Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer – Afternoon Shift

Daimler Truck North America; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 108,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

401k with company match (up to 6%)

4 weeks paid vacation

13+ holidays

8 weeks paid parental leave

Healthcare plans

Job summary

Daimler Truck North America is seeking a Manufacturing Production Process Engineer III for the Detroit Machining Department to design, optimize, and sustain production processes for safety, quality, productivity, and cost improvements.

This role acts as a technical SME, leading continuous improvement, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring process capability across machining, assembly, and automated systems. Requires 5–7 years in manufacturing with Lean experience and CNC tooling knowledge.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
• 5-7 years of relevant experience.
• Lean/Continuous improvement tools and principles.
• Extensive mechanical aptitude to diagnose CNC machining equipment.
• Machining tool background including drills, reamers, taps and mills.
• Experience with GD&T, CMM Reports and process sheets.
• Experience leading projects to improve performance in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, productivity and cost.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using structured problem-solving to eliminate issues and increase equipment efficiency.
• Serve as the technical SME for processes, equipment, tooling, and production methods.
• Troubleshoot and resolve chronic and sporadic manufacturing, quality, and equipment issues.
• Maintain process capability and stability for machining, assembly, and automated systems.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, quality and product engineering to implement improvements.
• Develop standards, procedures, layouts, and methods to maximize efficiency.
• Supervise production team periodically.

Skills

Lean/Continuous improvement

Problem solving

Communication skills

MS Office

Education

BS/BA in Engineering or Engineering Technology

Tools

CNC machining equipment knowledge

Machining tools (drills, reamers, taps, mills)

GD&T

CMM reports

Process sheets

Job description

Daimler Truck North America is seeking a Manufacturing Production Process Engineer III for the Detroit Machining Department to design, optimize, and sustain production processes for safety, quality, productivity, and cost improvements.

This role acts as a technical SME, leading continuous improvement, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring process capability across machining, assembly, and automated systems. Requires 5–7 years in manufacturing with Lean experience and CNC tooling knowledge.