Kennedy Valve-Digital Manufacturing Engineer

WHY KENNEDY VALVE

Kennedy Valve offers great wages and robust benefits packages as well as stability and a sense of team!

• Highly Competitive Salary $80480-$99417
• Paid Vacation
• 12 Paid Holidays and Paid Sick Leave
• Retirement: 401(k) & Roth IRA company match options
• Educational Reimbursement after one year of service
• Employer-paid life insurance with the option to supplement
• Comprehensive Medical Vision and Dental plan options

SUMMARY:

The Digital Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for developing and deploying data-driven and digital solutions that improve operational performance increase process visibility and support continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.

This role bridges manufacturing data and technology translating shop floor needs into practical tools applications and insights that enable better decision-making and measurable performance improvement. The position is intentionally structured within Engineering to establish digital manufacturing as a core capability while working cross-functionally with Continuous Improvement Operations and Manufacturing Engineering.

This role is expected to both respond to identified needs and proactively identify opportunities to improve operations through digital and data-driven solutions. Success is measured by operational impact and adoption of solutions not solely by development of tools or analysis.  This role requires regular engagement on the shop floor to understand process firsthand validate opportunities and ensure solutions are practical and sustainable.

Daily work direction and project prioritization will be coordinated by the Engineering and QA Manager in collaboration with the Industrial Systems & Manufacturing Engineer (ISME) and Continuous Improvement leadership. This role prioritizes solutions that improve throughput visibility quality labor efficiency and decision-making.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Digital Application Development

• Design and develop internal tools and applications (e.g. Power Apps dashboards)
• Replace manual tracking with scalable digital solutions
• Support the effective use and connection of ERP data and workflows (Dynamics AX/365) within operational tools and reporting
• Maintain documentation for all developed solutions including design logic data sources and update/maintenance procedures to ensure continuity and sustainability

Data Visualization & Analytics

• Develop dashboards for operational metrics
• Convert data into actionable insights
• Standardized reporting structures

Process Simulation & Modeling

• Model manufacturing processes and bottlenecks
• Support scenario analysis and planning
• Validate models with real-world data

Continuous Improvement Enablement

• Support CI events with data and analysis
• Establish baseline metrics and quantify improvements
• Support standardization aligned to the Kennedy Valve Way

Systems Integration & Shop Floor Connectivity

• Connect shop floor data sources to reporting tools
• Work through IT systems and approvals for deployment
• Ensure scalable standardized solutions

Data Acquisition & Systems Development

• Implement data collection methods (sensors devices)
• Improve data capture strategies
• Recommend hardware/software for data infrastructure

Emerging Technology & Automation

• Evaluate emerging digital tools including AI-enabled and automation technologies for practical manufacturing applications
• Support future automation initiatives

Cross-Functional Engagement

• Work with Operations Engineering and CI teams
• Participating in plant initiatives
• Ensure solutions are adopted and impactful

Qualifications :

REQUIREMENTS: Requirements are listed in order of priority. Items marked required represent minimum qualifications. Items marked strongly preferred represent expectations we will prioritize in candidate evaluation.

• Bachelors degree in relevant engineering or analytics field required
• Power BI / Power Apps / Power Automate required
• SQL Python or similar data tools required
• Able to influence across teams with a hands-on practical approach strongly preferred
• Experience with analytics simulation or app development strongly preferred
• Applied experience (Internship/co-op acceptable) in manufacturing or data-driven environments preferred
• Experience with ERP/manufacturing systems preferred
• Exposure to manufacturing process improvement or industrial data collection preferred

Additional Information :

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Combination of office-based and shop floor work with cross-functional interactions
• Exposed to heat noise dust fumes and typical foundry and machine shop conditions

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required for the position.

Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

Kennedy Valve Co. is an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to perform substance abuse testing. McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation veteran or service member status marital status citizenship status (In IL - sex including same sex ancestry order of protection status physical or mental disability military status pregnancy unfavorable discharge status genetic information) (In IA - gender identity) (In CA - gender identity or expression and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal state or local law.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation disability veteran or service member status marital status citizenship status (In IL - sex including same sex ancestry order of protection status physical or mental disability military status pregnancy unfavorable discharge status genetic information) (In IA - gender identity) (In CA- gender identity or expression and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal state or local law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time