Manufacturing Equipment Engineer

Redwood Materials; Nevada (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials is seeking an Equipment Engineer to sustain, operate, and improve manufacturing equipment within the Production Engineering team. Candidates should show experience across PLC programming, 3D CAD, robotics, and vision systems, and be eager to learn new skills.

The role supports high-volume production with a focus on reducing downtime, improving reliability, and enhancing process capability. This is a full-time, on-site position with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronic, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing environments is preferred.
• Strong ability to diagnose equipment failures and improve OEE using DMAIC/8D.

Responsibilities

• Own equipment performance and drive improvements across production processes.
• Respond to 24/7 production breakdowns to minimize downtime.
• Lead equipment upgrades focusing on reliability and serviceability.
• Provide hands-on support to maintenance teams for downtime issues.

Skills

PLC programming

Beckhoff

HMI development

Vision systems

DMAIC / 8D

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Data analysis

Education

Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering degree

Tools

AUTOCAD

SolidWorks/CATIA

Job description

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling—keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017,we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.

Position Summary:

The Equipment Engineer in the Production Engineering team will be a part of operating, sustaining, and improving the manufacturing equipment atRedwood BMC1. The best candidate for the position willdemonstratepreviousapplicable experience andhasa high aptitude to learn new skillsets in the position. The expectation is that Engineers will start with strengths in multiple given fields (PLC programming, 3D CAD, robotics, vision, etc.) and then learn all other areas from those who work with them. This role requires capability across the board to sustain all parts of the automated/semi-automated equipment.

Essential Duties andResponsibilities

• Responsible for the equipment performance and improvement of multiple assigned production processes
• Support24/7 productionbyresponding to and resolving breakdowns quickly to minimize downtime.
• Active participant of cross functional teams while taking on improvement projects toassistin improvingproduction lines. Diagnoses equipment failures, finds root cause andimproveOverall Equipment Effectiveness. Lead equipment upgrades with a focus on serviceability,reliabilityand process capability
• Becomeexpertlevel on allequipmentand responsible fortechnician training. Provide hands-on support toMaintenanceteam to troubleshoot and resolve downtimeissues.
• Takes initiative to create, implement and improve preventative and predictive Maintenance documents and schedulesin collaboration with maintenance team.
• Ability to troubleshoot ladder logic to appropriatelyidentifycontrols issues and program ladder logic (Beckhoff).Familiarity with Atlas Copco torque tool systemsto troubleshoot and continuously improve.
• Participate in spare part analysis and inventory development, cost reduction, improvement working with Spares Department to RMA faulty components and communicate needs to the vendor

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronic, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of engineering experience in a high-volume environment
• 2+ years of experience developing and improving HMI’s and with PLC (Ignition and Beckhoffpreferred) programming, motion control, safety devices
• Experience with 2D/ 3D modeling software (AUTOCAD andSolidworks/CATIA preferred)
• Experience teaching and troubleshooting vision systems (Cognex and Keyence preferred)
• Experience commissioning and improving equipment. Have a demonstratedtrack recordof Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) improvement, Preventative and Predictive Maintenance activities
• Experience coding/debugging and troubleshooting End of Line Test machines
• Good understanding of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Safety, Ergonomics, Change Point Management, Spare Parts Management
• Strongproblem solvingskills and an aptitude for learning systems quickly. Able toutilizestructuredproblem solvingtechniques such as DMAIC, Ishikawa, Five Why (5W) or Eight Disciplines (8D). Able to resolve high level performance issues into addressable actions
• Experience with statistical data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Softwareproficiencies: Microsoft Office, 2D CAD, any linear programming software.

The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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