Process/manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Process/Manufacturing Engineer Job Description
The Process/Manufacturing Engineer designs, evaluates, and improves manufacturing processes to enhance safety, efficiency, quality, and cost effectiveness. This role focuses on optimizing production systems, supporting product and equipment changes, and partnering with cross-functional teams to bring new and improved products into manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and systems to identify opportunities for improvement in safety, efficiency, and reliability.
- Develop and recommend process enhancements that increase production rates, improve efficiencies, boost yields, reduce costs, and minimize changeover times.
- Design and implement innovative solutions for equipment upgrades and product changes, addressing customer product issues, quality concerns, alternative product options, and cost reduction initiatives.
- Collaborate closely with customers, sales, and operations teams to improve existing products and successfully commercialize new products and processes through manufacturing.
- Improve process capability and production volume while maintaining and continuously enhancing quality standards.
- Create, refine, and maintain work instructions and documentation to support consistent and efficient assembly and production processes.
- Apply lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles to drive ongoing process optimization and waste reduction.
- Support troubleshooting activities on the production floor, working with operations teams to resolve process and quality issues.
- Monitor key process metrics and use data to recommend and implement corrective actions and long-term improvements.
Essential Skills
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a process engineer in a manufacturing environment.
- Minimum 2 years of experience using AutoCAD for process, layout, or equipment design and documentation.
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with and around lean manufacturing practices.
- Strong background in process engineering and manufacturing engineering.
- Hands-on experience with assembly processes and production workflows.
- Ability to develop, interpret, and improve work instructions for manufacturing operations.
- Proven ability to improve process capability, production volume, and quality performance.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies to manufacturing processes.
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing tools and concepts such as waste reduction, standard work, and flow optimization.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to recommend data-driven solutions.
- Effective collaboration skills for working with customers, sales, and operations teams on product and process improvements.
- Ability to manage multiple process improvement initiatives and prioritize based on impact and feasibility.
- Clear communication skills for documenting processes, presenting recommendations, and training production staff.
Work Environment
This role is based at a manufacturing facility in New Berlin, WI. The engineer will initially train on a day shift to learn processes, equipment, and procedures, and then transition to a split schedule covering both first and second shifts to support production operations. The work environment involves close collaboration with production, operations, and cross-functional teams on the manufacturing floor and in office or engineering spaces, using tools such as AutoCAD and standard engineering documentation to analyze and improve processes.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of New Berlin, WI.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $35.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in New Berlin,WI.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 8, 2026. About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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