Job Description

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

*Direct hire role with excellent benefits!

Location: Kansas City, MO

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Travel: Minimal

Schedule: Typical hours: 6:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Team & Environment

• Fast-paced, hands-on production environment with a strong emphasis on equipment uptime

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day manufacturing engineering support focused on the shop floor
• Troubleshoot equipment issues in partnership with maintenance
• Support production operations and ensure machines remain operational
• Train operators and maintenance on equipment and processes
• Drive continuous improvement related to equipment use, reliability, and efficiency
• Support equipment rotation, upgrades, and process optimization
• Maintain a strong on-floor presence (approximately 90% of time)

Stakeholder Interaction

• Maintenance teams (equipment troubleshooting and uptime)
• Production and operations employees
• Other engineers for knowledge sharing and overflow support
• Site leadership and HR/TA partners for planning and support

Ideal Candidate Profile

Experience & Background

• 3–5+ years of hands-on manufacturing engineering experience
• Experience supporting equipment-intensive manufacturing environments
• Strong exposure to shop-floor operations

Core Competencies & Traits

• Highly hands-on and comfortable spending the majority of time on the production floor
• Strong problem-solving skills, particularly around equipment and maintenance issues
• Able to learn new equipment and processes quickly
• Adaptable and resilient in a dynamic, growing operation
• Collaborative team player across operations, maintenance, and engineering
• Self-directed and capable of independently owning floor engineering responsibilities

Specific Experience That Stands Out

• Supporting or owning maintenance-adjacent engineering work

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision (eligible at hire)
• 401(k) with 100% match on first 5% + additional 3% company contribution
• Paid time off + 9 paid holidays
• Company-paid life insurance (3x salary)
• Short & long-term disability
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid parental leave
• Employee assistance program

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