Manufacturing Engineer: CI & Smart Factory Innovator

John Deere; Waterloo (IA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Highly competitive base pay

Savings & Retirement benefits (401K)

Healthcare benefits with company HSA

Adoption assistance

Employee Assistance Programs

Tuition assistance

Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms

Charitable contribution match

Employee Purchase Plan & discounts

Vacation and Holiday Pay

Job summary

John Deere in Waterloo, IA is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to provide Assembly ME support and basic troubleshooting on the tractor operations line. You will drive safety, ergonomic improvements, and support new product implementations and continuous improvement projects on the cab or chassis/final assembly lines.

The role requires teamwork, strong communication, and experience in manufacturing environments with exposure to work instructions, process development, and layout optimization.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
• Effective communication skills.
• Experience in a Manufacturing position supporting a workforce (academic/internship experience acceptable).
• Experience developing and deploying operator work instructions (academic/internship experience acceptable).
• Experience with process development, tooling design, fixturing and workstation layout (academic/internship experience acceptable).

Responsibilities

• Research, initiate, and execute safety and ergonomic improvement activities and projects.
• Act as a departmental Manufacturing Engineer (ME) in driving improvements to support our Distinctive Product Quality initiatives, drive continuous improvements in delivery, uptime, cost and efficiency with Natural Work Group engagement.
• Support implementation of new products and current product Continuous Improvement running design changes.
• Lead the analysis, development and implementation of new manufacturing processes and technology aligned to the Smart Connect Factory strategy.
• Support requirements for internal operating philosophy John Deere Quality and Production System (JD-QPS) and external requirements such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Manufacturing experience

Operator work instructions

Process development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology

Tools

JDAAT

MPP

SAP

Windchill

Job description

John Deere in Waterloo, IA is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to provide Assembly ME support and basic troubleshooting on the tractor operations line. You will drive safety, ergonomic improvements, and support new product implementations and continuous improvement projects on the cab or chassis/final assembly lines.

The role requires teamwork, strong communication, and experience in manufacturing environments with exposure to work instructions, process development, and layout optimization.