Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer Job Description
The Manufacturing Engineer supports process readiness, engineering changes, equipment activities, work instruction development, and manufacturing system implementation to ensure efficient and compliant site operations in a regulated production environment. This role focuses on maintaining accurate documentation, qualifying and validating equipment, implementing manufacturing controls, and driving design and manufacturing change execution using tools such as Windchill, Vault, and MES.
Responsibilities
- Support site quality records, including nonconformance reports (NCRs), investigation events (IEs), and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
- Own and review engineering change requests (ECRs), engineering change notices (ECNs), routers, bills of materials (BOM) updates, and manufacturing work instructions to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Walk production processes to assess readiness, identify risks, and determine implementation needs for new or revised manufacturing activities.
- Support equipment installation, qualification, validation, and decommissioning activities to ensure manufacturing assets meet regulatory and operational requirements.
- Assist with creation of qualification and validation protocols, provide execution support, and contribute to report writing for activities tied to manufacturing changes.
- Support manufacturing execution system (MES) readiness and manufacturing master data activities to maintain robust and accurate electronic production records.
- Use Windchill to review, manage, and support engineering documentation and change activities, ensuring controlled and traceable updates.
- Support equipment qualification activities for InfoPV and related systems, including documentation preparation, execution support, and traceability maintenance.
- Apply gage repeatability and reproducibility (gage R&R) methods to evaluate measurement system capability and support effective process controls.
- Develop, review, and maintain control plans to ensure manufacturing process consistency, quality, and regulatory compliance.
- Support Vault DMR updates and maintain the accuracy of controlled manufacturing records and related documentation.
- Partner closely with Operations and Quality teams to improve production flow, increase efficiency, and enhance manufacturability of products.
Essential Skills
- Experience in manufacturing engineering within a regulated production setting, preferably in medical device manufacturing.
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with Windchill for managing engineering documentation and change control.
- Working knowledge of equipment qualification and validation processes, including associated documentation and protocols.
- Experience performing and interpreting gage R&R studies to assess measurement system capability.
- Strong understanding of control plan development, maintenance, and application in manufacturing environments.
- Experience with Vault DMR updates and controlled document maintenance for manufacturing records.
- Experience managing process changes, associated documentation, and cross-functional implementation activities.
- Ability to support quality records such as NCRs, IEs, and CAPAs in alignment with site quality systems.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or a related engineering field.
- Background in medical device manufacturing or other highly regulated industries.
- Familiarity with MES and manufacturing master data management.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Operations and Quality, to improve processes and manufacturability.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to documentation accuracy and traceability.
- Ability to analyze process readiness and risk and translate findings into actionable implementation plans.
Work Environment
This role is 100% onsite in Warsaw in a regulated manufacturing environment, likely supporting medical device production. The work involves frequent interaction with production areas, equipment, and quality systems, as well as regular collaboration with Operations and Quality teams. The position requires working with digital tools such as Windchill, Vault, MES, and other manufacturing and documentation systems to manage engineering changes, qualifications, validations, and controlled records. The environment emphasizes compliance, traceability, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Warsaw, IN.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $45.00/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)
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Warsaw, IN.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 7, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Warsaw,IN. About Actalent

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