Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Global Power Components · Milwaukee, WI · 2 mo ago
EngineeringFull-time
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day engineering support for fabrication, welding, paint, assembly, and final integration operations.
- Translate customer drawings, specifications, and engineered designs into effective manufacturing plans and routings.
- Develop and maintain bills of materials, labor standards, routings, and work instructions within Epicor ERP.
- Optimize manufacturing processes to improve throughput, reduce waste, and increase quality and on-time delivery.
- Troubleshoot production issues and implement practical corrective actions that minimize downtime.
- Partner with Production leaders to improve scheduling readiness, material flow, and shop floor execution.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives involving labor efficiency, cycle time reduction, scrap reduction, and workflow improvements.
- Audit ERP data integrity related to jobs, methods, materials, and production costing.
- Support new product introductions, custom orders, and engineering changes from release through production.
- Collaborate with Industrial Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and Design Engineering on plant-wide initiatives.
- Assist in fixture design, tooling improvements, automation opportunities, and capital equipment projects.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices across the operation.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field preferred.
- 5–15 years of Manufacturing Engineering experience in a production environment.
- Hands-on Epicor ERP experience strongly preferred (routing creation, BOMs, job methods, costing, production transactions, engineering changes, or process optimization).
- Experience in metal fabrication, welding, heavy equipment, power systems, or engineered-to-order manufacturing highly preferred.
- Strong ability to read technical drawings, fabrication prints, and customer specifications.
- Experience creating SOPs, standard work, routings, and scalable manufacturing documentation.
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, root cause analysis, and CI tools.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively between office and shop floor teams.
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced growth environment.
- CAD experience is a plus.
What Success Looks Like
- Improved shop floor execution and fewer production disruptions
- Accurate routings, BOMs, and manufacturing data inside Epicor ERP
- Better labor efficiency and production throughput
- Reduced rework, waste, and schedule delays
- Stronger coordination between Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain
- Scalable systems to support continued company growth
Pay
N/A
Schedule
Onsite 5-days/week