Manufacturing Process Engineer - On-Floor CI & Safety

Job Juncture; Menasha (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K match plan

Health, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance

Tuition Assistance

Paid vacation and holidays

Work/Life Balance

Casual workplace

Job summary

Job Juncture is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for a state-of-the-art production facility that makes architectural wood doors. This hands-on role reports to the Automation Engineering Manager and emphasizes process improvement, floor presence, and cross-functional teamwork to boost safety, quality and productivity.

You will work with Production, Continuous Improvement, Maintenance and Engineering to design practical solutions, implement changes, and sustain gains on the plant floor.

Qualifications

• Associate degree Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering required.
• 3+ years’ experience as a Manufacturing Engineer in an assembly operation, preferably wood products.
• Must be a self-starter who can work independently and, on a team.
• Prior project management experience, start to finish, highly desirable.
• Prior capital project experience is also helpful.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with all levels of staff.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for solving hands-on manufacturing problems to improve day-to-day performance while working with Production, Continuous Improvement, Maintenance, and Engineering.
• Strong process improvement skills that help meet KPIs.
• Develop practical solutions and ensure improvements are implemented and sustained, challenging existing methods, influencing change, and driving teams from problem identification through execution and follow-up.
• Maintain a strong presence on the manufacturing floor and work directly with operators, supervisors, and department leadership to resolve day-to-day process issues.
• Serve as an escalation resource for manufacturing problems requiring deeper process analysis and technical problem solving after initial Production or Maintenance response.
• Coordinate efforts to plan, design, develop and validate manufacturing processes and improvements to existing processes.
• Improve processes and eliminate waste in key constraint areas.
• Improve safety, quality, productivity, and delivery in assigned areas.
• Develop and drive metrics in conjunction with Production Teams.

Skills

Process improvement

Manufacturing engineering

Project management

Capital projects

Strong communication

Self-starter

Team collaboration

Education

Associate degree Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

Job Juncture is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for a state-of-the-art production facility that makes architectural wood doors. This hands-on role reports to the Automation Engineering Manager and emphasizes process improvement, floor presence, and cross-functional teamwork to boost safety, quality and productivity.

You will work with Production, Continuous Improvement, Maintenance and Engineering to design practical solutions, implement changes, and sustain gains on the plant floor.