Manufacturing Process Engineer II — Onsite in Sparks, NV

Orion International; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion International seeks a Manufacturing Engineer II to drive process improvements, optimize production workflows, and ensure manufacturing readiness across assigned products in Sparks, NV. You will partner with production, quality, and engineering teams to reduce costs and enhance safety and throughput.

This role requires 4+ years in manufacturing or industrial engineering, strong analytical skills, and the ability to lead moderately complex improvement projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical Engineering required.
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, or related role.
• Strong critical-thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal communication, technical writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and improve manufacturing methods, operation sequences, tooling, and process documentation for components, subassemblies, and final assemblies.
• Own manufacturing readiness for assigned products, ensuring BOMs, routings, labor standards, and work instructions are accurate and optimized.
• Collaborate with engineering to influence product designs and improve manufacturability, assembly efficiency, and overall production performance.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance safety, ergonomics, throughput, and product quality while reducing cycle time and cost of goods sold.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions related to manufacturing failures, nonconformances (NCRs), and corrective action requests (CARs) in partnership with Quality.
• Estimate manufacturing costs and establish time standards to support production planning and quoting.
• Support engineering changes by ensuring manufacturing documentation, routings, and shop processes reflect current design requirements.
• Coordinate with Quality, Production, and Engineering to resolve manufacturing challenges and production issues.
• Provide technical support to production personnel by troubleshooting equipment issues, process problems, and manufacturing bottlenecks, including assisting with rework planning when needed.
• Evaluate equipment and tooling requirements and support the implementation of capital equipment.
• Support or lead continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean manufacturing events and Kaizen activities.
• Analyze production data and performance metrics to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement across the value stream.
• Lead moderately complex manufacturing improvement projects within assigned production areas.
• Serve as a technical resource for production personnel and junior engineers, providing guidance and training on manufacturing processes, tooling, and methods.
• Perform additional duties in support of our client’s manufacturing and operational excellence initiatives.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Visio

Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Orion International seeks a Manufacturing Engineer II to drive process improvements, optimize production workflows, and ensure manufacturing readiness across assigned products in Sparks, NV. You will partner with production, quality, and engineering teams to reduce costs and enhance safety and throughput.

This role requires 4+ years in manufacturing or industrial engineering, strong analytical skills, and the ability to lead moderately complex improvement projects.