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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

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