Engineer - Process

Sierra Pacific Industries; Town of Medford (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits (low-cost)

401(k) with company match

Life insurance paid by employer

Job summary

Sierra Pacific Industries seeks a Process Engineer to support our Medford, Wisconsin facility. The role involves collaborating with production, product development, customer service, and sales to improve manufacturing processes and equipment for windows and doors.

Qualifications include an engineering degree preference and 2–5 years in manufacturing, with lean methods, layout design, and cross-team coordination as key strengths. This on-site role emphasizes teamwork and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree preferred (mechanical, manufacturing, or related).
• 2–5 years in manufacturing; fenestration experience preferred.
• Strong project management and organizational skills; excellent written and oral communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for continuous improvement and new product development in production processes.
• Coordinate across multiple facilities; apply lean manufacturing, layout design, and material handling improvements.
• Assist with specification of production equipment and methods for window/door manufacturing.

Skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree preferred

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Job description

We train and promote from within
Excellent low-cost health benefits
Retirement plan with employer-paid contributions
Paid vacation and 10 holidays
At Sierra Pacific Industries, we understand our greatest strength is the people who choose to build a career with us. We are a fourth-generation family-owned company that has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the United States. Our more than 6,000 employees are proud to work at our state-of-the-art sawmills and other facilities, including: manufacturing, custom wood-framed windows, fabrication, millwork, veneer, cogeneration, trucking, forestry, and other operations.

Currently, we are seeking a qualified Process Engineer to work collaboratively with our manufacturing facility in Medford, Wisconsin. This position requires working in a team environment involving production, product development, customer service, and sales personnel. This position is not remote and will require living in the commutable Medford area.

About The Position

• Provide engineering support for continuous improvement efforts and new product development with regard to production processes and equipment, including:
• Process information improvements
• Integration of processes across multiple manufacturing facilities
• Lean manufacturing applications
• Layout design
• Material handling improvements
• Assist with specification of production equipment
• Work with design engineering and production to establish/improve methods and systems regarding window and door manufacturing
• Provide additional support as required
  

Qualifications

• Engineering degree preferred (mechanical, manufacturing, or related)
• Minimum 2-5 years’ experience in manufacturing discipline with preference given for experience in the fenestration industry
• Strong project management skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency with SolidWorks and AutoCAD a plus
  

Why Join Our Team?

Because this is more than an invitation, it's a commitment to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth to everyone! We ask people to grow with us and make the company even better.

We provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance.

The general wage range for this position at Sierra Pacific Industries is from $70,000 and $115,000 per year, and is dependent upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to: relevant work experience, skill, knowledge, and/or education.

Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

Sierra Pacific effectively uses nearly 100% of every piece of wood we bring to our facilities. In fact, any small amount that isn't turned into hand-crafted doors and windows, millwork, lumber, or landscaping material is actually converted into electricity in our eight biomass-fueled power plants.

We own and sustainably manage more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington. Our forests are sustainably managed under a 100-year plan by Registered Professional Foresters, Wildlife Biologists, Botanists, and other professionals. We are growing forests for our future, planting over 6 million new trees every year. In Spring 2024, we planted our 300 millionth seedling on our timberlands. This milestone was decades in the making, reflecting our commitment to sustainable forest management and ensuring we have forests not just for today, but for generations to come.

We are proud that all Sierra Pacific facilities follow our drug-free and tobacco-free policies. As part of our safety in the workplace policy, an offer of employment is subject to a negative drug screen result. We use E-verify to verify the social security number and work authorization of all newly hired employees.

Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.