Manufacturing Engineer - Onsite Only

Manufacturing Engineer (Full-Time, Onsite only)

Schedule: Monday–Friday, Flexible Hours

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Manufacturing Engineering is responsible for leading and coordinating all manufacturing/process engineering activities at the site, supporting hydraulic cylinder manufacturing operations. This role serves as the primary site-level manufacturing engineering leader, providing technical direction, execution oversight, and day-to-day leadership for team members that support process development. The role ensures site execution aligns with enterprise manufacturing engineering standards, strategies, and priorities established by the Director of Manufacturing Engineering.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Serve as the site manufacturing engineer, coordinating all manufacturing/process engineering activities at the plant.

2. Provide day-to-day leadership and technical direction to manufacturing engineers and plant functional engineering team members.

3. Lead manufacturing process design, optimization, and standardization for welding, machining, assembly, testing, and painting operations.

4. Support New Product Introduction activities by ensuring manufacturing readiness, validation, and launch execution.

5. Lead productivity, efficiency, and flow improvements through lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.

6. Manages the site capital expenditure priority list.

7. Support deployment of approved automation, robotics, and advanced manufacturing solutions.

8. Ensure accuracy and governance of engineering data including BOMs, routings, cycle times, tooling, and consumables.

9. Ensure manufacturing processes comply with ISO 9001 requirements and support internal and external audits.

10. Lead or support root cause analysis and corrective actions for manufacturing and process-related issues.

11. Monitor, track, and report site KPIs related to safety, quality, delivery, efficiency, and cost.

12. Collaborate closely with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Design Engineering teams.

13. Facilitate transfer and adoption of best practices and manufacturing standards from other Wipro global facilities.

MARGINAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

All other duties as assigned by management

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assign engineering priorities, manage workloads, and ensure timely execution of engineering activities supporting production and NPD.

2. Coordinates and oversee methods, motion, and time studies to improve labor and equipment utilization and drive cost savings.

3. Support training of production personnel on new processes, equipment, and standard work.

4. Oversee development and maintenance of SOPs, work instructions, and manufacturing documentation.