Manufacturing Engineer II — Process Innovation & Improvement

Donaldson; Stevens Point (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Donaldson is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer II to help drive innovation and continuous improvement at our Stevens Point, WI plant. This role combines technical problem solving, process optimization, and project leadership to improve quality, output, and cost.

Responsibilities include developing improvements, verifying procedures, supporting new product introductions, and ensuring manufacturability. Travel up to 10% may be required, on-site work is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing, quality, process, industrial, operations, or related environment.
• Experience using CAD software.

Responsibilities

• Develops creative solutions, recommends process improvements and enhances production methods.
• Monitors and modifies equipment to ensure safety, quality and efficiency.
• Investigates problems or failures with processes; develops and implements corrective actions.
• Reviews and verifies accuracy of existing procedures and bills of material.
• Develops and implements operating instructions and documentation.
• Negotiates final design to ensure manufacturability.
• Conducts testing and evaluation of products and processes.
• Identifies and implements new testing methods and technology.
• Develops studies for process and product improvements and cost reduction.
• Develops analyses and testing procedures to anticipate process or product failure.
• Conducts studies to improve plant layout, production line efficiency and production line control.
• Oversees and manages multiple product or process development projects simultaneously.
• Establishes technical program objectives and product specifications.
• Evaluates and integrates new manufacturing/engineering technology to increase production efficiency, quality and decrease costs.
• Seeks out new methods for improving process efficiency and integrates new and established techniques.
• Recommends new equipment that reduces costs and increases efficiency.
• Actively Participates in safety culture and activities.

Skills

Strong problem-solving

Project management

Data analysis

Lean process development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

CAD software

SolidWorks

Microsoft Office

Oracle

PLC programming (Allen Bradley)

Vision Inspection Systems

G-Coding CNC

Job description

Donaldson is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer II to help drive innovation and continuous improvement at our Stevens Point, WI plant. This role combines technical problem solving, process optimization, and project leadership to improve quality, output, and cost.

Responsibilities include developing improvements, verifying procedures, supporting new product introductions, and ensuring manufacturability. Travel up to 10% may be required, on-site work is expected.