Process Engineer - Lean Ops & Capital Projects

Essenti Talent; Decorah (IA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Essenti Talent is seeking a Manufacturing/Process Engineer in Decorah, Iowa to support and improve production processes. The role emphasizes process stability, continuous improvement, and capital project support, collaborating with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure safe, efficient, repeatable manufacturing.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 4–7 years of hands-on manufacturing or process engineering experience, with strong Lean, Six Sigma,

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.
• Must enjoy being hands-on working with production teams.
• Advanced problem-solving skills with practical application of root cause analysis methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor process performance and respond 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 with setup, trials, and documentation.
• Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Process improvement

Lean manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistical analysis

Documentation & SOPs

Capital projects

Quality systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Essenti Talent is seeking a Manufacturing/Process Engineer in Decorah, Iowa to support and improve production processes. The role emphasizes process stability, continuous improvement, and capital project support, collaborating with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to ensure safe, efficient, repeatable manufacturing.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 4–7 years of hands-on manufacturing or process engineering experience, with strong Lean, Six Sigma,