Senior Manufacturing Engineer: Lead Process Improvements

Jobot; Montgomeryville (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot in Montgomeryville, PA is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to improve processes, support new product introductions, and lead equipment and production optimization on the factory floor.

The role requires hands-on manufacturing experience and a strong background in Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and 5S, with cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Quality, and Maintenance to drive measurable throughput and cost improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years of manufacturing/process engineering experience for this senior level version.
• Hands-on manufacturing and production-floor experience.
• Demonstrated experience improving throughput, quality, scrap, cycle time, or production costs.
• Experience implementing manufacturing equipment, tooling, and fixtures.
• Strong Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement background.
• Experience supporting new product introduction and production launches.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and create manufacturing documentation.
• Strong cross-functional communication and project leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, improve, and optimize manufacturing processes for existing and new products.
• Lead continuous improvement projects focused on throughput, scrap reduction, cycle time, quality, and manufacturing cost.
• Support new product introduction and production launch activities.
• Evaluate, specify, and implement new manufacturing equipment.
• Develop and improve tooling, fixtures, and production workstations.
• Work directly with equipment and component suppliers.
• Identify production bottlenecks and implement solutions to improve capacity.
• Support sheet-metal and mechanical manufacturing processes.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing and equipment-related issues on the production floor.
• Develop process documentation, work instructions, drawings, and manufacturing standards.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and 5S methodologies.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, and Maintenance teams.
• Support capital equipment projects from justification through implementation.
• Ensure manufacturing processes meet product specifications, capacity requirements, quality standards, and cost targets.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Kaizen

5S

Cross-functional communication

Project leadership

Reading engineering drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or similar

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Jobot in Montgomeryville, PA is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to improve processes, support new product introductions, and lead equipment and production optimization on the factory floor.

The role requires hands-on manufacturing experience and a strong background in Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and 5S, with cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Quality, and Maintenance to drive measurable throughput and cost improvements.