Manufacturing Equipment Engineer: Reliability & CapEx Lead

Ensinger Inc.; Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Ensinger is seeking a Manufacturing Equipment Engineer to lead the performance and safety of production equipment across our North American facilities. You’ll diagnose failures, reduce downtime, and drive capital projects for new equipment and upgrades in collaboration with operations, maintenance, quality, and Global Engineering.

The role emphasizes reliability, cost-efficiency, and timely project delivery, with focus on OSHA/NFPA standards and comprehensive documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Plastics or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 5+ years of equipment or manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience planning and executing capital projects with budgets and contractors.
• Plastics processing experience (extrusion, compression or injection molding) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promote safe work practices with zero tolerance for noncompliance with safe work practices, policies, and regulations.
• Track and improve equipment performance metrics, including downtime, MTBF, MTTR and OEE.
• Lead root-cause analysis of equipment failures and implement lasting corrective actions to improve reliability and quality.
• Coordinate capital projects from concept through commissioning, including scope, ROI justification, vendor selection, budget, schedule and acceptance testing.
• Partner with maintenance and operators to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic and control issues on extrusion, machining and related equipment.
• Assist the Maintenance Manager in developing preventive maintenance plans, critical spares lists and procedures.
• Identify equipment hazards and implement guarding, lockout/tagout and ergonomic improvements.
• Coordinate and oversee contractors performing equipment installation and facilities work.
• Contribute equipment expertise to continuous improvement and Global Engineering.
• Maintain accurate engineering drawings and equipment documentation.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Electrical controls / PLCs / pneumat ?

GD&T

Lockout/tagout & NFPA 70E

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Plastics/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Job description

Ensinger is seeking a Manufacturing Equipment Engineer to lead the performance and safety of production equipment across our North American facilities. You’ll diagnose failures, reduce downtime, and drive capital projects for new equipment and upgrades in collaboration with operations, maintenance, quality, and Global Engineering.

The role emphasizes reliability, cost-efficiency, and timely project delivery, with focus on OSHA/NFPA standards and comprehensive documentation.