Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer — Fast-Paced Problem Solver

Kelly Services; Humble (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

PTO

Retirement options

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to provide hands-on engineering support in a manufacturing environment in Humble, Texas. This is a direct-hire, onsite role focused on keeping operations moving and resolving production issues.

The ideal candidate will investigate problems, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions while making timely engineering decisions in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings, technical specifications, and BOMs.
• Understanding of engineering revisions, documentation, and change-control processes.
• Experience troubleshooting technical or manufacturing problems and identifying root causes.
• Strong engineering judgment and timely decision-making in production.
• Excellent communication across manufacturing, quality, engineering and supply chain teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day engineering support to manufacturing, troubleshooting production issues and answering technical questions.
• Investigate manufacturing defects, nonconformances, material substitutions, and deviations from engineering requirements.
• Perform root-cause analysis to identify why issues occur and implement corrective actions.
• Evaluate technical issues and determine appropriate solutions within established engineering procedures and approval guidelines.
• Coordinate engineering decisions and ensure all required documentation, revisions, and change records are completed accurately.
• Identify recurring production problems and develop longer-term solutions to prevent them from happening again.
• Work with manufacturing teams to identify opportunities to improve product manufacturability and engineering standards.
• Support initial production builds, special orders, and implementation of engineering changes.
• Monitor outstanding production issues, prioritize requests, and communicate progress and potential risks to the appropriate teams.
• Recognize and elevate issues involving safety, regulatory compliance, product integrity, or customer requirements.

Skills

Manufacturing troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Kelly Services is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to provide hands-on engineering support in a manufacturing environment in Humble, Texas. This is a direct-hire, onsite role focused on keeping operations moving and resolving production issues.

The ideal candidate will investigate problems, perform root-cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions while making timely engineering decisions in a fast-paced setting.