Senior Equipment Engineer

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Senior Equipment Engineer

Contract: Weirton, West Virginia, US

Salary Range: 50.00 - 60.00 | Per Hour

Job Code: 372319

End Date: 2026-11-12
Days Left: 17 days, 3 hours left

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Title: Senior Equipment Engineer, Operations

Duration: 6 months Contract to hire

Location: Weirton, WV

Pay Range: $50 - $60/Hr

Role Description:

• We're looking for a Senior Equipment Engineer to join our Operations Engineering team.
• In this role, you will use your deep familiarity with a variety of manufacturing equipment to lead the ramp up of production while maintaining quality.
• From assisting in commissioning to developing maintenance strategies, you will be responsible for optimizing and owning first-of-its-kind equipment.

What You'll Do:

• Own the performance, reliability, and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment.
• Define and implement OEE and equipment performance metrics to identify loss drivers and prioritize improvement work.
• Translate production data and downtime trends into clear problem statements, project scopes, and execution plans.
• Lead equipment-focused improvement projects, including mechanical, tooling, fixturing, and station layout changes.
• Create and maintain CAD designs and drawings to develop hardware solutions that address reliability, ergonomics, quality, and throughput issues. (knowledge of CAD is must have)
• Respond to production events with a root-cause, system-level mindset, coordinating mechanical, electrical, and controls actions to restore and improve performance.
• Support installation, commissioning, and ramp of new equipment, including active participation in design reviews, FATs, and SATs from an equipment owner perspective.
• Optimize equipment parameters and station configuration in collaboration with production and quality teams.
• Provide hands-on floor support in a high-volume manufacturing environment and establish standards to reduce repeat issues.

What You'll Bring:

• 7+ years of applicable experience and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. (5+ years is okay. need Senior level, someone who can identify the issue)
• Strong understanding of manufacturing equipment, such as furnaces, web or powder handling equipment, mixers, resistance welders, and laminators (furnaces and interact wit robot- two active projects)
• Demonstrated experience in equipment engineering within a production or manufacturing environment, including system ownership.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose mechanical, electrical, and system-level issues under production pressure.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across equipment, controls, manufacturing, quality, and operations to drive execution and results.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable)

Job Requirement

• Strong understanding of manufacturing equipment such as furnaces/ web or powder handling equipment/ mixers/ resistance welders and laminators

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• Sidharth Sethi
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