Senior Manufacturing Systems Layout Engineer (Lean, CAD)

Copeland LP; Town of Sidney (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

401(k)

Parental leave

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

Copeland LP is seeking a Senior Advanced Manufacturing Technology System Layout Engineer to design and optimize manufacturing layouts and production lines across the Sidney, OH campus. You will collaborate with process, automation, controls, logistics, and product engineering teams to implement scalable systems balancing operator effort with automation.

The role emphasizes CAD-based layout development, line balancing, capacity planning, and project leadership to boost throughput, productivity,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering field.
• Associates degree with equivalent work experience would be considered.
• Minimum 5+ years of manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, or advanced manufacturing experience.
• Experience designing and implementing assembly lines, manufacturing systems, and plant layouts.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing process development and production flow analysis.
• Proficiency with CAD software for layout development (AutoCAD, BricsCAD, or similar 2D software)
• Experience with line balancing, labor analysis, and capacity planning.
• Strong project management and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to travel up to 25% within the US & Mexico.

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing system concepts for new products, production expansions, and plant transformations.
• Design and optimize assembly lines, sub-assembly areas, workstations, and production cells to maximize throughput and efficiency.
• Create future-state manufacturing layouts utilizing lean manufacturing principles.
• Evaluate alternative manufacturing concepts and recommend optimal system configurations.
• Lead line balancing activities and workstation optimization based on takt time, cycle time, labor content, and production requirements.
• Define interfaces and interactions between manufacturing equipment, automation systems, test systems, robotics and material handling equipment.
• Develop strategies to improve productivity, flexibility, and scalability.
• Develop detailed plant and production area layouts using 2D & 3D CAD tools.
• Analyze space utilization and develop capacity plans for future growth.
• Balance operator tasks and automated processes to achieve productivity, quality, and ergonomic objectives.
• Conduct manufacturing system simulations, throughput analysis, and bottleneck evaluations.
• Participate in design reviews, FAT, SAT, and production readiness reviews.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Industrial engineering

Line balancing

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechanical Engineering

Associates degree with equivalent work experience

Tools

AutoCAD

BricsCAD

2D CAD software

Job description

Copeland LP is seeking a Senior Advanced Manufacturing Technology System Layout Engineer to design and optimize manufacturing layouts and production lines across the Sidney, OH campus. You will collaborate with process, automation, controls, logistics, and product engineering teams to implement scalable systems balancing operator effort with automation.

The role emphasizes CAD-based layout development, line balancing, capacity planning, and project leadership to boost throughput, productivity,