Manufacturing Engineer

Job Location: Stillwater, MN (FT In Office)

Competitive Total Compensation — We Reward Team Success

At Polywater, we believe in rewarding hard work and dedication through more than just an hourly wage. Our team benefits from a supportive work culture and a compensation model that includes quarterly profit sharing in addition to competitive pay.

Are you ready to be part of a company where innovation meets opportunity? We are an employee-owned, industry-leading organization dedicated to excellence and continuous growth.

As pioneers in our field, we are seeking passionate and driven individuals to join our team. Here, entrepreneurial thinking is not just encouraged - it's celebrated. We believe that by empowering our people, we can drive change, push boundaries, and set new standards of success.

If you're looking for a place where your ideas can make a real impact, and where your career can flourish, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and help shape the future

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Manufacturing/Process Engineer to join our growing team. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes to ensure safe, high-quality, and cost-effective production. The individual in this role often collaborates with other engineering disciplines to integrate product design with production capabilities

This position offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on process improvement initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate innovative manufacturing methods with product design and operational goals.

Essential Duties:

• Works with manufacturing and technical personnel to optimize processes to ensure safety, quality, manufacturability, productivity and efficiency. Observes processes and develops innovative solutions to solve problems.
• Calculates production costs, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and managing budgets related to manufacturing operations.
• Generates Part Numbers, BOMs, and Routers under Revision control.
• Provides clear and concise documented standard operating procedures on key processes. Assists in training manufacturing personnel in SOP's and providing technical support and coaching.
• Assists in the development, calculation, and utilization of key reliability and productivity metrics to measure operational performance.
• Leads Continuous Improvement Projects, Problem Solving Events, and Corrective Action / Preventative Action Plans. Applying lean manufacturing methodologies like Kaizen and Six Sigma to eliminate waste and improve overall efficiency.
• Creates and maintains a work environment that is safe, ethical, goal oriented and team based.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering (ABET-accredited program required).

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of direct experience in manufacturing.
• Experience in adhesives, chemical blending, and packaging is highly preferred.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting and project management skills.
• Successful in both team and individual settings.
• Advanced PC and Office365 skills.
• Experience with ERP systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision once fully trained.
• Self-directed; ability to make day-to-day decisions independently.
• Thrives working in a small, innovative team environment.
• Detail-driven individual with emphasis on accuracy with the ability to see the broader picture.
• Professional business acumen: ability to interact and influence all levels within the organization.
• Ability to travel 5%.

BENEFITS at POLYWATER

Ownership & Financial Growth

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – build equity in the company at no cost to you
• Competitive 401(k) with company match
• Profit sharing opportunities

WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT AN ESOP?

• You become a part-owner of the company.
• You earn stock without investing your own money.
• Your account grows as the company performs well.
• When you retire or leave, you cash out your shares for their fair market value.
• It's in addition to other benefits like 401(k) and profit sharing.

Other Benefits

• Insurance: Health, Dental, Life, & Disability, Vision
• EAP
• Paid Personal Leave
• Paid Holidays

Physical demands:

• Requires moderately strenuous physical activity at a sustained level over the course of a shift.
• Require ability to lift and move materials up to 50 pounds on a regular basis using assistive devices for moving materials greater than 50 pounds.
• Static Strength for lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying required.
• Trunk Strength using the lower back and stomach required.
• Multilimbed coordination using arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down required.

The cash compensation range for this role is $85,000 to $115,000+, depending on experience (DOE)(including additional earning potential through profit sharing)

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $85, $115,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person