Manufacturing/Process Engineer
About The Position
The Manufacturing/Process Engineer supports the company's goals and vision by developing, maintaining, and improving production processes. The role focuses on process stability, continuous improvement, and capital project support, partnering with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure manufacturing processes are efficient, safe, and repeatable. The engineer supports day-to-day manufacturing operations, analyzes production data, and implements process changes that improve safety, quality, efficiency, and throughput. The role also supports new product and process introductions, leads root cause analysis and corrective actions, sustains improvements through documentation and operator training, and leads capital projects from equipment selection and justification through installation and startup. Capital project support includes preparing ROI analyses and technical specifications and coordinating with vendors, Maintenance, and Operations through commissioning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or a related field).
- At least 4 years of hands-on manufacturing or process engineering experience in a production environment.
- Demonstrated ability to independently analyze, improve, and sustain manufacturing processes.
- Experience in lean manufacturing.
- Experience with capital projects.
- Strong working knowledge of process capability, cycle time analysis, scrap reduction, and efficiency metrics.
- Proven experience developing and maintaining detailed work instructions, standard work, and process documentation.
- Experience supporting capital equipment installation, commissioning, and process validation activities.
Responsibilities
- Monitor process performance and respond to process issues in support of daily manufacturing operations.
- Develop, document, and maintain work instructions, process flows, routings, and standard work.
- Analyze production data, including scrap, rework, cycle time, and downtime, to identify improvement opportunities.
- Implement process changes to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and throughput.
- Assist with process setup, trials, and documentation for new product or process introductions.
- Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions to address process issues.
- Identify and eliminate waste, reduce scrap, minimize labor inefficiencies, and lower material costs.
- Lead kaizen events and monitor improvement metrics and results.
- Sustain process improvements by updating documentation and conducting operator training sessions.
- Lead capital project phases, including equipment selection, justification, installation, and startup.
- Develop capital requests, including ROI analyses and technical specifications aligned with organizational goals and cost-reduction strategies.
- Coordinate with vendors, Maintenance, and Operations to support equipment installation and successful commissioning.
Benefits
- Health care plan (medical, dental, and vision)
- Retirement plan (401(k), IRA)
- Life insurance (basic, voluntary, and AD&D)
- Paid time off (vacation, sick, and public holidays)
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Training and development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
