Manufacturing Process Improvement Engineer

United Future; Decorah (IA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

United Future in Decorah, Iowa seeks a Manufacturing/Process Engineer to develop, maintain, and improve production processes. You will focus on process stability, continuous improvement, and capital project support while partnering with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure efficient, safe, and repeatable manufacturing processes.

The role requires a hands-on engineer with experience in lean manufacturing, capital projects, and process validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or related field) required.
• 4–7 years of hands-on manufacturing or process engineering experience in a production environment.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze, improve, and sustain manufacturing processes.
• Experience in lean manufacturing.
• Experience with capital projects.
• Strong working knowledge of process capability, cycle time analysis, scrap reduction, and efficiency metrics.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining detailed work instructions, standard work, and process documentation.
• Experience supporting capital equipment installation, commissioning, and process validation activities.
• Hands-on with production teams and strong problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support daily manufacturing operations by monitoring process performance and responding to process issues.
• Develop, document, and maintain work instructions, process flows, routings, and standard work.
• Analyze production data to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Implement process changes to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and throughput.
• Support new product or process introductions through setup, trials, and documentation.
• Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and related continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead root cause analyses and implement corrective actions.
• Identify and reduce waste, scrap, and labor inefficiencies.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Process capability

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Problem solving

Education

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

Job description

United Future in Decorah, Iowa seeks a Manufacturing/Process Engineer to develop, maintain, and improve production processes. You will focus on process stability, continuous improvement, and capital project support while partnering with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure efficient, safe, and repeatable manufacturing processes.

The role requires a hands-on engineer with experience in lean manufacturing, capital projects, and process validation.