Manufacturing Process Engineer – Production Optimization Focus

Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Compensation: $80,000–$85,000 base (limited flexibility)
Travel: Less than 10% regional travel
Relocation: Not available

Overview:
CruiTek is partnering with a growing manufacturing organization to add a Manufacturing Process Engineer with a strong Industrial Engineering mindset. This is a newly created role focused on improving production flow, strengthening quality systems, and implementing measurable process improvements across multiple facilities.

This position is highly hands-on and requires strong shop floor involvement. The ideal candidate has experience owning and implementing production improvements, not just supporting or documenting them.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead production process improvement initiatives from identification through implementation
- Improve throughput, reduce scrap, and strengthen overall production flow
- Conduct root cause analysis and drive corrective actions
- Standardize manufacturing processes across multiple facilities
- Analyze production and quality data to identify trends and improvement opportunities
- Partner directly with production supervisors and operators to implement improvements
- Support quality initiatives to ensure products meet internal and customer standards
- Travel periodically to regional facilities to evaluate and improve processes

Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or related)
- Minimum 3 years of manufacturing engineering experience
- Direct shop floor experience
- Demonstrated process improvement implementation experience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Root cause analysis experience (5-Why, Fishbone, etc.)
- Comfortable working onsite in a production environment

Preferred Experience:
- Lean manufacturing exposure
- Production flow optimization
- Experience supporting multiple facilities
- Exposure to CNC environments
- Basic CAD knowledge (supporting role, not design-heavy)

Additional Notes:
- This is not a design-only or documentation-focused role
- Candidates must be comfortable driving implementation, not just analysis