Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Looking for a Mid to Senior level Manufacturing Engineer with 7+ years' of manufacturing experience to lead labor and process optimization, plant layout, and continuous improvement initiatives in a complex engineered manufacturing environment. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who thrives on the production floor, can influence teams across departments, and has a proven record of improving throughput, reducing costs, and building scalable manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead plant-wide continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, quality, safety, and cost reduction.
• Analyze and optimize workflows across fabrication, welding, assembly, and shipping operations.
• Develop labor standards, capacity models, staffing, and production metrics to support growth.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement sustainable process improvements that increase throughput and on-time delivery.
• Design and improve plant layouts, material flow systems, workstation ergonomics, and factory organization.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions related to downtime, scrap, rework, and inefficiencies.
• Create and maintain SOPs, standard work, and best practices across departments.
• Evaluate capital equipment investments, automation opportunities, and ROI-driven manufacturing improvements.
• Partner closely with Production, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, and Engineering leaders to execute operational priorities.
• Mentor junior engineers and help elevate continuous improvement culture across the facility.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
• 5–15 years of Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering experience in a production environment.
• Strong background in metal fabrication, welding, heavy manufacturing, job shop, or engineered-to-order environments preferred.
• Proven success implementing Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, value stream mapping, and process improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into actionable operational improvements.
• Comfortable leading projects and influencing teams without direct authority.
• ERP/MRP experience required; CAD experience preferred.
• Six Sigma certification or equivalent CI training is a plus.