Manufacturing Engineer

ProMach; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plan with company match

Generous paid time off

Life insurance

Job summary

ProMach’s Pride Engineering team in Minnesota seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to drive lean initiatives, optimize production, and lead automation and capital-improvement projects. You will develop BOMs, work instructions, and routing updates while ensuring safety, quality, and operational performance.

The role requires a 4-year engineering degree, 5+ years of related experience, and strong manufacturing execution skills. Competitive benefits and compensation are offered.

Qualifications

• Lean manufacturing principles and tools knowledge.
• Ownership of new and existing manufacturing processes with automation where appropriate.
• Justification and implementation of capital investments across operations.
• Create and maintain product bills of materials and work instructions.
• Provide technical guidance for capital improvements.
• Identify value-add vs non-value-add steps and automate where beneficial.
• Apply machining expertise to select and specify equipment.
• Lead manufacturing improvement activities and develop metrics and training docs.
• Assist in updating routings and BOMs with clear manufacturing instructions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute improvement activities across Pride Engineering operations.
• Develop strategy to improve production efficiency while meeting safety, quality and performance goals.
• Provide technical guidance and justify capital investments to support automation and capability upgrades.

Skills

Lean manufacturing concepts

Automation

Capital investments justification

BOMs and work instructions

Capital improvements guidance

Value-add vs non-value-add

CNC machining

Production improvement leadership

MS Office

Education

B.S. Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

4-year engineering degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Join ProMach and shine. Whether you're creative, strategic, persuasive, or mechanically inclined, there’s a place for you here. Be a problem-solver, a closer, a futurist - whatever drives you.

At ProMach, you'll be challenged and rewarded as you help improve packaging performance and shape the future of automation. And we’ll be proud to have you on the journey.

Do we have your attention? Keep reading.

Pride Engineering, a ProMach product brand, is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer for their Brooklyn Park, Minnesota location. The Manufacturing Engineer will utilize their knowledge of lean principles to help provide strategy and lead improvement activities across operations. The role is responsible for improving and sustaining production efficiencies while achieving safety, quality, and operational performance goals.

Are you passionate about this work?

• Excellent understanding of lean manufacturing concepts and their practical application.
• Take ownership of new and existing manufacturing processes, incorporating automation where necessary.
• Drive research, justification for, and implementation of capital investments.
• Create and maintain product bills of materials and work instructions.
• Provide technical guidance in specifying and implementing capital improvements
• Identify value-add and non-value-add process steps. Introduce automation into the process as necessary to maximize equipment utilization.
• Apply machining expertise to help identify and select equipment suited for our products.
• Lead improvement activities in manufacturing by helping develop metrics, reviewing resources, troubleshooting/problem solving production flow issues, initiating process improvements, and training documentation.
• Initiate and update production steps/routings & bills of materials, providing clear instruction for manufacturing pride engineering products.

• B.S in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or related field 4-year degree from an accredited university.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• Demonstrated understanding and application of lean manufacturing principles and tools.
• Experience with automation in a tight-tolerance machining environment.
• Experience in a high-precision machining environment: CNC Lathes, 5-axis Milling, Wire EDM, Precision Grinding (Rotary, ID/OD) is preferred.
• Experience in specifying and justification of capital purchases is also desired.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite Products.

What’s in it for you?

There's no monopoly on innovative ideas or limits to how far you can advance with our team. We offer an open, communicative environment that fosters individual initiative. We pride ourselves in being a company where people are happy and choose to build a career.

In addition to growth opportunities, as a ProMach employee, you receive more than just a paycheck. Total compensation includes your salary, comprehensive medical/dental programs, as well as life insurance, a generous paid time off program, and a retirement savings plan with a company match. And because we understand the importance of feeling protected, there is no waiting period for benefits – you are eligible on your first day of employment!

Please note that the pay ranges listed on external job boards, outside our posting details, do not accurately reflect our internal compensation ranges.

Salary Range: 105K - 120K

Pro Mach, Inc. was named to the Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. seven times. We continue to introduce innovative products, enter new markets, expand our global presence, and actively acquire new capabilities.

We have the rewards, opportunities, and the market strength of a large organization combined with the entrepreneurial culture of a small, fast-paced company. You will enjoy the benefits of working with a growing company that competes globally, with the personal touch and feel of a smaller company where you can make an impact every day.

ProMach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Pro Mach uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of all new hires to work in the United States. Pro Mach is a drug-free workplace.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.