SPX Corporation

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Coils (Madison, Alabama (AL), US)

SPX Corporation$95K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in quality engineering, manufacturing, or related technical environments
  • Strong fundamentals in fin-and-tube heat exchanger design
  • Ability to influence cross-functional teams and build collaborative relationships
  • Experience with new product introduction and manufacturing startup preferred
  • Proficient in capacity planning and line layout.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as subject matter expert for OlympusMAX coil production processes
  • Lead optimization for fin press, welding, coil forming, and mechanical assembly
  • Develop and maintain manufacturing standards and process documentation
  • Provide advanced troubleshooting support and resolve manufacturing issues
  • Drive improvements in safety, quality, productivity, and cost efficiency
  • Identify and implement capital projects and automation opportunities
  • Mentor and lead cross-functional teams in strategic initiatives.

Benefits

  • Generous and flexible paid time off including caregiver and parental leave
  • Health insurance plans with 401(k) match starting day one
  • Performance-based compensation packages and bonuses
  • Educational assistance and leadership development programs.
Full Job Description
How you will make an Impact (Job Summary)

As senior manufacturing engineer on this campus, you will play a crucial role in improving production efficiencies, reducing costs, and enhancing overall manufacturing processes. Key to this role will be to learn in a fast past environment.

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Manufacturing Engineer to provide technical leadership for our OlympusMAX coil manufacturing operations. This role will lead process development, continuous improvement, equipment optimization, and manufacturing strategy while maintaining a strong presence on the production floor. The successful candidate will partner closely with operators, technicians, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and engineering teams to ensure world-class safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.

The incumbent will partner across Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Product Engineering, and Continuous Improvement teams to build and sustain an ISO 9001 compliant Quality Management System (QMS). This role offers the opportunity to influence plant startup activities, develop quality systems, and shape long-term operational excellence.

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

Manufacturing Process Leadership

  • Serve as the manufacturing engineering subject matter expert for the OlympusMAX coil production processes.
  • Lead process optimization efforts for:
    • Fin Press
    • Stainless steel welding
    • Coil forming
    • Mechanical assembly
  • Develop and maintain manufacturing standards, work instructions, process documentation, PFMEAs, and control plans.
  • Provide advanced troubleshooting support to production teams and lead resolution of chronic manufacturing issues.
  • Drive improvements in safety, quality, productivity, capacity, and cost.
  • Establish process capability metrics and monitor critical manufacturing parameters.
  • Conduct time studies, value stream assessments, and capacity analyses.
  • Identify and implement productivity improvements through layout optimization, waste elimination, and workflow improvements.
  • Lead scrap reduction, yield improvement, and labor efficiency initiatives.
  • Develop and track key performance metrics for manufacturing performance.


Capital Projects, Equipment & Automation

  • Identify and justify capital investments supporting OlympusMAX growth and operational excellence.
  • Lead equipment specification, procurement, installation, validation, and startup activities.
  • Evaluate opportunities for automation, robotics, machine vision, and Industry 4.0 technologies.
  • Partner with maintenance teams to improve equipment reliability and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).


Leadership & Collaboration

  • Mentor Manufacturing Engineers, Engineering Technicians, and production personnel.
  • Serve as a technical leader within manufacturing operations.
  • Facilitate cross-functional teams to execute strategic improvement initiatives.
  • Build strong working relationships with operators and manufacturing leadership.
  • Present project updates, business cases, and performance results to plant leadership.


What we are looking for (Required/Ideal Experience, Skills, Education)

We each bring something to the table, and we are looking for someone who has:

Required Experience & Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in quality engineering, manufacturing, or related technical environments
  • Fin-and-tube heat exchanger design fundamentals. Experience with coil or heat exchanger fabrication.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and build collaborative relationships


Ideal Experience & Skills

  • Experience supporting new product introduction, manufacturing startup, expansion, or process development activities preferred
  • Capacity planning, line layout, production scheduling
  • Experience with orbital tube welding processes.
  • SAP experience is preferred, but is not required


Education & Certifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical discipline preferred


Travel & Working Environment

  • Travel will be required at times; Ingenia Headquarter located, QC Canada or other SPX locations such as Charlotte, NC or Overland, KS.
  • Manufacturing plant environment
  • Office and manufacturing plant environment with varying degrees of noise levels and potential exposure to bad weather, excessive heat and/or excessive noise.
  • Sitting, standing, walking, bending, pushing, pulling, climbing and potentially working at heights.


What benefits do we offer?

We know that the well-being of our employees is integral. Our benefits include:
  • Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
  • Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one
  • Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
  • Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs

About SPX Corporation

SPX Corporation is a supplier of highly engineered products and technologies, holding leadership positions in the HVAC, detection and measurement, and engineered solutions markets. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, SPX Corporation had approximately $1.5 billion in annual revenue in 2020 and more than 4,500 employees in 17 countries. The company's products and technologies serve customers in a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, power and energy, and transportation. SPX Corporation was founded in 1912 as the Piston Ring Company and has since grown through a series of acquisitions and divestitures to become a diversified industrial company with a global presence.
Learn more about SPX Corporation
Size
3,100 employees
Market Cap
$2.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$97.2 million
Founded
1912
5 Year Trend
-3.7%
Revenue
$1.5 billion
NASDAQ

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