Manufacturing Engineer II - Lean, CAD & Coating Ops

Greenheck Group; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 95,161 - 130,485; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Family Support

Financial Security

Learning & Development

Rewards & Recognition

Wellbeing & Mental Health

Work‑Life Balance

Fun Perks

Job summary

Greenheck Group in Knoxville, TN is seeking an engineering professional to lead mid‑to senior‑level initiatives in manufacturing. You will apply CAD, SAP, and Lean expertise to optimize processes, layout, and tooling while coordinating cross‑functional projects across engineering, production, and finance.

Travel to support additional sites is expected. The role emphasizes training, capital expenditures justification, and continuous improvement to enhance quality, efficiency, and on‑time delivery

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of relevant engineering work experience required.
• 6–9 years of relevant engineering work experience required.
• CAD skills required.
• Associate degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred.
• General fluency in SAP.
• Experience with Lean concepts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement moderate complexity training initiatives to support manufacturing.
• Identify, specify, and justify moderate complexity capital expenditures.
• Investigate, purchase, and implement tooling and equipment to support daily operations.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Recognize, recommend, and validate design and process changes to improve manufacturability.
• Implement changes with product design engineering.
• Identify and implement improvements to material utilization, department layout, and machinery efficiency.
• Analyze and make recommendations using summarized data to influence key management decisions related to budgeting, staffing, and capacity planning.
• Lead and support safety, 5S, and Lean initiatives and complete internal Lean Leader certification.
• Provide mentoring, training, and indirect supervision of other team members; may have direct reports.
• Manage moderately complex team projects involving individuals from various departments to ensure integration between manufacturing, sales, finance, marketing, and product engineering.
• Support production and manufacturing to optimize quality, productivity, on‑time delivery, and operational efficiencies, resulting in improved customer satisfaction.
• Support production and manufacturing quality management system and policies.

Skills

CAD skills

SAP fluency

Lean concepts

Manufacturing experience

Education

Associate degree in engineering

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferred)

Tools

CAD

SAP

Job description

Greenheck Group in Knoxville, TN is seeking an engineering professional to lead mid‑to senior‑level initiatives in manufacturing. You will apply CAD, SAP, and Lean expertise to optimize processes, layout, and tooling while coordinating cross‑functional projects across engineering, production, and finance.

Travel to support additional sites is expected. The role emphasizes training, capital expenditures justification, and continuous improvement to enhance quality, efficiency, and on‑time delivery