Manufacturing Engineer

H & T Kansas • De Soto, KS

14d • $85,000 - $105,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you bridge product design and production by developing, optimizing, and troubleshooting the processes, machinery, and systems that turn raw materials into finished goods. Your focus is maximizing efficiency and delivery, ensuring safety and quality, minimizing waste, and reducing costs. You define and sustain standard work and line balance, maintain a strong shop-floor presence, and use MES and basic statistics to monitor capability and correct losses that affect throughput, first-pass yield, scrap, and changeovers. You design and qualify tooling, fixtures, and ergonomic workstations, coordinate preventive maintenance and spares with Maintenance, and lead process design and validation for both existing products and new introductions. You drive structured problem solving, plan and communicate changes with minimal disruption, and maintain clear process documentation, process flows, and work instructions while enabling operator training and visual management. You also support pilot builds, and PPAP to ensure smooth ramp ups to stable volume production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years in production/process engineering with proven Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost results.
• Strong in PFMEA, control plans, process flows, standard work, and fixture/workstation design with GD&T.
• Proficient in CAD (SolidWorks/Inventor/AutoCAD), SPC and capability (Cp/Cpk), and basic statistics (Minitab/Excel).
• Comfortable using MES/ERP systems and shop-floor data (OEE, scrap, downtime).
• Knowledge of PPAP and Engineering Change Request processes.
• Demonstrated Lean/Six Sigma impact; hands-on problem solver able to run trials and basic DOE, communicate clearly, train operators, and align cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Industry experience and familiarity with IATF 16949, automation/robotics/vision, industrial data systems
• Green Belt certification

Responsibilities

• Process Optimization: Design and implement efficient workflows, assembly-line layouts, and production processes using Lean and Six Sigma methods to remove waste, compress cycle time, standardize best practices, and improve flow and take adherence.
• Tooling, and Fixtures: Engineer, qualify, and sustain fixtures, gauges, and workstations that improve repeatability and ease of use, reduce variation and rework, and enhance operator safety and productivity.
• Process Documentation and Validation: Create and maintain PFMEA, process flows, work instructions, and validation protocols, ensuring clear training materials and consistent, compliant execution as products and methods evolve.
• New Product Introduction: Support Design for Manufacturing, capacity planning, pilot builds, and approval packages PPAP, coordinating trials and ramp up plans so new products transition smoothly from prototype to stable volume production.
• Quality and Root Cause Analysis: Lead or support root-cause and corrective actions on yield and defect issues, align containment and verification with Quality, and drive durable fixes that prevent recurrence.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and EHS to plan changes, schedule trials, communicate risks, and execute safely and compliantly with minimal disruption to output.
• Project Coordination and Communication: Ensure clear communication throughout project execution, coordinating information flow among teams and vendors, facilitating smooth project delivery.
• Industry Trends and Technology Enhancements: Stay up to date with industry advancements, suggest architectural and technological improvements, enhancing system capabilities and maintaining a competitive edge.
• Visual Management and Lean Sustainment: Implement visual controls, standard work, layered process audits, and 5S to sustain improvements and ensure that deviations are quickly detected and addressed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level