3M

Manufacturing Engineer

3M$98K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or science discipline from an accredited university
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering preferred
  • Two years of previous technical manufacturing experience
  • Proficient with MS Office Suite and Minitab
  • Experience with Lean methodology, statistics, SPC, DOE, and Six Sigma is beneficial
  • Experience leading or participating in cross-functional teams
  • Strong analytical, project leadership, and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Support safety improvement initiatives
  • Lead Continuous Improvement projects using Lean & Six Sigma methodologies
  • Provide technical support and troubleshoot daily operations
  • Communicate and implement corrective actions for customer complaints
  • Collaborate on division-level projects to improve operations
  • Proactively communicate project status and direction

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance may be authorized
  • May include up to 10% domestic travel
  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative, innovative environment
  • Engagement in impactful projects and continuous improvement initiatives
Full Job Description

Job Description:

Job Title
Manufacturing Engineer

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The person hired for the position of Manufacturing Engineer will support the Extrusion operations within the Prairie du Chien, WI site.  The person hired for this position will have responsibility to develop and refine critical manufacturing processes for optimal safety, quality, and efficiency.  This position requires an individual with strong leadership skills, who is a good decision maker with the ability to collect facts and facilitate good business decisions.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

  • Actively supporting safety improvement
  • Initiating, recommending and driving cost and productivity improvements by leading Continuous Improvement projects with a variety of toolsets, including standard work development, Lean & Six Sigma methodologies, Tier reviews and Kaizens
  • Providing technical support, troubleshooting and involvement in daily operations to meet operational targets including occasional availability on nights, weekends and holidays as needed by production
  • Providing manufacturing leadership on assigned products including, but not limited to resolution of customer complaints in a timely manner, communication and implementation of corrective actions to improve customer experience, creating and maintaining documentation, implementing management of change, experimental run planning, increasing product and process understanding, reducing variability, providing unit cost estimates and tracking manufacturing unit costs
  • Collaborating with local and division technical teams on division/value stream level projects focused on improving manufacturing operations along with scale-up efforts of new products (NPI) supporting growth
  • Proactively communicating project direction and status to appropriate personnel

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or science discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited university

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution
  • Two (2) years of previous technical manufacturing experience with demonstrated strength in engineering/technical skills in a private, public, government or military environment
  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access) and Minitab.
  • Experience in applying Lean methodology, statistics, SPC, DOE, and Six Sigma in manufacturing to improve product and process understanding; Green Belt/Black Belt certification is a plus.
  • Experience leading or participating on cross functional teams.
  • Self-motivated with strong analytical and project leadership skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with strong communication skills both verbal and written, as well as analytical and organizational skills to manage different priorities.
  • Ability to prioritize and remain flexible to changes; responds with a sense of urgency.

Work location:

  • Prairie Du Chien, WI

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

About 3M

HighJump Software is a global provider of supply chain management software that streamlines the flow of inventory and information from supplier to store shelf. More than 4,500 customers worldwide have transformed their supply chains using HighJump Software. HighJump Software solutions for distribution and logistics, direct store delivery, trading partner connectivity, mobility and manufacturing include: warehouse management systems, transportation management systems, route accounting systems, manufacturing execution, mobile sales, ERP data collection and the TrueCommerce™ EDI Solutions Platform. Functionally rich and highly adaptable HighJump Software solutions support growing and evolving businesses in distribution, food and beverage, 3PL, retail, healthcare and consumer goods industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Learn more about 3M
Size
95,000 employees
Market Cap
$67.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.3 billion
Founded
1902
5 Year Trend
+3.3%
Revenue
$32.1 billion
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