What is a Manufacturing Engineer?
A Manufacturing Engineer works in a production facility and improves the overall efficiency, safety and financial improvements of plant operations. This professional works closely with other engineers, the Plant Manager and company executives to execute on short and long-term strategies. Specialty areas withing Manufacturing Engineering roles may include Process Engineering, Quality Engineering and Reliability Engineering.
What does a Manufacturing Engineer typically do?
- A Manufacturing Engineer develops plans to optimize machines, process layouts and creates new production lines.
- Works with OSHA standards to ensure safe machine operation and overall plant safety protocols are met
- Researches and retrofits new production machines into production lines
- Develops Standard Operating Procedures for the production team and updates user manuals and machine documents
Career Track for an Manufacturing Engineer
A Manufacturing Engineer will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university. Professionals entering this field will ideally start with internships exploring different areas of production operations. Engineers beginning their careers are encouraged to focus on an area they’re especially interested in such as process engineering, quality or med device engineering. Engineers interested in pursuing leadership or executive roles are encouraged to obtain an MBA to aid in their career advancement, although not required. For leadership roles, focusing on developing communication and interpersonal skills is strongly encouraged. After several years of successful project completion, an Engineer can advance into a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Team Lead, or Manufacturing Manager. From here, the person can be promoted to VP of Engineering and other executive level roles.
What Makes a Manufacturing Engineer Successful
- Strong attention to detail to develop clear production, machine operation and manufacturing procedures
- Deep interest in plant operations including assembly, quality, and process engineering
- Ability to work with a teammates and inter-department coworkers to solve complex operational issues
- Expert-level software use abilities including 3D CAD, SolidWorks and analytical systems
Manufacturing Engineer Compensation
Manufacturing Engineer Job Description
Are you ready for a more significant engineering challenge?
Do you love solving manufacturing automation problems while implementing LEAN improvements?
Konik is partnered with a growing manufacturing company that is adding a Manufacturing Engineer to their team.
As a Manufacturing Engineer, you’ll get to:
- Support maintenance team with the diagnosis and resolution of equipment issues related to hydraulics, circuits, and controls
- Incorporate continuous improvement and lean initiatives for process improvement in manufacturing
- Create and utilize production and quality-related metrics to identify areas for improvement
- Develop written work instructions and forms for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality, reliability, and production data
- Design manufacturing layouts to improve space utilization and efficiencies
- Investigate, analyze, research, and recommend solutions to manufacturing-related problems
You’ll Bring:
- 2-3 years of experience in a related role and/or experience with lean tools and principles
- 2D and 3D CAD proficiency
- Injection molding experience a plus
- Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical, industrial, or manufacturing engineering