Manufacturing Process Engineer

Hypertherm, Inc.; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative, 100% employee-owned

Stock Ownership (ESOP)

Community Service Time

Environmental Stewardship

No-layoff philosophy

Job summary

Hypertherm Associates in Kent, WA seeks a Manufacturing Process Engineer to lead data-informed improvements across aftermarket order fulfillment and warehouse operations. You will influence future-state design, layouts, storage, equipment, and processes to boost efficiency, accuracy, capacity, and customer service.

You’ll apply Lean Six Sigma, analyze data with Power BI/SQL, and partner with warehouse and production teams to resolve technical issues while ensuring safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of relevant manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, or process-engineering experience.
• Experience designing/implementing warehouse layouts for material storage and flow.
• Experience designing processes and selecting equipment for aftermarket order fulfillment.
• Ability to use data to evaluate opportunities, build business cases, and measure results.
• Knowledge of project management, process documentation, safety integration, and continuous-improvement methods.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Proficiency with SQL, SolidWorks, and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Lead warehouse process-improvement projects to increase efficiency, inventory accuracy, capacity, product flow, and FTP performance.
• Analyze current-state workflows and data to identify, prioritize, and quantify Kaizen opportunities.
• Design future-state warehouse layouts and material-storage solutions to improve space utilization, safety, ergonomics, and flow.
• Develop processes, workstations, tooling, and equipment solutions for aftermarket order fulfillment.
• Evaluate, justify, and support the purchase, implementation, programming, operation, and maintenance of new equipment.
• Create and maintain clear process instructions, standard work, and other technical documentation.
• Define KPI models and use Power BI, SQL and other analytical tools to measure performance.
• Apply Lean Six Sigma methods, root-cause analysis, pFMEA, and corrective-action practices to solve problems—even when complete data is not yet available.
• Manage projects from concept through implementation, coordinating scope, schedule, budget, stakeholders, and risk.
• Partner with warehouse and production teams to resolve technical issues and integrate safety requirements into processes and equipment.

Skills

Data-driven decision making

Warehouse layout design

Process improvement

Project management

Process documentation

Safety integration

Continuous improvement

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Bel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, or related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Power BI

SQL

SolidWorks

Job description

Manufacturing Process Engineer (MPE) – Aftermarket Order Fulfillment and Warehouse

Help Hypertherm Associates reimagine how our warehouse and aftermarket operations work!

As a Manufacturing Process Engineer, lead data-informed improvements that increase efficiency, strengthen inventory accuracy, expand physical capacity, and improve Order Fulfillment performance. You will have significant input into the future-state design of the warehouse, including layouts, material storage, equipment, and order-fulfillment processes.

As our Manufacturing Process Engineer, you will:

• Lead warehouse process-improvement projects that increase efficiency, inventory accuracy, physical capacity, product flow, and FTP performance

• Analyze current-state workflows and operational data to identify, prioritize, and quantify Kaizen opportunities

• Design future-state warehouse layouts and material-storage solutions that improve space utilization, safety, ergonomics, and flow, in support of enhanced customer service

• Develop processes, workstations, tooling, and equipment solutions for aftermarket order fulfillment

• Evaluate, justify, and support the purchase, implementation, programming, operation, and maintenance of new equipment

• Create and maintain clear process instructions, standard work, and other technical documentation

• Define KPI models and use Power BI, SQL, and other analytical tools to measure performance and sustain results

• Apply Lean Six Sigma methods, root-cause analysis, pFMEA, and corrective-action practices to solve problems—even when complete data is not yet available

• Manage projects from concept through implementation, coordinating scope, schedule, budget, stakeholders, and risk

• Partner with warehouse and production teams to resolve technical issues and integrate safety requirements into processes and equipment

Who you are and the experience you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, or a related engineering field, or equivalent practical experience

• Two or more years of relevant manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, order fulfillment, or process-engineering experience

• Experience designing and implementing warehouse layouts for material storage and flow

• Experience designing processes and selecting equipment for aftermarket order fulfillment

• Demonstrated ability to use data to evaluate opportunities, build business cases, and measure results

• Working knowledge of project management, process documentation, safety integration, and continuous-improvement methods

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification

• Proficiency with SQL, SolidWorks, and Power BI

• Sound judgment and comfort making well-reasoned decisions when data is incomplete

• Strong collaboration, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills

Location: Kent, WA onsite

Travel: 5% to other Hypertherm locations

Additional benefits in joining Hypertherm Associates:

• **Collaborative, 100% employee-owned** culture

• Profit-SharingandEmployee **Stock Ownership** (ESOP)

• Five days/year paid Community Service Time

• Strong commitment to Environmental Stewardship

• Stable, **growing** organization with a no-layoff philosophy

Sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration-related support, is not available for this position at this time.

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Hypertherm Associates is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we welcome all applications. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

At Hypertherm Associates, we are committed to building an inclusive diverse, flexible, and collaborative environment. If our mission resonates with you, but you don’t meet all posted requirements, we encourage you to still apply. We will evaluate your application materials and may suggest alternative roles that better leverage your strengths and talents. For positions with multiple levels, we will evaluate your prior experience to determine the level within our organization you are best aligned based upon the job applying.

CURRENT ASSOCIATES OR TEMPORARY ASSOCIATES: Please apply via your internal Workday career account.

$81,164.00-$135,275.00 Annual

This is the base pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire.

Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors.