Onsite Production Engineer: Throughput & Process Control

Ultimate Staffing; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultimate Staffing seeks a Production Engineer for a client in Fort Worth. This 100% onsite, full-time role focuses on enhancing and sustaining manufacturing processes to meet quality, cost, delivery, and safety objectives.

The candidate will partner with industrial, quality, process, and product engineering teams to improve throughput, reduce variability, and support new product introductions. Strong engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in process design, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement within a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in data analysis and statistical tools (Excel, Minitab, SPC); familiarity with SQL or scripting is a plus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and commitment to precision.
• Comfortable working hands-on in a production environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze production processes and line layouts to identify bottlenecks, capacity constraints, and waste; implement solutions to increase throughput and reduce cycle time.
• Lead root-cause investigations for defects and downtime using structured methodologies (5 Whys, Fishbone, 8D, FMEA).
• Develop, validate, and optimize process flows, work instructions, SOPs, and operator training materials.
• Implement and maintain process controls and SPC systems; analyze production data to monitor process capability and trends.
• Support new product introductions (NPI) and product transfers into manufacturing.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to design or specify tooling, fixtures, gauges, and test equipment.
• Identify and drive automation improvements in collaboration with controls and automation teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives through project proposals, cost-benefit analyses, and execution.
• Work with quality engineering to define inspection criteria, support FAI, and implement corrective/preventive actions.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

Excel

Minitab

SPC

SQL

Job description

Ultimate Staffing seeks a Production Engineer for a client in Fort Worth. This 100% onsite, full-time role focuses on enhancing and sustaining manufacturing processes to meet quality, cost, delivery, and safety objectives.

The candidate will partner with industrial, quality, process, and product engineering teams to improve throughput, reduce variability, and support new product introductions. Strong engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience are essential for success.