Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Insight Global; New Bremen (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Temporary housing available

White glove moving/packing services

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Paint Line for an onsite role in New Bremen, OH. The incumbent will own the paint line from pretreatment to delivery, apply expertise in powder coating and wet paint, and lead future-state improvements and capital projects.

The position requires hands-on engineering leadership, team mentorship of 4–5 engineers/technicians, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet safety, quality, and cost targets.

Qualifications

• Direct experience with industrial powder coating and/or wet paint processes is required.
• Hands-on experience supporting, engineering, troubleshooting, maintaining, or owning an industrial paint/coating process.
• General manufacturing engineering experience without direct paint/coating responsibility will not meet requirements.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical leader and process owner for industrial paint operations.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, improve, and optimize powder-coating and/or wet-paint processes and equipment.
• Lead safety, quality, capacity, reliability, productivity, and cost-reduction improvements.
• Ensure paint-line equipment and processes meet production and quality requirements.
• Lead future-state projects while maintaining current operations.
• Develop and execute capital projects including equipment selection and commissioning.
• Support process capability prove-out, training, documentation, and startup.

Skills

Powder coating expertise

Wet paint processes

Industrial paint process ownership

Troubleshooting manufacturing

Education

Associate's degree or higher in engineering/manufacturing/technical

8+ years of relevant manufacturing experience with HS diploma/GED

Job description

Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Paint Line

Location: New Bremen, OH 45869 - Client is willing to pay for relocation including temporary housing, white glove moving/packing services, etc.

Work Model: Onsite

Employment Type: Full-Time

Schedule: Approximately 6:30 AM-3:00 PM, with some flexibility

Travel: Approximately 5-10%

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Paint Line to provide technical leadership and process ownership for an industrial paint operation.

This position requires direct experience with industrial powder coating and/or wet paint processes. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and improving the existing paint line while leading future-state improvements, capital projects, equipment upgrades, and process optimization.

This individual will own the process from when unpainted components enter the line through washing/pretreatment, coating, curing, and delivery of the finished painted product.

The role will also lead and mentor a team of approximately 4-5 Manufacturing Engineering and Process Technician resources, making demonstrated technical leadership, mentorship, and team development experience essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical leader and process owner for industrial paint operations.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, improve, and optimize powder-coating and/or wet-paint processes and equipment.
• Lead improvements focused on safety, quality, capacity, reliability, productivity, and cost reduction.
• Ensure paint-line equipment and processes operate according to production and quality requirements.
• Lead future-state projects while maintaining the performance of existing operations.
• Develop and execute capital projects, including equipment selection, cost analysis, layouts, scheduling, procurement, installation, and commissioning.
• Support process capability prove-out, training, documentation, and production startup.
• Apply working knowledge of industrial controls and automation to understand how paint equipment, conveyors, controls, and supporting systems interact.
• Partner with Production, Maintenance, Controls, Quality, Environmental, and Engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve manufacturing issues.
• Support applicable environmental and EPA requirements associated with industrial paint and coating operations.
• Support new-product introductions, including process investigation, cost estimation, prototype manufacturing, and production readiness.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 4-5 engineers and process technicians.
• Establish team priorities, delegate responsibilities, provide technical direction, coach team members, and drive accountability.
• Lead cross-functional projects and communicate technical recommendations across all levels of the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Paint / Coating Experience

• Direct professional experience with industrial powder coating and/or wet paint processes is required.
• Must have hands‑on experience supporting, engineering, troubleshooting, maintaining, improving, or owning an industrial paint/coating process.
• General manufacturing engineering experience without direct paint/coating responsibility will not meet this requirement.

Education / Experience

Candidates must meet one of the following:

• Associate's degree or higher in an engineering, manufacturing, technical, or related discipline; OR
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant manufacturing/process engineering experience with a high school diploma or GED.

Leadership Experience

• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentorship, or people leadership experience is required.
• Experience leading and developing engineers, process technicians, or similar technical manufacturing personnel.
• Ability to set priorities, delegate work, provide technical direction, coach and mentor team members, and drive accountability.
• Experience leading cross‑functional manufacturing teams and projects.
• Ability to effectively lead a technical team of approximately 4-5 employees.

Additional Requirements

• Strong manufacturing/process engineering experience within a production environment.
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Project management experience involving process improvements and/or capital equipment.
• Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, and problem‑solving skills.
• Valid driving privileges.
• Ability to travel occasionally, approximately 5-10%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience with industrial powder-coating and/or wet-paint systems.
• Experience with automated paint lines, including pretreatment/wash systems, application equipment, paint/powder booths, conveyors, curing ovens, and supporting equipment.
• Working knowledge of PLCs, controls, and industrial automation. PLC programming expertise is not required, but candidates should understand how controls interact with the overall paint system.
• Equipment specification, procurement, installation, commissioning, and startup experience.
• Capital equipment and capital‑project leadership.
• Knowledge of environmental/EPA requirements related to industrial paint and coating operations.
• Process capability and Statistical Process Control (SPC) experience.
• CAD/manufacturing layout and GD&T knowledge.
• Continuous improvement and process optimization experience.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate combines three critical areas of experience:

• Paint expertise: Direct, hands‑on industrial powder‑coating and/or wet-paint experience.
• Manufacturing engineering: Strong experience owning and improving manufacturing processes, troubleshooting equipment, and leading capital or process‑improvement projects.
• Leadership: Proven experience leading, mentoring, and developing engineers or technical personnel, with the ability to lead a team of approximately 4-5.

This is not a general manufacturing engineering position. The successful candidate should be comfortable taking technical ownership of the paint operation, keeping the existing process performing effectively, leading future improvements, and developing the technical team supporting the operation.