Process Engineer: Lean Manufacturing & Capital Projects

Ethos; Decorah (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan (Med/Dental/Vision)

Retirement plan 401k/IRA

Life Insurance (Basic/Voluntary)

Paid time off

Family leave

Short/Long term disability

Training & development

Job summary

Ethos, a manufacturing leader in Decorah, IA, seeks a Process Engineer to drive process stability, continuous improvement, and capital project support. You will partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure safe, efficient, and repeatable production.

The role emphasizes developing work instructions, analyzing production data, and implementing changes to improve safety, quality, and throughput, while supporting new product introductions and training operators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
• 5+ years of hands-on manufacturing or process engineering experience in a production environment.
• Experience in lean manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor process performance and respond to process issues.
• Develop, document, and maintain work instructions, process flows, routings, and standard work.
• Analyze production data (scrap, rework, cycle time, downtime) to identify improvement opportunities.
• Implement process changes to improve safety, quality, efficiency and throughput.
• Support new product or process introductions with setup, trials, and documentation.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Proactively identify and eliminate waste, reduce scrap, minimize labor inefficiencies, and lower material costs.
• Champion kaizen events and monitor improvement metrics and results.
• Sustain improvements by updating documentation and conducting operator training sessions.
• Lead capital project initiatives from equipment selection to startup to enhance operational capabilities.
• Develop ROI analyses and technical specs for capital requests.

Skills

Process improvement

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Ethos, a manufacturing leader in Decorah, IA, seeks a Process Engineer to drive process stability, continuous improvement, and capital project support. You will partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure safe, efficient, and repeatable production.

The role emphasizes developing work instructions, analyzing production data, and implementing changes to improve safety, quality, and throughput, while supporting new product introductions and training operators.