Lean Manufacturing Methods Engineer

Westinghouse Electric Company; New Hampshire; On-site; USD 85,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Wellness Programs

401(k)

Paid Vacations and Holidays

Flexible Work Arrangements

Educational Reimbursement

Global Recognition

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company in Newington, NH, is seeking a Manufacturing Methods professional to develop and standardize detailed shop-floor methods for fabrication, welding, machining, assembly, and inspection. This onsite role reports to the Engineering Manager and collaborates with operations and quality teams.

You will translate drawings and contracts into practical instructions, validate them on the shop floor, and establish process controls, tools, setup parameters, and acceptance

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment with exposure to fabrication, welding, machining, assembly, and NDT.
• Ability to develop clear, detailed technical instructions and standard work or SOPs.
• Knowledge of Lean, value-stream mapping, 5S, root-cause analysis, or mistake-proofing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed, step-by-step technical work instructions that define how manufacturing tasks are performed.
• Translate engineering drawings, specifications, code requirements, contract requirements, and other quality requirements into practical shop-floor methods.
• Ensure instructions align with controlled production orders and other auditable docs.
• Observe shop-floor work and document methods with operators, technicians, inspectors, and engineers.
• Standardize processes to improve safety, quality, repeatability, efficiency, and knowledge retention.
• Identify waste, bottlenecks, and error-prone steps; support continuous-improvement activities.
• Define process controls, tools, setup parameters, inspection points, and acceptance criteria for execution.
• Validate new or revised instructions through shop-floor trials and training.

Skills

Lean

Value-stream mapping

5S

Root-cause analysis

Mistake-proofing

GD&T

Technical instructions

Standard work

Job description

Westinghouse Electric Company in Newington, NH, is seeking a Manufacturing Methods professional to develop and standardize detailed shop-floor methods for fabrication, welding, machining, assembly, and inspection. This onsite role reports to the Engineering Manager and collaborates with operations and quality teams.

You will translate drawings and contracts into practical instructions, validate them on the shop floor, and establish process controls, tools, setup parameters, and acceptance