Job Description
Title: Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Plano, TX 75024
Duration: 12 Months
Description:
Job Summary
Key Responsibilities
Must Have
Required Experience
Top 5 Key Skills
Preferred Experience
Location: Plano, TX 75024
Duration: 12 Months
Description:
Job Summary
- The Manufacturing Engineer serves as a technical leader supporting daily manufacturing operations through advanced troubleshooting, data-driven decision making, yield improvement, defect reduction, and implementation of robust manufacturing processes. This engineer independently leads complex investigations, drives cross-functional problem solving, and identifies opportunities to improve operational performance, quality, and cost.
- The engineer will lead the implementation and validation of new equipment, automation, and manufacturing processes utilizing the IQ/OQ/PQ framework and applicable regulatory requirements. They will partner closely with Production, Quality, R&D, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, efficient, and scalable manufacturing operations. The engineer is expected to serve as a subject matter expert, mentor junior engineers, and communicate technical findings and business impacts to all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead troubleshooting of complex manufacturing, process, and equipment-related issues to minimize downtime and maintain production objectives.
- Analyze yield, scrap, defect, and process performance data to identify trends and drive sustainable improvements.
- Lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies such as 6M, 5 Why, Fishbone, DOE, and statistical analysis tools.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, productivity, cost reduction, capacity expansion, and process robustness.
- Lead cross-functional teams in the execution and implementation of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Plan, execute, and document equipment and process validations using IQ/OQ/PQ methodologies.
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, work instructions, control plans, and standard operating procedures.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior engineers and manufacturing personnel.
- Assess and implement automation, tooling, and process improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
- Communicate project status, technical findings, recommendations, and business impact to stakeholders and leadership.
- Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO, GMP, and internal quality system requirements.
Must Have
- Excellent or native English language fluency due to all meetings, procedures, and technical communications being conducted in English.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all organizational levels.
- Proven experience leading technical investigations and driving issue resolution in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions independently.
Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (preferred), Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, or related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, preferably in a regulated industry.
- Experience leading manufacturing support activities, process improvements, and cross-functional projects.
- Experience performing equipment and process validations (IQ/OQ/PQ).
- Experience utilizing structured root cause analysis methodologies and implementing corrective actions.
Top 5 Key Skills
- Advanced technical problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Statistical data analysis and process optimization
- Cross-functional leadership and project management
- Root cause analysis and corrective action implementation
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
Preferred Experience
- Medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other highly regulated manufacturing experience.
- Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
- Advanced statistical analysis using Minitab, JMP, or similar software.
- Experience with automation, robotics, vision systems, or advanced manufacturing technologies.
- MES, ERP, and manufacturing data systems experience.
- Design of Experiments (DOE), process characterization, and validation expertise.
- Experience mentoring engineers, technicians, and production personnel.
- Experience leading capital equipment implementation projects.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Plano, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $40 |
| Company Size | 2,000 to 2,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | http://www.lancesoft.com/ |
About Company
We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Bioengineeringunmatched
- Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
- Capital Equipmentunmatched
- Capital Projectunmatched
- Chemical Engineeringunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Corrective Actionunmatched
- Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) Systemsunmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Data Processingunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Engineeringunmatched
- English Languageunmatched
- Equipment Validationunmatched
- Experiment Designunmatched
- FDA (Food and Drug Administration)unmatched
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)unmatched
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization)unmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Industrial Engineeringunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Lean Manufacturingunmatched
- Lean Six Sigmaunmatched
- Machine Toolunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Automationunmatched
- Manufacturing Engineeringunmatched
- Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
- Manufacturing Process Engineeringunmatched
- Manufacturing Systemsunmatched
- Manufacturing Technologyunmatched
- Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
- Mechanical Engineeringunmatched
- Medical Equipmentunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Minitabunmatched
- Operational Improvementunmatched
- Operational Strategyunmatched
- Operationsunmatched
- Performance Managementunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Process Validationunmatched
- Productivity Managementunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Quality System Requirements (QSR)unmatched
- Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
- Research & Development (R&D)unmatched
- Roboticsunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Six Sigma Black Beltunmatched
- Six Sigma Green Beltunmatched
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
- Statisticsunmatched
- Structured Analysisunmatched
- Supply Chainunmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Technical Supportunmatched
- Trend Analysisunmatched
- United States Department of Energy (DOE)unmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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