Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

The Manufacturing Engineer supports capital projects, drives equipment reliability and performance, and leads continuous improvement initiatives within a manufacturing environment. This role provides technical support to operations and maintenance teams, ensures safe and compliant engineering solutions, and uses data-driven analysis to enhance throughput, efficiency, and overall equipment effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, execution, and commissioning of manufacturing equipment and capital improvement projects.
• Cook up activities with equipment suppliers, contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
• Track project scope, timelines, budgets, and deliverables to maintain project control and transparency.
• Participate in factory acceptance testing (FAT) and site acceptance testing (SAT) to verify equipment performance and compliance.
• Analyze equipment downtime and identify opportunities to improve reliability, throughput, and efficiency.
• Conduct root cause analyses and implement corrective actions to address equipment and process issues.
• Support preventive and predictive maintenance initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime and extend equipment life.
• Develop and maintain key performance metrics and project dashboards to monitor progress and performance.
• Provide technical support to Operations and Maintenance teams to resolve equipment and process issues.
• Assist in troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, automated, and packaging equipment problems.
• Support line trials, equipment modifications, and process improvements to enhance product quality and efficiency.
• Absolutely ensure engineering changes are properly documented and communicated to relevant stakeholders.
• Absolutely ensure engineering projects comply with food safety, quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of safety systems and processes within the manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting capital projects and manufacturing equipment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Experience using project management tools to plan, track, and deliver engineering projects.
• Experience analyzing production and downtime data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Experience conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventive actions.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment.
• Process engineering experience related to manufacturing operations.
• Experience in food, beverage, dairy, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
• Experience with packaging equipment and automated production systems.
• Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and maintenance planning processes.
• Experience utilizing production, downtime, or manufacturing execution system (MES) data to drive decisions.
• Experience leading or participating in kaizen events and structured process improvement projects.

Skills

• Experience in food, beverage, dairy, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
• Experience with packaging equipment and automated production systems.
• Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and maintenance planning processes.
• Experience utilizing production, downtime, or manufacturing execution system (MES) data to drive decisions.
• Experience leading or participating in kaizen events and structured process improvement projects.

Benefits

If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision, Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital, 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available, Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents), Short and long-term disability, Health Spending Account (HSA), Transportation benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).