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Senior Manufacturing Engineer

ALogix Resource Group
Milwaukee, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 5/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/25/2026

Position Summary:

Looking for a Mid to Senior level Manufacturing Engineer with 7 years’ of manufacturing experience to lead labor and process optimization, plant layout, and continuous improvement initiatives in a complex engineered manufacturing environment.

This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who thrives on the production floor, can influence teams across departments, and has a proven record of improving throughput, reducing costs, and building scalable manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead plant-wide continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, quality, safety, and cost reduction.
  • Analyze and optimize workflows across fabrication, welding, assembly, and shipping operations.
  • Develop labor standards, capacity models, staffing, and production metrics to support growth.
  • Identify bottlenecks and implement sustainable process improvements that increase throughput and on-time delivery.
  • Design and improve plant layouts, material flow systems, workstation ergonomics, and factory organization.
  • Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions related to downtime, scrap, rework, and inefficiencies.
  • Create and maintain SOPs, standard work, and best practices across departments.
  • Evaluate capital equipment investments, automation opportunities, and ROI-driven manufacturing improvements.
  • Partner closely with Production, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, and Engineering leaders to execute operational priorities.
  • Mentor junior engineers and help elevate continuous improvement culture across the facility.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
  • 5–15 years of Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering experience in a production environment.
  • Strong background in metal fabrication, welding, heavy manufacturing, job shop, or engineered-to-order environments preferred.
  • Proven success implementing Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, value stream mapping, and process improvement initiatives.
  • Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into actionable operational improvements.
  • Comfortable leading projects and influencing teams without direct authority.
  • ERP/MRP experience required; CAD experience preferred.
  • Six Sigma certification or equivalent CI training is a plus.

Salary : $75,000 - $94,999

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