Manufacturing Engineer
Job Location:
Kinston, NC - USA
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Job Summary
For more than 70 years MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. We are the #1 manufacturer of residential cabinets in North America and our associates produce the most comprehensive portfolio of superior cabinetry products for the kitchen bath and other parts of the home. Come see why our associates love working at MasterBrand.
Job Description:
The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for process improvements and process engineering activities at MasterBrand Kinston (Standard Operating Sheets Production Work Instructions Poka-yokes Layout Changes Process Trainings Line Balancing Machine Reliability Studies and Capital Project Execution). This position involves working in a team environment with safety maintenance plant production supervision and corporate engineering support departments. This position will focus on implementing projects that directly impact machine uptime equipment reliability product quality and labor utilization.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze manufacturing processes and implement improvements that enhance safety quality productivity equipment reliability and cost performance.
- Support equipment reliability initiatives through analysis of downtime trends failure modes and process performance metrics.
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to improve uptime equipment capability and process stability.
- Collaborate with operations maintenance safety and engineering teams to resolve equipment and process issues.
- Support preventive and predictive maintenance programs through reliability studies and failure analysis.
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Sheets (SOS) Work Instructions Poka-Yokes and standardized manufacturing processes.
- Determine manufacturing methods operating sequences and equipment requirements for new and existing products.
- Support line balancing workflow optimization and manufacturing layout improvements.
- Utilize Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies to eliminate waste and improve operational performance.
- Lead and participate in Kaizen 6S and structured problem-solving events.
- Support capital projects including equipment installations relocations automation initiatives and equipment upgrades.
- Develop equipment specifications project justifications and ROI analyses for capital improvement opportunities.
- Partner with suppliers contractors and internal stakeholders throughout project planning and implementation.
- Evaluate manufacturing technologies and process improvements that enhance throughput quality reliability and cost performance.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Wood Technology or related field required.
- 3 years of manufacturing engineering experience required.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD Inventor or SolidWorks and Microsoft Office applications required.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing and process improvement methodologies preferred.
- Knowledge of equipment reliability root cause analysis and corrective action methodologies.
- Experience supporting capital projects automation and equipment installations.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing KPIs such as OEE MTBF MTTR and downtime metrics.
- CNC programming experience preferred (IMOS WoodWOP and Cut-Rite) is a plus.
Equal Employment Opportunity
MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLCs policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability/handicap status marital status military status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other basis protected by federal state or local laws. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also MasterBrand Cabinets LLCs policy to comply with all applicable federal state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.
Reasonable Accommodations
MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment please contact us at
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