Manufacturing Engineer

Required Skills/Abilities

• Design, develop, and optimize manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance product quality.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing initiatives, including value stream mapping, 5S, Kaizen, standard work, and visual management systems.
• Drive Continuous Improvement (CI) culture across all production areas through data-driven problem-solving and employee engagement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across multiple manufacturing production areas and sites (Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Production) to implement process improvements and resolve bottlenecks.
• Work closely with production, maintenance, supply chain, and product engineering teams to meet site performance goals.
• Collaborate with vendors and contractors to specify, procure, and install new equipment.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, including work instructions, workmanship standards, and standard operating procedures.
• Analyze existing industrial engineering techniques and develop recommendations for changes to working methods that will minimize costs, and waste, increase yields and productivity, and improve the quality and consistency of final products.
• Design and build / procure necessary tooling and finishing within budgets.
• Support equipment upgrades from purchase through installation.
• Conduct cost / benefit analysis for changes to processes and/or equipment.
• Drive Process Improvement / Cycle Reduction initiatives and drive productivity improvements via process changes or improvements.
• Conducts studies to determine the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow and recommends methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel.
• Monitor and report on manufacturing metrics such as scrap rate, throughput, and downtime.
• Assist in the design, development, and testing of products, processes, or systems.
• Collect and analyze data to support engineering decisions and quality investigations.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action efforts.
• Ensure compliance with applicable engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
• Participate in daily/weekly cross-functional production and engineering sessions and track / drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for production issues.
• Other Accountabilities as Assigned

Education and Experience

Competencies

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stoop, stand and walk; use hands to feel or handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.