Manufacturing Engineer

Headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, MacLean Power Systems (MPS) is a leading manufacturer of mission-critical and engineered components for the electric utility, telecommunications, and civil markets. Established in 1986 as a subsidiary of a larger parent company, MPS has grown substantially and now operates as a standalone company with a dedicated workforce of over 1,600 team members worldwide. MPS is renowned for its commitment to quality, responsiveness, and safety, with a focus on vertical integration to ensure the highest standards across product lines. We operate nine production facilities across North America and continually invest in manufacturing capabilities to better serve customers. At MPS, we strive to create a workplace that embodies respect, openness, collaboration, personal growth, and entrepreneurship, while achieving excellence in Environmental, Health & Safety through our Mission Zero initiative.

About the Role

Develops, evaluates, and improves industrial manufacturing methods, utilizing knowledge of product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, and quality control standards.

Responsibilities

• Communicate manufacturing capabilities or other information to facilitate production processes.
• Confer with vendors to determine specifications of processes and arrange equipment, material purchase, and equipment.
• Specify peripheral equipment specifications and write capital expense requests as needed.
• Develop statements of work for equipment upgrades (Controls Upgrade).
• Assist the Maintenance Department when needed to return equipment to operational standard.
• PLC Programming with Allen Bradley, Keyence, and/or Siemens.
• Understand and troubleshoot load cells, analog inputs (0-10Vdc or 4-20mA).
• Understand basic hydraulics and troubleshooting.
• Work comfortably in 480VAC panels for troubleshooting.
• Complete all necessary documents fully and accurately.
• Adhere to 5S standards (e.g., maintain cleanliness of work area).
• Follow all Safety, Environmental, and Quality policies and procedures.
• Work with key vendors to resolve problems with equipment.
• Work with vendors on equipment quotes and capital projects.

Requirements

• Perform work under supervision.
• Handle basic issues and problems and refer more complex issues to more experienced staff.
• Willingness to learn and grow with MacLean Power.
• Bachelor’s degree, 0 to 3 years of experience preferred, or equivalent industrial experience will be considered for the right skill set.

Skills

• Ability to follow written and verbal directions.
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking skills.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office Suite.
• General understanding of PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens, Keyence).
• Ladder Logic understanding and programming basics.
• Optional: Knowledge to program in Python.
• Optional: Mechanical, welding (MIG/TIG/Gas), and machining experience (small machining center, small lathe, basic operation).
• Optional: Experience with AutoCAD or SolidWorks software packages.