Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Excellent compensation, benefits, and opportunities for growth!

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Salary: $80,000 - $100,000 per year

A bit about us:

Our client is a growing engineering and manufacturing organization that develops advanced products and systems for transportation and industrial applications. Their operation combines hands-on manufacturing, engineering, testing, and new product development, with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement and production efficiency. They are looking to strengthen their engineering team with an experienced manufacturing professional who can improve existing processes, implement equipment, and lead new products into production.

Why join us?

Excellent compensation, benefits, and opportunities for growth!

Job Details

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer to improve manufacturing processes, support new product launches, and lead equipment and production optimization initiatives.

This is a hands-on engineering position for someone who enjoys spending time on the manufacturing floor, solving production problems, working with tooling and equipment, and driving measurable improvements in throughput, quality, scrap, cost, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

Develop, improve, and optimize manufacturing processes for existing and new products.
Lead continuous improvement projects focused on throughput, scrap reduction, cycle time, quality, and manufacturing cost.
Support new product introduction and production launch activities.
Evaluate, specify, and implement new manufacturing equipment.
Develop and improve tooling, fixtures, and production workstations.
Work directly with equipment and component suppliers.
Identify production bottlenecks and implement solutions to improve capacity.
Support sheet-metal and mechanical manufacturing processes.
Troubleshoot manufacturing and equipment-related issues on the production floor.
Develop process documentation, work instructions, drawings, and manufacturing standards.
Apply Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and 5S methodologies.
Partner with Operations, Quality, Production, Supply Chain, and Maintenance teams.
Support capital equipment projects from justification through implementation.
Ensure manufacturing processes meet product specifications, capacity requirements, quality standards, and cost targets.

ESW Group's Manufacturing Engineer posting specifically emphasizes manufacturing process capability, new product releases, equipment/component suppliers, tooling and fixtures, continuous improvement, senior leadership interaction, and coordination with Sales, Operations, and Production.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or similar discipline preferred.
7+ years of manufacturing/process engineering experience suggested for this senior-level version.
Strong hands-on manufacturing and production-floor experience.
Demonstrated experience improving throughput, quality, scrap, cycle time, or production costs.
Experience implementing manufacturing equipment, tooling, and fixtures.
Strong Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement background.
Experience supporting new product introduction and production launches.
Ability to read engineering drawings and create manufacturing documentation.
Strong cross-functional communication and project leadership skills.

Particularly Valuable Experience

Sheet-metal manufacturing
Fabrication
Welding
Automotive or transportation components
Exhaust/emissions products
Industrial equipment
Tooling and fixtures
SolidWorks
Six Sigma / Kaizen / 5S
Capital equipment projects

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