Manufacturing Engineer: Coating & Pressing Lead

Mohawk Industries; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mohawk Industries is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Dalton, GA to own, improve, and optimize multiple LVT production processes, including annealing, coating, pressing and padding. The role emphasizes safety, quality, delivery, and cost, with potential for plant leadership growth.

You will work with production, maintenance, quality, automation, R&D, and suppliers to diagnose issues, apply structured problem solving, and industrialize new processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2–4 years of relevant manufacturing experience or equivalent.
• Experience with automated manufacturing equipment and processes (e.g., milling, coating, lamination, thermal processing, pressing).
• Lean, Six Sigma, root cause analysis, reliability, or continuous improvement experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost performance for assigned processes and drive measurable improvement.
• Develop into the subject matter expert for annealing, UV coating, pressing, and padding operations, including equipment capability and operating standards.
• Lead deep technical troubleshooting of mechanical, process, material flow, adhesive, coating, curing, and equipment reliability issues.
• Use structured problem solving and data-based decision making to implement permanent corrective actions.
• Work with production, maintenance, quality, automation, R&D to improve process stability, reliability, product performance, and cost.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Problem solving

Communication skills

Leadership potential

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Mohawk Industries is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer in Dalton, GA to own, improve, and optimize multiple LVT production processes, including annealing, coating, pressing and padding. The role emphasizes safety, quality, delivery, and cost, with potential for plant leadership growth.

You will work with production, maintenance, quality, automation, R&D, and suppliers to diagnose issues, apply structured problem solving, and industrialize new processes.