Manufacturing Engineer — Lean Process & Innovation

Superior Products; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OPW Clean Energy Solutions is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes for high-quality, cost-efficient production. The role focuses on process improvement, automation, and quality control within the Industrial Engineering scope.

You will support production, lead lean initiatives, coordinate facility layouts, and mentor teams while driving root-cause analysis and capital projects to advance safety and productivity in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with costing, leading teams, Lean Six Sigma, facility layout, Kanban, capital justification, new product/process development.

Responsibilities

• Support production and provide technical expertise to solve quality, delivery, and productivity issues for value streams.
• Design work holding and tooling solutions for new or existing manufacturing components.
• Lead continuous improvement / lean projects such as SMED, standard work kaizens, and value stream mapping.
• Design, plan, and coordinate facility layout improvements.
• Lead production teams using heuristic problem solving techniques such as FAST problem solving to quickly resolve problems that occur during production.
• Drive root cause analysis for complex issues using formal problem-solving tools such as A3, 8D, Fishbone, and 5Why.
• Identify new technology to improve manufacturing processes.
• Coordinate and implement engineering change orders in manufacturing including process and equipment modifications.
• Create, edit, and maintain critical process documentation.
• Facilitate CAPEX projects including working with vendors.
• Develop capacity planning models to identify issues and implement actions to resolve.
• Partner with EH&S team to solve identified or observed safety concerns.
• Maintain Bills of Material and Labor Routings.
• Conduct Time Studies to establish Production Standards.

Skills

CAD/CAM

Lean manufacturing

Process improvement

Team leadership

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Inventor

MS Office

ERP

Job description

OPW Clean Energy Solutions is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes for high-quality, cost-efficient production. The role focuses on process improvement, automation, and quality control within the Industrial Engineering scope.

You will support production, lead lean initiatives, coordinate facility layouts, and mentor teams while driving root-cause analysis and capital projects to advance safety and productivity in a fast-paced environment.