Associate Manufacturing Engineer

Country: USA

State: Michigan

City: Grand Rapids

Office Location: 4100 68th Street - - - - -

Date posted: 08-Sep-2026

Business Function: Engineering

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

We are hiring an Associate Manufacturing Engineer to lead and provide ongoing support through our manufacturing life cycle!

What You Will Be Doing:

With limited direction, will lead the introduction of new products into the facility, improve productivity and profitability of existing production procedures, and provide ongoing support through the manufacturing life cycle. Acts as a technical expert in process technology

Improvements: Independently, with innovation and creativity, evaluates manufacturing processes to ensure optimal labor and material costs to increase productivity and profitability. Through justifications and evaluations, identifies prime areas for improvement. Tracks expenditures to ensure outlays are within budgeted amounts. Identifies, reduces, and eliminates worker exposure(s) to ergonomic stress(es) in the work place.

Floor Support: Provides timely product and process support for any manufacturing area to diagnose problems, identify and implement solutions to minimize interruptions to production.

Special Projects: Leads the implementation of significant product, process, Cost reduction or other corporate change initiatives being introduced into the plant.

Strategic/Manufacturing Planning: Provides advanced research to introduce/integrate new processes, equipment, and technologies into the company

Your future team:

You will be part of large and collaborative operations network at Steelcase.

Required Skills and Competencies

• 4 year technical degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Industrial, Mechatronic, Electrical or similar engineering fields.
• Experience in root cause analysis, corrective actions and familiarity with ERP (SAP and Windchill)
• Experience in Statistical Risk Analysis
• Must be willing to be hands on with production floor support
• Must be willing to work flexible hours
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Steelcase will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role.

Preferred Skills and Competencies

• 2+ years of hands on manufacturing experience
• Very strong analysis skills: process, capacity, cost/benefit, waste stream, and quality tools.
• Internal and external quality support/management
• Knowledge in lean manufacturing techniques: flow, PQ, equipment reliability, and set up reduction.
• Knowledge of material handling
• Productivity improvement techniques: CRI's
• Economics and financial analysis
• Ability to document process, functional specifications, etc.
• Wood working experience
• Desirable experience in working or applying automation, visual systems, IIOT, etc.
• Experience in design, specification, purchase, and installation of new equipment
• Knowledge of simulation, process modeling, and value stream mapping
• Occupational Bio Mechanics/Human Factors Engineering
• Desirable experience in applying solving methods Techniques (Lean Essential, 8 step, TQM etc.)

Doing Better for People and Planet

Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.

Why People Choose to Work with Us

At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.

Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at View email address on click.appcast.io.

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