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Process Engineer 2

Tennant Company
Golden Valley, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 4/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/22/2026
With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

General Responsibilities

  • Actively participate in daily tier structure meetings.
  • Support and lead daily line support and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Be a specialist for the area they support and make decisions to ensure safety, quality, and efficiency of the manufacturing processes.
  • Evaluates current processes, materials, and equipment to ensure compatibility with operating philosophy.
  • Skilled at creating and maintaining all process documentation.
  • Interacts with related departments and support functions to ensure product is produced, handled, and delivered in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
  • Experienced at using quality tools and statistical process control techniques to help production obtain quality metrics.
  • Capable of leading root cause investigations using a structured approach and effectively use quality tools to solve problems and identify root cause.
  • Documents quality and manufacturing procedures using Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Maintain and update departmental labor standards for area of ownership. Analyzes processes identifying wastes and assists in implementing recommendations. Determines and maintains capacity calculations based on equipment, labor resources and standards. Assist machine balance for minimum cycle time.
  • Implement and support lean practices across all value streams.
  • Analyzes workflow in department, determining best layout for operating philosophy. Maintains department layout on CAD file.
  • Manages and owns the preventative and predictive maintenance for applicable equipment and tooling.
  • Manage new equipment by performing justification calculations, interacts with vendors on new equipment and equipment specifications ensuring compatibility with existing facility and operating philosophy.
  • Provides cost estimates on new product for budget/planning; interacts with new product development team to ensure concepts are compatible with existing equipment.
  • Builds internal relationships, promotes ongoing communication and partners with other Tennant Company sites.
  • Responsible for managing the efficiency and quality metrics of assigned area and taking immediate corrective actions to ensure they stay on track.
  • Capable of leading large cross functional project teams.
  • Create and modify routings and bill of materials.
  • Skilled at programming production equipment in assigned area (i.e. press brakes, lasers, mills, lathes, rotomold, and robotic welders).
  • Ability to provide management team high level status updates on critical projects and support activities.
  • Execute engineering studies required to optimize production processes and help identify root cause.
  • Take a lead role in ensuring assigned area is ISO 9001 compliant.
  • Ability to review prints/models to determine the most cost-effective way to manufacture product.
  • Ability to use technical and collaboration skills along side innovation and continuous improvement to drive growth through targeted improvements.
  • Apply technical skills and knowledge to new and existing products to promote innovation, design, procedures, tooling enhancements, and automation initiatives.
  • Provide DFM and PFMEA procedures to enhance NPD success.
  • Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine.
  • Ability to express themselves verbally and orally.

Required Experience & Education

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution, preferably in Manufacturing or related field.
  • 3-5 years of experience in production/industrial engineering preferably with an assembly or metal fabrication background (sheet metal, welding, machine shop, paint, rotomold).
  • 2 years of demonstrated ability to execute projects to established timelines.
  • Experience in Continuous Improvement and Lean manufacturing.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of CAD/CAM software, assembly processes, and MS Office
  • Proven track record of innovation, ingenuity, creativity, attention to detail, ownership, integrity, accountability, and willingness to seek and take on challenges is required.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
  • Proficiency in Statistical Process Control and motion and time studies highly preferred.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude.

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $78,700 - 118,100

Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Tennant Sales and Service Co. reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualifications of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity. Total Compensation = Base Salary Benefits

Benefits = A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid time off, and voluntary benefits!

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other basis protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.

Salary : $78,700 - $118,100

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