Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
AGCO · Beloit, KS
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 8+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A management manufacturing role at AGCO (industrial) in Beloit, KS. Lead, coach, and develop the manufacturing engineering team; set priorities, allocate resources, establish performance goals, and provide ongoing technical direction.
- They ask for
- 8+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Automation, Machining
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Kansas: typical posted base $86k–$131k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 28 manufacturing engineer openings in Kansas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kansas plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 27 other live manufacturing postings in Kansas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (8+ vs 5+)
Typical $86k–$131k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Tooling 61%
- Root cause 39%
- ✓ Lean 39%
- ✓ Team leadership 36%
- ✓ Six Sigma 36%
- ✓ Machining 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, Welding, Assembly lines, Plant layout, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at AGCO
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: AGCO in Beloit
1 other open role at this site.
- Sr. Quality Engineer · Quality · Senior
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qualifications
Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering or a related technical discipline.
6-8 years of relevant manufacturing engineering experience in agricultural, industrial, or other complex equipment manufacturing, including experience leading engineers, technicians, projects, or teams.
Working knowledge of machining, metal fabrication, welding, assembly, tooling, facility layout, manufacturing documentation, and design for manufacturability.
Demonstrated experience with Lean manufacturing, cellular manufacturing, Kaizen, or Six Sigma methods.
Experience preparing business cases and leading capital equipment projects from concept through commissioning.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; working knowledge of CAD software.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Reimbursement for continuing education
Life insurance and other supplemental insurance plan
Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering eligible employees the ability to purchase AGCO stock at a discounted price
Your Workplace
This role follows AGCO’s on ‑ site work model, with employees primarily working from an AGCO location for 5 days per week to support collaboration and teamwork.
We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives.
Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!
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The Manufacturing Engineering Manager leads the site manufacturing engineering function and is accountable for the performance and results of a professional engineering team. The role adapts departmental plans and priorities to address operational and resource challenges and provides technical guidance across manufacturing processes. It directs the definition, implementation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes, material flow, routings, engineered work standards, tooling, assembly-line design, facility layouts, and design for manufacturability. The position partners with Operations, Quality, Product Engineering, Materials, Purchasing, Maintenance, and suppliers to support new product introduction and achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity objectives.
Your Impact
Lead, coach, and develop the manufacturing engineering team; set priorities, allocate resources, establish performance goals, and provide ongoing technical direction. Create, implement, review, and standardize manufacturing processes and material flow for machining, fabrication, welding, and final assembly operations
Establish and maintain manufacturing routings, manufacturing BOM structures, engineered work standards, work-cell and assembly-line documentation, tooling requirements, and production instructions. Develop and implement facility, equipment, and line layouts that support safe, efficient, high-quality production and future capacity requirements.
Partner with Product Engineering to apply design-for-manufacturability principles and ensure new or modified products can be produced safely, consistently, and cost effectively. Coordinate cross-functional deliverables from Operations, Quality, Engineering, Materials, Purchasing, Maintenance, Technical Publications, and suppliers to support product launches, production readiness, and outsourcing or insourcing objectives.
Lead continuous improvement using Lean, cellular manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and other applicable methods to improve safety, quality, flow, productivity, capacity, and cost. Identify and execute product- and process-cost improvement opportunities, including process changes, tooling, part procurement, transportation, packaging, automation, and technology deployment. Lead capital equipment and manufacturing process improvement projects, including scope definition, budget preparation, economic justification, equipment selection, installation, start-up, commissioning, and performance validation.
Monitor project schedules, budgets, risks, and results; provide management summaries and promptly escalate issues affecting approved timing, cost, safety, quality, or operational targets. Ensure manufacturing engineering activities comply with applicable health, safety, quality, and company standards. Effectively manage the work and development of direct reports, including performance goals, evaluations, succession planning, employee profiles, and documented development discussions in accordance with company processes.
Dental and vision plans
Flexible and virtual work options (where available)
401(k) Savings Plan with company match