool strategy while building an engaged, inclusive, high-performing organization.
Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position.
What You Will Do:
- Leadership & Resource Alignment: Set direction and priorities for the mechanical engineering and configuration teams; coach staff engineers, managers and senior technical talent, build succession and capability plans, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture (including Gallup, DE&I, and 5S). Lead data-driven workforce and capacity planning, resolve competing resource demands, and align people and budgets with enterprise and product-portfolio priorities.
- NPD, VAVE & Accelerated Velocity: Provide senior-level oversight of New Product Development, legacy product updates (e.g., Dura-Storm), and VAVE programs. Establish portfolio priorities, review readiness and key risks at Phase & Gate milestones and design reviews (MEDR/IDR), and drive measurable improvements in quality, cost, delivery, and time-to-market. Sponsor disciplined execution and remove organizational barriers.
- Configuration Management, Engineering Change and Other Enterprise Processes: Establish governance and accountability for engineering change (ECN/MCN/CIB), configuration management and other enterprise processes in collaboration with operations, quality, finance and other disciplines. Lead resolution of systemic legacy product-data issues; set standards and audit 3D models, drawings, and Part-Centric structures to maintain accurate, controlled alignment across Windchill, ERP, and cutsheets. Drive corrective actions and sustainable process improvements.
- Radical End-to-End Accountability: Own escalation and resolution of significant product, field, manufacturing, and installation issues across the product lifecycle. Sponsor and lead cross-functional Tiger Teams for high-impact Problem Reports (PRs), customer escalations, and complex projects (including large-scale Transit projects); ensure root causes, containment, corrective actions, and lessons learned are addressed and communicated.
- Tools, Data & Innovation: Define priorities and governance for enterprise engineering tools (Allegion Atlas/Windchill, ERP) and lead adoption of Part-Centric practices. Develop the roadmap for engineering data and workflow improvements; evaluate and scale appropriate innovation, including FEA, 3D printing, and AI (AlleGPT), while ensuring solutions deliver measurable business value and responsible use.
- Supply Chain & Cost Optimization: Partner with Global Supply Management (GSM), operations, quality, and commercial teams to set and deliver supplier, productivity, and cost-reduction priorities. Lead strategic supplier onboarding and evaluation of PPAP documentation; ensure designs are optimized for manufacturability, installation, service, and lifecycle cost, including aluminum extrusions, castings, and finishing processes.
What You Need to Succeed:
- Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field; Master’s degree preferred. 15+ years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years of direct management. Demonstrated success setting direction, developing talent, and delivering measurable engineering and business outcomes.
- Technical & Configuration Proficiency: High proficiency in 3D CAD software (Creo preferred) and PLM/ERP systems (Windchill/Microsoft Dynamics D365), with a strong understanding of engineering change processes (ECN/MCN), ERP configurators, and BOM management.
- Product & Manufacturing Knowledge: Extensive experience leading New Product Development (NPD) and Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE), with practical knowledge of manufacturing processes (aluminum extrusions, castings, finishing). Experience with electro-mechanical systems is a plus; demonstrated ability to connect technical decisions to quality, cost, manufacturability, and customer outcomes.
- Problem Solving & Cross-Functional Leadership: Excellent structured problem-solving skills (5-Why, 8D, Root-Cause Analysis), with a record of leading cross-functional teams through complex, high-impact issues. Takes end-to-end ownership, influences across departmental boundaries, and ensures corrective actions are sustained.
- Strategic Execution & Resource Management: Demonstrated ability to set engineering priorities, perform workforce and capacity planning, develop and evaluate business cases, and align engineering and configuration resources to maximize performance, efficiency, and ROI. Expected 25% travel between Farmington CT and Mt Comfort IN locations.
- Communication & Culture: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, communicate risk and trade-offs, foster an inclusive workplace, develop team engagement, and create appropriate urgency across the organization.
Why Work for Us? Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:
- You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.
- You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
- You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!
- You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the second year in a row, recognizing our commitment to employee engagement, strengths-based development, and unlocking human potential.
What You’ll Get from Us:
- Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, which currently offers a 6% company match and no vesting period
- Health Savings Accounts – Tax-advantaged savings account used for healthcare expenses
- Flexible Spending Accounts – Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses
- Disability Insurance –Short-Term and Long-Term coverage, paid for by Allegion, provides income replacement for illness or injury
- Life Insurance – Term life coverage with the option to purchase supplemental coverage
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Voluntary Wellness Program – Simply complete wellness activities and earn up to $2,000 in rewards
- Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
- Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself”
- Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths assessment & coaching
Compensation: This range is provided by Allegion. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience.
- The expected Base Salary Range: $130,000.00-$170,000.00+. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.
- Bonus Eligible: Yes
Apply Today! Join our team of experts today and help us make tomorrow’s world a safer place!
Not sure if your experience perfectly aligns with the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification and every single preferred qualification of a job posting. At Allegion, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role.
We Celebrate Who We Are! Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team .
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