Manufacturing Engineer

LEGO • Richmond, VA

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

At LEGO Manufacturing Virginia, we are building more than products — we are building capabilities, improving processes, and shaping the future of our operations. We are looking for a Production Engineer to join our Prepack area , a critical part of our manufacturing value stream where performance, quality, and continuous improvement come together. Creation, improvement and change of procedures, followed to a success deployment. Support during the installation of new equipment and engineering changes. Daily support in production lines. Search for opportunity areas to improve equipment and processes. Contact with suppliers, quotations and purchases. Improvement projects following the guidelines in LEGO Project Management. Continuous improvement projects following the guidelines in LEGO Continuous Improvement (LCI). Comply with IMS requirements. Maintenance and updating of information (Combi, SAP BW, reports, etc). Interaction and support production systems. Support to other areas with respect to implementations of projects where production could be affected. LCI Tools implementation and maintenance. This role will have exposure to work with different areas in the Virgina site and other sites, seeing topics that vary from day-to-day operation in Prepack, to brand protection and novelty confidentiality with several departments. Prepack is where individual LEGO bricks become a complete and trusted part of a LEGO set. Through advanced automation and precise verification, the team transforms molded parts into accurately counted and sealed inner bags that meet the highest standards of safety. quality, and performance—creating the foundation for every LEGO experience built around the world.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineer or related field preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in engineering in a manufacturing facility.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing.
• Advanced proficiency in structured problem-solving methodologies (PDCA, RCA, 5 Why, FMEA, etc), applied across safety, quality, and performance domains.
• Experience leading cross-functional improvement initiatives, kaizens, or task forces with a sense of proactiveness.
• Strong capability to move from analysis to sustainable, system-level solutions, not just local fixes.
• Proven ability to mentor and coach supervisors, technical and operators teams elevating overall capability.
• Strong data analysis skills to interpret daily performance metrics (OEE, PPH, downtime, losses) and translate data into clear actions and priorities.
• PC advanced level (office), PowerBI and data management.
• Projects execution, integrated management system (safety and quality) experience.
• Project Management Skills.
• Greenfield technologies experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in packaging processes preferable.

Responsibilities

• Creation, improvement and change of procedures, followed to a success deployment.
• Support during the installation of new equipment and engineering changes.
• Daily support in production lines.
• Search for opportunity areas to improve equipment and processes.
• Contact with suppliers, quotations and purchases.
• Improvement projects following the guidelines in LEGO Project Management.
• Continuous improvement projects following the guidelines in LEGO Continuous Improvement (LCI).
• Comply with IMS requirements.
• Maintenance and updating of information (Combi, SAP BW, reports, etc).
• Interaction and support production systems.
• Support to other areas with respect to implementations of projects where production could be affected.
• LCI Tools implementation and maintenance.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

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