Manufacturing Process Engineer - Lean & Capital Projects

Top Echelon Software, LLC.; Decorah (IA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC seeks a Manufacturing/Process Engineer in Decorah, Iowa to optimize production processes, lead Lean/Six Sigma improvements, and manage capital projects across operations, quality, maintenance, and supply chain.

The role emphasizes process stability, continuous improvement, and hands-on involvement with equipment installation, startup, and validation to ensure safe, efficient, and repeatable manufacturing results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Industrial, or Mechanical) required.
• 4–7 years of hands-on manufacturing or process engineering experience.
• Experience in lean manufacturing and capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of process capability and cycle time analysis.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain detailed work instructions, standard work, and process documentation.
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills and travel up to 15%.

Responsibilities

• Support daily manufacturing operations by monitoring process performance and addressing issues.
• Develop and maintain work instructions, process flows, routings, and standard work.
• Analyze production data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Implement changes to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and throughput.
• Lead capital project initiatives from kickoff to startup and commissioning.
• Drive continuous improvement via Lean, Six Sigma and related methodologies.
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.
• Support process validation and acceptance testing for new or modified equipment.
• Sustain improvements with updated documentation and operator training.

Skills

Process engineering

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical)

Job description

Top Echelon Software, LLC seeks a Manufacturing/Process Engineer in Decorah, Iowa to optimize production processes, lead Lean/Six Sigma improvements, and manage capital projects across operations, quality, maintenance, and supply chain.

The role emphasizes process stability, continuous improvement, and hands-on involvement with equipment installation, startup, and validation to ensure safe, efficient, and repeatable manufacturing results.