Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Greater Birmingham, Alabama Area

This position will support the launch of a new manufacturing facility in the southwest Birmingham metropolitan area.

• Provide onsite engineering support for manufacturing and sequencing operations, including equipment troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and new program launches.
• Diagnose and resolve mechanical equipment and process issues to minimize downtime and improve safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and throughput.
• Monitor equipment and process performance, identify recurring downtime drivers, and implement engineered corrective actions and long-term solutions.
• Support the design, specification, installation, commissioning, and validation of new manufacturing equipment, tooling, fixtures, and mechanical systems.
• Review new equipment and processes to ensure compliance with Inteva safety, engineering, equipment, and manufacturing requirements.
• Support new program launches and production ramp-up to ensure equipment and processes are production-ready and achieve PPAP and launch milestones on time.
• Develop equipment specifications, technical requirements, and Requests for Quotation (RFQs) and support supplier evaluation and equipment acceptance.
• Partner with Engineering, Controls Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Quality, and equipment suppliers to improve equipment reliability, process capability, material flow, and JIT/JIS performance.
• Lead mechanical aspects of equipment modifications, process improvements, error-proofing, and productivity or cost-reduction projects.
• Develop and maintain equipment drawings, specifications, layouts, technical documentation, and mechanical standards, incorporating lessons learned into future equipment and processes.