Senior Manufacturing Engineer- Archdale, NC

A Day In The Life

• Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and regulatory standards while promoting a strong safety-first culture on the shop floor.
• Provide technical leadership and day-to-day oversight of manufacturing processes on the shop floor, including CNC and manual machining, fabrication equipment, presses, robots, core machines, furnaces, and supplier located molding machines.
• Be the senior-level troubleshooter for complex and recurring process issues, leading root cause analysis and implementing robust corrective and preventive actions to minimize downtime and production losses.
• Design and implement fixtures to assist with manufacturing.
• Lead and champion continuous improvement initiatives focused on scrap reduction, productivity gains, cycle time reduction, yield improvement, and overall cost optimization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with production, maintenance, quality, supply chain, and design engineering teams to design, refine, and standardize manufacturing processes.
• Design and maintain product test systems.
• SAP – updating and / or creating BOMs and Routers.
• Analyze process data, KPIs, and production metrics to identify trends, gaps, and risks; develop and execute data-driven action plans to improve performance.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for process capability, control plans, and process validation activities, ensuring alignment with quality and customer requirements.
• Mentor, coach, and provide technical training to engineers, technicians, and shop floor personnel to elevate process knowledge, problem-solving skills, and operational discipline.
• Lead the evaluation, justification, and implementation of new equipment, automation, tooling, and manufacturing technologies, including feasibility studies, capital justifications, and ROI analyses.
• Drive standardization of work instructions, process documentation, and best practices across applicable manufacturing areas.
• Prepare technical reports and documentation to track process performance and improvement initiatives.

What will help you thrive in this role?

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience (7+ yrs) in a manufacturing engineering role, preferably in a hands-on, shop floor-based capacity.
• Deep technical knowledge of manufacturing processes, including CNC and manual machining, fabrication equipment, presses, core machines, furnaces, and molding machines.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex manufacturing issues.
• SAP experience creating BOMs and Routers.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of working effectively in a team environment.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies is highly desirable.
• Experience with AutoCAD and Inventor software and manufacturing execution systems (MES) is a plus.