Manufacturing Engineer

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.

Skills

• Technical support to operations and maintenance teams.
• Safe and compliant engineering solutions.
• Data-driven analysis to enhance throughput, efficiency, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Support preventive and predictive maintenance initiatives.
• Lead or participate in kaizen events and process improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain key performance metrics and project dashboards.
• Resolve equipment and process issues.
• Support line trials, equipment modifications, and process improvements.
• Ensure engineering changes are properly documented and communicated.
• Ensure engineering projects comply with food safety, quality, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of safety systems and processes.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision coverage.
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage.
• 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 coverage.
• Health Spending Account (HSA).
• Transportation benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).

Pay and Schedule

• The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $65.00/hr.
• Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
• If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

About Actalent

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