Manufacturing Engineer

City of Lincoln; Temple (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunbelt Solomon is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Temple, TX to optimize production processes, map current and future states, and drive continuous improvement across cross‑functional teams.

The candidate will hold a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, have 1–3 years of relevant experience, travel up to 25%, and be proficient in AutoCAD and Excel with a strong Lean mindset to ensure quality is built in from the start.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 1–3 years experience in manufacturing, quality, or production support.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.
• Proficient with AutoCAD and Excel.
• Exposure to Lean manufacturing concepts.
• Experience as a quality or manufacturing engineer in a mission critical space.

Responsibilities

• Apply and train VSM, Lean Manufacturing, and 5S skills to map processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead factory initiatives around safety, quality, CI, lean manufacturing, mistake proofing, and root cause actions.
• Daily presence on the manufacturing floor to observe work, engage technicians, verify process adherence, and resolve issues.
• Develop capacity improvement plans and support capital planning.
• Assists in developing, implementing, and adherence to the quality program.
• Audits work performance to standard operating procedures and sustains results.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Time studies

Value stream mapping

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Excel

Job description

• Location 1922 S MLK Drive,Temple, TX, 76504,United States
• Employee Type Exempt - FT
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Travel 25%
• Manage Others No

Contact information

• Name Anna Olson
• Phone [phone]
• Email [e-mail]

Description

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for optimizing production processes by defining current state, collaborating with a cross functional team to define a future state, perform a gap analysis, and manage a project plan achieve the future state. A successful candidate will be familiar with tools such as time studies, takt time/cycle time, value stream mapping. Additionally, this role will also have additional focus on ensuring that the organization’s products and services follow the company’s quality requirements, a successful candidate will have a quality at the source mentality and familiar with poka-yoke and able to define operator standard work to ensure quality is built and not inspected into the product.

• Apply and train VSM, Lean Manufacturing, and 5S skills to effectively map the manufacturing processes to identify and implement process improvement opportunities and developing/documenting factory capacity and bottleneck analyses. Develop capacity improvement plans for inclusion into CI or capital planning.
• Must have a change agent mindset to lead factory initiatives around safety, quality, continuous improvement (CI), lean manufacturing, mistake proofing, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Lead cultural change to a lean philosophy through communication of vision and expectations.
• Daily presence on the manufacturing floor to observe work, engage technicians, verify process adherence, and resolve real-time production issues.
• Accountable for implementing improvements and sustaining results.
• Support and develop implement project plans to achieve Future State.
• Accountable for implementing improvements and sustaining results.
• Assess and recommend the purchasing of manufacturing equipment, installation and commission. Facilitate operational cost reduction through productivity or material cost improvements supporting annual objectives.
• Develop, implement, and maintain manufacturing procedures/processes, including instruction manuals, documentation, pictures, step by step procedures, and training.
• Through application of the duties listed herein, first priority is to ensure our customers are satisfied with the quality of the product sold to them. Secondarily is to assist the Director of Quality in solving internal quality problems that lower production efficiency and increase cost due to rework.
• Assists in the development, implementation, and adherence to the quality program.
• Audits work performance to standard operating procedures.
• Leads root cause analysis to help resolve quality defect issues.
• Primary focus on process improvement and future state work, with required hands‑on floor support to stabilize and sustain production
• Experience with Toyota Production System (TPS) or some other enterprise lean implementation methodology is a bonus.
• Other Duties as Assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, or equivalent previous work history in a manufacturing environment
• 1–3 years experience in a manufacturing, quality, or production support role
• Ability to travel up to 15%
• Proficient with AutoCAD & Excel
• Exposure to Lean manufacturing concepts
• Experience as a quality or manufacturing engineer in a mission critical business space
• Basic project coordination experience or demonstrated ability to manage tasks and timelines
• Strong ability to explain topics and influence others
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Bias toward action with a willingness to learn and take ownership
• Ability to exercise professional influence with tact and ethics when dealing with vendors, co-workers, and customers

Summary

Where Potential Powers Progress

At Sunbelt Solomon, we believe progress starts with people — their ideas, their expertise, and their drive to make energy work better. With more than a century of combined experience, we deliver full‑lifecycle power, energy, and automation solutions across the Americas.

From our 39+ locations and a team of over 1,600 skilled professionals, we serve nearly every industry with the people, products, and insight needed to keep the electricity running. Our solutions span low-, medium-, and high‑voltage systems, covering the complete electrical lifecycle, from design and engineering to operation, maintenance, modernization, and sustainable decommissioning. We’re known for our expertise in remanufacturing electrical equipment, including transformers and switchgear, and for providing flexible, reliable temporary power rental solutions. Through the Sunbelt Solomon family of brands, including Trinity Power, Magna IV Engineering, and Power Solutions Group, we combine deep technical field experience with advanced engineering and turnkey project delivery.

Together, we help customers optimize performance, extend asset life, and achieve sustainability goals while building a more resilient, efficient energy future. At our core, we’re powered by people — innovators, engineers, technicians, and problem solvers — all working together to deliver energy solutions that move industries forward.

Mission, Purpose, Vision & Core Values

In developing our mission, purpose, vision and core business values, we engaged in a thoughtful process that incorporated the combined principles of our family of companies and reflects our commitment to valuing our history and investing in our people, services, and products.

Mission: Through a culture of integrity, bold innovation, and customer‑centricity we create value for our partners and team members with safe and reliable electrical power solutions and services.

Purpose: To enhance the lives of our team members and partners through sustainable products and services in the communities we serve.

Vision: To be the leading provider of customized electrical power solutions and services.

Core Values:

People: The core of our success.

Safety: It’s in our DNA.

Strategic: We forge our own future.

Sustainability: Industry leaders in power distribution life cycle management.

Performance: Delivering excellence at every opportunity.

Company Benefits

Sunbelt Solomon offers a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package to employees who work 30 hours per week or more following 90 days of employment. Benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, 401k with company match, life insurance and disability, paid vacation, sick time, and holiday. Temp employees are not eligible for company benefits.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Pre-Employment Screening

Following an offer of employment all candidates are required to complete a background check and drug screen prior to being cleared to start employment. A physical, respiratory fit test, and/or Motor Vehicle Record check may also be required based on the job responsibilities and location of the position.