Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

The Manufacturing Engineer supports and troubleshoots a wide range of automated and CNC equipment on the production floor, spending approximately 80% of their time in the plant and 20% in the office. This role focuses on designing, developing, and improving manufacturing processes, providing day-to-day engineering support to operations, and ensuring high-volume automated lines run efficiently and reliably. The role is based primarily on the production floor, with approximately 80% of time spent in the plant and 20% in an office setting. The environment includes six large CNC centers and a variety of automation equipment, ranging from semi-automated and manual systems with multiple stations to fully automated lines that convert raw material into finished products through multiple operations. The facility operates as a union shop, so direct work on equipment may at times be performed in collaboration with tool makers and other skilled trades. This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Hastings, MI.

Responsibilities

• Support and troubleshoot automated equipment and large CNC centers, spending most of the time on the production floor to address real-time issues.
• Provide engineering support for plant operations, responding to daily production problems and resolving them using structured root cause analysis methods.
• Design, develop, and improve manufacturing processes to increase efficiency, throughput, and product quality across fully automated, semi-automated, and manual equipment.