What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Engineer position at Greenlee?
If you are looking for a position as a Manufacturing Engineer, Emerson has a phenomenal opportunity for you! Manufacturer of large custom-designed control valves, you will work in a dynamic and high-tech production facility based in our Marshalltown, Iowa location.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be
You balance planning with actions. You optimally communicate in various settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among diverse education and position levels. You make new connections and build relationships in other areas and teams. You uncover root causes of difficult problems.
For This Role, You Will Need
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.
We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be
- Design and Develop Advanced Tooling and Equipment: Utilize 3D CAD software to craft sophisticated tooling, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and facility equipment. This includes analyzing functional requirements to build designs that ensure safe and efficient operation, meeting stringent performance and safety standards.
- Collaborate on New Product Development: Partner with Product Engineers and cross-functional teams to optimize new product designs for manufacturability, ensuring flawless integration of design and production processes.
- Standardize and Document Manufacturing Best Practices: Develop comprehensive documentation of best practices, manufacturing workflows, and procedures to establish standardized, efficient production methods across the organization.
- Support CNC Programming and Tooling Selection: Provide expert mentorship to CNC programmers, advising on the selection of appropriate fixtures and tooling to ensure precision, reliability, and efficiency in production.
- Problem-Solving and Root Cause Analysis: Investigate and troubleshoot complex manufacturing issues using structured problem-solving methodologies. Identify root causes and implement corrective actions to improve production processes and eliminate recurring issues.
- Mentor and Develop Talent: Lead and mentor tool design co-op students, offering challenging, hands-on projects and training in company-specific procedures, CAD software, and industry-standard manufacturing practices, encouraging the next generation of engineering talent.
You balance planning with actions. You optimally communicate in various settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among diverse education and position levels. You make new connections and build relationships in other areas and teams. You uncover root causes of difficult problems.
For This Role, You Will Need
- BS or BEng in a manufacturing related field
- 3 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, preferably in the control valve or fluid control industry.
- Strong Understanding of manufacturing and machining processes
- Proficiency in CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, AutoCAD)
- Basic Statics and Strengths of Materials Knowledge
- Excellent problem-solving skills & the ability to work independently or as part of team
- Professional experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Knowledge and application of functional gauging and measuring instruments.
- Understands material properties and behavior, and stress-strain analysis to supplement FEA (Finite Element Analysis) via SolidWorks.
- Knowledge of manufacturing process capabilities.
- SolidWorks and skills preferred.
- Familiarity with ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.
We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
