Manufacturing Engineer
Saige Partners•Mansfield, OH
•Onsite
About The Position
The Manufacturing Engineer works onsite at a high-tech manufacturing facility in Mansfield, Ohio, producing large industrial actuators. The role partners with production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and leadership teams to improve manufacturing processes using Lean principles, data, and structured problem-solving. The work focuses on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost, including investigating production challenges, designing practical equipment and tooling, and taking improvement projects from concept through implementation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
- Experience using functional and measurement tooling to meet gauging requirements.
- Strong problem-solving skills and initiative to work independently.
- Clear communication skills and ability to work with people across teams and levels.
- Persistence in moving improvement work forward, including when challenges arise.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Technology, or Mechanical Engineering Technology.
- Three or more years of manufacturing engineering experience.
- Familiarity with machining practices or programming.
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Power Platform including Power BI, Oracle, or other ERP systems.
Responsibilities
- Analyze performance data and metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
- Lead root cause analysis using methods such as 8D, A3, fishbone diagrams, and 5 Whys.
- Improve equipment effectiveness, labor productivity, first-pass yield, and throughput.
- Support cost-reduction efforts by improving productivity and eliminating waste.
- Design tooling, jigs, fixtures, functional gauges, and facility equipment in SolidWorks.
- Troubleshoot machining, tooling, and fixturing issues, identify causes, and implement corrective solutions.
- Learn facility capabilities to ensure designs meet production needs.
- Build and analyze Power BI dashboards.
- Partner across teams to deliver projects from initial concept through completion.
- Prepare capital requests for equipment or software, including cost justifications.
- Identify specifications and initiate purchases of materials and components needed for designs.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
