Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Autofill and Review

30+ days ago

Job Description

Position Summary: 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.

Numbers & Facts

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Skills

Analysis Skillsunmatched
Automationunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing)unmatched
Capital Equipmentunmatched
Computer Workstationsunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Corrective Actionunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
Engineeringunmatched
Ergonomicsunmatched
Industrial Engineeringunmatched
Investment Capitalunmatched
Lean Manufacturingunmatched
Machiningunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Manufacturing Engineeringunmatched
Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Metal Manufacturingunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Operational Improvementunmatched
Plant Layout and Designunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Production Supportunmatched
Production Systemsunmatched
Productivity Modelunmatched
Return on Investment (ROI)unmatched
Root Cause Analysisunmatched
Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
Scalable System Developmentunmatched
Shipping Operationsunmatched
Six Sigma Certificationunmatched
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
Standards Developmentunmatched
Supply Chainunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Value Stream Mappingunmatched
Weldingunmatched
Workflow Analysisunmatched

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