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Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer

Daniels Health
Chicago, USA
Full-time
Mid · 5+ years experience
Hybrid
USD 90199-110109 / year
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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What you will do:

  • Spend more than 50% of working time in operating facilities, observing processes, engaging with operators and maintenance personnel, assessing equipment condition, identifying and implementing improvement opportunities.
  • Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve equipment reliability, safety, throughput, ergonomics, maintainability, material flow, labor efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
  • Develop practical equipment redesigns, retrofits, fixtures, guarding, material-handling improvements, automation concepts, and equipment additions to address recurring operational challenges.
  • Lead engineering work from concept through field implementation, including site assessments, requirements development, preliminary design, detailed design, cost estimates, vendor coordination, installation support, commissioning, and post-implementation verification.
  • Analyze production constraints, operating practices, and process data to identify root causes and develop permanent corrective actions.
  • Partner closely with operations, maintenance, and safety teams to ensure proposed solutions are safe, practical to operate, maintainable, and aligned with site needs.
  • Support improvements to autoclaves, boilers, shredders, conveyors, compactors, utility systems, controls, and other medical waste treatment equipment.
  • Develop scopes of work, technical specifications, equipment-selection criteria, drawings, and supporting documentation for internally executed work and outside vendors or contractors.
  • Coordinate and oversee vendors, fabricators, contractors, and equipment suppliers during design, installation, startup, and troubleshooting activities.
  • Requirements/ Skills & Qualifications:
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.

Experience:

  • 5+ years in in industrial manufacturing, automation, equipment design, maintenance engineering, or capital-project environments.
  • Demonstrated experience taking equipment or process improvements from concept through installation, startup, and sustained operation in an active industrial facility.
  • Experience working directly with plant operations, maintenance teams, equipment vendors, fabricators, contractors, and external service providers.
  • Knowledge of: Autoclave, pressure vessel systems, and industrial steam boiler operations preferred
  • Ability to evaluate industrial equipment and processes and develop practical mechanical, electrical, controls, layout, or operational improvements.
  • Proficiency with CAD tools such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar software for layouts, equipment modifications, fabrication drawings, and design concepts.
  • Working knowledge of mechanical design, fabrication methods, machine safety, guarding, industrial utilities, material handling, and maintainability principles.
  • Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motors, drives, sensors, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial control systems.
  • Ability to develop equipment specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, and capital-improvement justifications.
  • Familiarity with root-cause analysis, reliability improvement, failure-mode thinking, and continuous-improvement methods.
  • Field Engagement & Practical Problem Solving — Learns how work is actually performed, respects operations input, and develops solutions that work in real operating conditions.
  • Engineering Innovation & Design Ownership — Generates practical ideas, evaluates alternatives, and develops equipment or process improvements from concept through implementation.
  • Execution & Results Orientation — Drives projects to completion, removes obstacles, validates results, and ensures improvements deliver sustained operational value.
  • Systems Thinking — Understands the interaction among equipment, operators, maintenance practices, controls, utilities, safety, material flow, and facility constraints.
  • Collaboration & Influence — Builds credibility with site teams, communicates technical concepts clearly, and aligns stakeholders around workable solutions.
  • Standardization & Scalability — Documents successful improvements and adapts them for effective use across multiple facilities.
  • Must be available for travel in the USA to support all sites, as needed.

Technical Skills:

  • Ability to evaluate industrial equipment and processes and develop practical mechanical, electrical, controls, layout, or operational improvements.
  • Proficiency with CAD tools such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar software for layouts, equipment modifications, fabrication drawings, and design concepts.
  • Working knowledge of mechanical design, fabrication methods, machine safety, guarding, industrial utilities, material handling, and maintainability principles.
  • Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motors, drives, sensors, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial control systems.
  • Ability to develop equipment specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, and capital-improvement justifications.
  • Familiarity with root-cause analysis, reliability improvement, failure-mode thinking, and continuous-improvement methods.
  • Experience with PLC/HMI programming, data acquisition, industrial IoT, and industrial networking protocols, including EtherNet/IP, Modbus, and OPC, is preferred
  • Character Competencies:
  • Field Engagement & Practical Problem Solving — Learns how work is actually performed, respects operations input, and develops solutions that work in real operating conditions.
  • Engineering Innovation & Design Ownership — Generates practical ideas, evaluates alternatives, and develops equipment or process improvements from concept through implementation.
  • Execution & Results Orientation — Drives projects to completion, removes obstacles, validates results, and ensures improvements deliver sustained operational value.
  • Systems Thinking — Understands the interaction among equipment, operators, maintenance practices, controls, utilities, safety, material flow, and facility constraints.
  • Collaboration & Influence — Builds credibility with site teams, communicates technical concepts clearly, and aligns stakeholders around workable solutions.
  • Standardization & Scalability — Documents successful improvements and adapts them for effective use across multiple facilities.
  • Special Requirements:
  • Must be available for travel in the USA to support all sites, as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of: Autoclave, pressure vessel systems, and industrial steam boiler operations preferred
  • Experience with PLC/HMI programming, data acquisition, industrial IoT, and industrial networking protocols, including EtherNet/IP, Modbus, and OPC, is preferred

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