Manufacturing Engineer - Wood Doors, Hands-on Improvement

CareerNerds, LLC; Menasha (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Health, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance

Tuition Assistance

Strong bonus program

Paid vacation and holidays

Business casual workplace

Job summary

CareerNerds, LLC in Wisconsin is seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to join a state-of-the-art production facility specializing in architectural wood doors. The role focuses on solving manufacturing problems, driving process improvements, and sustaining gains across production, maintenance, and engineering teams.

You will report to the Automation Engineering Manager and contribute to safety, quality, and delivery improvements while supporting a culture of growth and work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering is required.
• 3+ years’ experience as a Manufacturing Engineer in an assembly operation, preferably wood products.
• Self-starter who can work independently and in a team.
• Project management experience from start to finish is highly desirable.
• Capital project experience is also helpful.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with all levels of staff.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for solving hands-on manufacturing problems to help improve day-to-day performance of manufacturing operations, collaborating with Production, Continuous Improvement, Maintenance, and Engineering.
• Strong process improvement skills to meet KPIs.
• Develop practical solutions and ensure improvements are implemented and sustained; drive change and lead teams from problem ID to execution and follow-up.
• Maintain a strong manufacturing floor presence and work with operators, supervisors, and leadership to resolve day-to-day process issues.
• Serve as escalation resource for problems requiring deeper process analysis and technical problem solving after initial Production or Maintenance response.
• Coordinate efforts to plan, design, develop and validate manufacturing processes and improvements to existing processes.
• Improve processes and eliminate waste in key constraint areas; improve safety, quality, productivity, and delivery.
• Develop and drive metrics in collaboration with Production Teams.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process improvement

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

On-floor presence

Education

Associate degree Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

CareerNerds, LLC in Wisconsin is seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to join a state-of-the-art production facility specializing in architectural wood doors. The role focuses on solving manufacturing problems, driving process improvements, and sustaining gains across production, maintenance, and engineering teams.

You will report to the Automation Engineering Manager and contribute to safety, quality, and delivery improvements while supporting a culture of growth and work-life balance.