Manufacturing/Process Engineer

Ethos • Decorah, IA

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About The Position

The Manufacturing/Process Engineer supports company 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 efficient, safe, and repeatable manufacturing processes.

The engineer supports daily manufacturing operations, develops and maintains process documentation, analyzes production data, and implements changes to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and throughput. The role also supports new product and process introductions, leads root cause analysis and corrective actions, champions kaizen events, and trains operators to sustain improvements.

The position leads capital project initiatives through equipment selection, justification, installation, and startup. It also supports capital requests through ROI analyses and technical specifications, and coordinates with vendors, Maintenance, and Operations to ensure equipment installation and commissioning are successful.

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.
• 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.
• Experience developing and maintaining detailed work instructions, standard work, and process documentation.
• Experience supporting capital equipment installation, commissioning, and process validation activities.

Responsibilities

• Support daily manufacturing operations by monitoring process performance and responding to process issues.
• 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.
• Support new product or process introductions through process setup, trials, and documentation.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions for process issues.
• Identify and eliminate waste, reduce scrap, minimize labor inefficiencies, and lower material costs.
• Champion kaizen events and monitor improvement metrics and results.
• Sustain process improvements by updating documentation and conducting operator training.
• Lead capital projects through equipment selection, justification, installation, and startup.
• Develop and support capital requests by preparing 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.

What This Job Offers

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