Manufacturing Engineer

H.T. Prof Executive Search; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in the United States seeks a Manufacturing Engineer with extensive aseptic bottling and packaging expertise to drive reliability, efficiency, safety, and maintenance improvements in a high-speed production environment.

You will lead cross-functional projects, coach junior engineers, and analyze data to justify improvements, collaborating with operations, quality, and maintenance teams to reduce costs and increase capacity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• 7–10 years of engineering experience in production manufacturing.
• Experience with FDA/GMP/HACCP in food grade environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects focused on reliability and machine efficiency improvements.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement maintenance effectiveness measures.
• Drive data acquisition and analysis to justify manufacturing improvements.
• Teach and train junior engineers and cross-functional teams.

Skills

OEE

Manufacturing process improvements

Project management

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCad

Inventor

SolidWorks

Job description

Our client is recognized worldwide for the highest level of product quality within their industry discipline. Due to continued organizational growth we are seeking an individual with extensive Aseptic Bottling and Packaging expertise for the role of Manufacturing Engineer. As the Manufacturing Engineer you will be tasked with the developing and leading projects focused upon reliability, machine efficiency improvement, root cause analysis, safety and increased maintenance effectiveness. Achieving these improvements will revolve around data acquisition and analysis for implementation in the manufacturing effort to reduce cost, increase capacity. Your ability to teach and train junior engineers and cross-functional teams in a collaborative fashion will be required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required:Mechanical, Chemical or Manufacturing Engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 7-10 years of engineering experience in a production manufacturing facility with emphasis on OEE and Manufacturing process improvements, Process & Equipment Design, and Project management.
• Experience managing projects and being a hands-on leader
• Experience in a food grade environment (FDA, GMP’s, HACCP) with high-speed packaging equipment preferred
• Excellent computer skills, extensive Process and Packaging equipment design and operation, automation and controls (PLC, DCS, etc.) knowledge.
• Experience with lean manufacturing and Six Sigma tools
• Familiar with AutoCad/Inventor/Solid works