Manufacturing Engineer II — Lean & Automation

Overhead Door Corporation; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Overhead Door Corporation in Pensacola, FL is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer II to drive process improvements, equipment reliability, and manufacturing efficiency across assigned value streams. This role leads problem solving, mentors other engineers, and collaborates with operations, maintenance, and quality to deliver measurable improvements.

The candidate will own higher-complexity projects, develop standard work, and implement automation and tooling improvements while maintaining safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 5+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment, including ownership of complex improvement projects, capital initiatives, or cross-functional technical implementations.
• Advanced working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, structured problem-solving, standard work, line balancing, process capability, root-cause analysis, and sustained countermeasure implementation.
• Proficiency with CAD tools, engineering documentation, data analysis, project management, financial justification, and communication of technical recommendations to operations leadership.
• Demonstrated experience improving equipment, tooling, automation, process flow, labor productivity, ergonomics, quality performance, and manufacturing cost.
• Proven ability to work independently, lead cross-functional teams, mentor others, manage competing priorities, and influence sustainable change on the shop floor.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day and mid-range engineering support for assigned production areas, ensuring manufacturing processes remain safe, stable, capable, documented, and scalable.
• Develop, improve, and sustain standardized work, process documentation, job instructions, control plans, PFMEA, and engineering change documentation for moderate-to-complex processes.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective action for quality escapes, bottlenecks, downtime, scrap, rework, labor inefficiency, and process instability, ensuring solutions address true systemic causes.
• Support and influence Tier meetings by translating production data into clear actions, escalation needs, and measurable improvement plans tied to Cpk/Ppk, scrap, downtime, throughput, productivity, and labor utilization.
• Lead engineering input for equipment installations, line moves, capacity expansions, workstation redesign, and layout optimization, ensuring changes meet safety, quality, flow, and productivity requirements.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Structured problem solving

Line balancing

Root-cause analysis

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

CAD tools

CMMS systems

MES/IoT tools

Job description

Overhead Door Corporation in Pensacola, FL is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer II to drive process improvements, equipment reliability, and manufacturing efficiency across assigned value streams. This role leads problem solving, mentors other engineers, and collaborates with operations, maintenance, and quality to deliver measurable improvements.

The candidate will own higher-complexity projects, develop standard work, and implement automation and tooling improvements while maintaining safety