Company Description

Star Manufacturing, a Division of The Middleby Corporation, is a leading manufacturer of commercial foodservice equipment. Our most successful employees thrive in an environment providing significant responsibility and autonomy to get the job done. We think like entrepreneurs and help solve our customers' most critical problems, one idea at a time. We provide a comprehensive benefits program that supports our employees' wellness and financial security including medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program, paid vacation and holidays, life insurance, and short and long-term disability coverage.

Job Description

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for the continuous improvement of the quality, cost, speed, and flexibility of our manufacturing processes.

Essential Functions

• Continuous improvement of manufacturing lines, work capacity planning, and set-up reductions
• Time studies to measure true costs and prioritize areas for improvement
• Line balancing and recommend tooling, fixtures, and handling methods to improve efficiency and eliminate bottlenecks
• Collaboration with product engineers to improve manufacturability
• Create routings for new manufactured parts and routing changes for existing fabricated parts
• Create proposals to use floor space more efficiently, recommend facility improvements
• Support production scheduling, purchasing requirements, inventory management, and material flow
• Lead projects addressing workforce, time, and capacity analysis
• Lead a culture of continuous improvement and cost reduction

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering Technology, or related discipline, or in lieu of degree 5 years of experience in a related role
• Three+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in assembly, sheet metal fabrication, materials, operations, or similar role in a plant environment
• Experience in lean, six sigma, continuous improvement, process improvement in production/assembly environment
• CAD experience—SolidWorks preferred
• Positive attitude, personal accountability, coaches, listens, approachable, resolves conflicts
• Exhibits encouragement of diverse ideas and the ability to facilitate effective communication
• Understanding of manufacturing cost drivers
• Great organizational skills with the ability to prioritize

About Middleby

The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ:MIDD) is a global leader in the foodservice equipment industry, with revenues totaling $3B in 2018. The company develops, manufactures, markets, and services a broad line of equipment used in the commercial foodservice, food processing, and residential kitchen equipment industries. The solutions provide the highest level of food quality, product consistency, and reduced operating costs resulting from increased product yields, increased capacity, higher throughput, and reduced labor costs through automation.