🚀 Senior Manufacturing Engineer

If you’re looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you’ve found it. Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Drive innovation and efficiency by leading advanced design projects, commissioning new equipment, and optimizing existing processes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions from concept to commercialization. This position will directly contribute to key initiatives for the site: improving safety, supporting growth, maintaining specification leadership, enabling new product releases, reducing costs, and improving engagement.

REPORTING TO: Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project Leadership: Drive and coordinate engineering projects to ensure timely completion and successful outcomes.
• Safety Innovation: Implement cutting-edge solutions to reduce workplace risks and enhance safety culture, aligning with ANSI guidelines and exceeding OSHA requirements.
• Problem-Solving Expert: Tackle complex engineering challenges with innovative approaches, leveraging fundamental principles to deliver effective solutions.
• Mentorship and Development: Foster talent by sharing expertise, providing guidance, and mentoring team members.
• Technical Proficiency: Conduct in-depth technical studies, develop detailed specifications, and create comprehensive technical plans.
• Design Review: Ensure designs adhere to engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements through rigorous reviews.
• Technological Advancements: Proactively research and implement new technologies to optimize manufacturing processes.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as the department's go-to resource for assessing design feasibility and coordinating technical efforts.
• Process Efficiency: Maintain accurate records and contribute to process improvement initiatives to drive company growth and process maturity along ISO/IATF standards.
• Technical Support: Empower colleagues by providing expert guidance on SolidWorks, analysis techniques, testing methodologies, and result interpretation.
• Knowledge Sharing: Cultivate a culture of knowledge sharing by establishing platforms for engineers and technical staff to exchange best practices.
• Confidentiality: Safeguard sensitive product, process, and business information.
• Adaptability: Embrace additional responsibilities as assigned by the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.
• Actively model IDEX values: Team, Trust, and Excellence.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform this job successfully.

• Strong Organizational Skills: Efficiently manage multiple tasks and projects.
• Effective Communication: Possess excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Demonstrate systematic data-driven decision-making through conventional structured root cause analysis tools and applying personal experience. Develop creative solutions for immediate response and long-term implementation.
• Mechanical Aptitude: Demonstrate a solid understanding of mechanical principles.
• Electrical Background: Experience with automation, industrial controllers, and controller programming, preferred.
• Data Analysis Skills: Gather and analyze data using statistical methods. Experience with JMP is a plus.
• Technical Proficiency: Knowledge of Project Management software (Microsoft Project or Smartsheet).
• CAD Expertise: Advanced technical proficiency with SolidWorks and SolidWorks Vault Professional (EPDM), required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or other Engineering field.
• 7+ years’ experience in automated manufacturing.
• 3+ years’ experience of project engineering or project management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The physical, mental, and visual demands, and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND VISUAL DEMANDS:

• Requires use of hands and arms at least 90% of the time.
• Majority of the time is spent sitting or standing at a desk.
• Typical lifting requirements are less than 10 lbs. Manual lifting could reach the company maximum of 35 lbs.
• Close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus are required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Climate-controlled office environment.
• The employee will occasionally visit customer sites for troubleshooting or supporting machine commissioning during project work.
• Travel will be required for training or trade shows to support new technology and skill learning.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Safety and Security: The individual actively promotes and personally observes all safety procedures.
• Operational Excellence: The individual is dedicated to providing organizational systems for measuring work.
• Interpersonal Skills: The individual remains open to other ideas and exhibits a willingness to try new things.
• Relationships with Others: The individual works effectively with others, including superiors and colleagues.
• Problem Solving: The individual participates in the continuous improvement process by attending meetings and presenting problems and possible solutions to the appropriate personnel.
• Communication and Contact: The individual communicates effectively both verbally and written with superiors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the Company.
• Planning/Organizing: The individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently, and develops realistic action plans.
• Quality Control: The individual demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, and monitors their own work to ensure quality.
• Adaptability: The individual adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Dependability: The individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, and solicits feedback to improve performance.

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

Total Rewards

The compensation range for this position is $94,600.00 - $142,000.00, depending on experience. This position may be eligible for performance based bonus plan.

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more.

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).