Manufacturing Improvement Engineer
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Job Location:
New Brighton, NJ - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 85000 - 110000
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Manufacturing Improvement Engineer
New Brighton MN Up to 25% travel (U.S. & Canada)
Salary Range: $85000 $110000 per year
Are you interested in working for a company whose mission is toradically love and influence lives Were looking for a hands-on Manufacturing Improvement Engineer who thrives in industrial environments and enjoys solving complex problems across multiple this role youll partner directly with production teams to improve safety efficiency quality and reliability of manufacturing processes that produce wood utility poles and other critical wood structures across North America and Canada.
If you enjoy being in the production environment leading improvement projects and seeing your ideas turn into real operational results this role is for you!
As a Manufacturing Improvement Engineer you will:
- Lead and support manufacturing improvement initiatives across multiple treating and manufacturing sites
- Apply engineering and project leadership skills to improve innovate and standardize manufacturing processes
- Provide hands-on technical support for troubleshooting repair and maintenance of plant-scale wood processing and material handling equipment
- Support design modification and fabrication of equipment such as peelers shavers incisors planers cranes and hoists
- Analyze manufacturing data and process flows to drive automation and operational improvements
- Manage and support capital projects focused on improving manufacturing performance
- Develop and maintain SOPs process documentation and work instructions
- Partner with Continuous Improvement Production Environmental Safety and Sales teams to support quality and business objectives
- Assist with customer specification kits and manufacturing prints
- Support safety and environmental initiatives including training and risk assessments
- Participate in strategic planning KPI tracking and performance dashboarding
- Continue professional development through training certifications and industry involvement
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Industrial Manufacturing Engineering or a related field
- 1-3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment (3-5 years preferred)
OtherSkills & Requirements:
- Experience with plant-scale manufacturing processes and industrial equipment
- Strong problem-solving analytical and decision-making skills
- Ability to lead projects and work independently while knowing when to escalate issues
- Comfortable working across multiple sites and cross-functional teams
- Strong communication skillsable to explain technical concepts to operators through senior leaders
- Experience with continuous improvement tools (Lean 5S Six Sigma etc.)
- Familiarity with PLCs HMIs and industrial instrumentation
- Proficient with Microsoft Office/365 (Excel PowerPoint Teams Power BI)
- Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time
Discover how Bells mission and values are the core of our purpose Learn more about our story.
Benefits
- In addition to competitive pay we offer acomprehensive benefits packageincluding:
- Health dental and vision insurance (with HRA and FSA)
- 401(k) with company match
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid holidays and generous paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
- Employee assistance and employee/community hardship programs
Bell Lumber & Pole is an equal opportunity employer.
Bell Lumber & Pole is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.
This applies to all employment practices within our organization including hiring recruiting promotion termination layoff recall leave of absence compensation benefits training and apprenticeship. Bell makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications merit and business needs at the time.
Bell is committed to working with and providingreasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please call or send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
For additional details you can read our EEO Policy.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- CNC Programming
- Lean
- Machining
- Tooling
- CAD
- CNC
- Assembly Experience
- SolidWorks
- Kaizen
- Manufacturing
