Senior Process Manufacturing Engineer

Medivators Inc. · Plymouth, MN

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Level: Senior
Team: Process
Base pay: $100k–$129k
Travel: 10%
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 5+ years
Industry: Industrial
Posted: 13 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A senior process role at Medivators Inc. (industrial) in Plymouth, MN.

They ask for: 5+ years · degree required
Tools it names: Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, CAPA, ISO 13485, FDA / GMP
Base pay: $100k–$129k
Day to day: about 10% travel

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Process Engineer roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $90k–$129k. This one lists $100k–$129k.

Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 11 process engineer openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 10 other live process postings in Minnesota.

Base pay: In line with similar roles
Experience asked: Less than usual (5+ vs 6+)

Skills these teams ask for most

✓ Lean 36%
Tooling 36%
Automation 36%
✓ Root cause 27%
PLC 27%
✓ New product launch 27%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for CAPA, ISO 13485, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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Full description from Medivators Inc.As posted on their careers site.Show

Position Summary

Support and optimize chemical manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, efficiency, reliability, and cost. Partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Safety, R&D, and Supply Chain teams to troubleshoot issues, implement process and capacity improvements, support new product introductions, and ensure regulatory compliance.

This is an onsite position and may require travel 5-10% of the time.

What You'll do as a Senior Process Manufacturing Engineer

Required

✓Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
✓Minimum of 5 years of process engineering experience in manufacturing, chemical processing, or related. experience
✓Experience managing engineering projects from the planning phase through validation.

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Operational Support

•Provide operations department with technical support to meet manufacturing quality and quantity objectives.
•Provide general oversight and monitoring of process equipment – including project coordination for maintenance, upgrades, and repairs when needed.
•Investigate process deviations, equipment issues, and production constraints.
•Lead root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
•Create/edit written documents, test plans and reports that demonstrate technical rationale for associated decisions (e.g. qualifications, risk assessments, and work instructions).
•Maintain Piping and instrumentation Diagrams “P&IDs” and drawings.

Continuous Improvement

•Lead initiatives to optimize safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
•Apply Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
•Identify opportunities to reduce waste.
•Support process improvement efforts.

Capacity Improvement & Project Management

•Identify and propose capacity improvement opportunities.
•Lead or support capital improvement projects.
•Develop project scopes, budgets, schedules, and technical requirements.
•Coordinate planning, procuring, installation, commissioning, validation and startup activities associated with new equipment.

New Product Transfers

•Evaluate and provide input to product development teams to help ensure the successful introduction of a new product.
•Create and document new chemical manufacturing processes as needed.
•Train operations personnel on new processes.
•Work with cross-functional teams to drive back lessons learned as new products/processes are being developed.

Preferred

+Prefer BS in Chemical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering
+Strong understanding of chemistry
+Prefer experience within the medical device manufacturing industry, or similar regulated industry.
+Familiarity with ISO 13485, FDA Design Control, CAPA, SCAR, and audit procedures.
+Experience in structured problem solving and use of statistical tools.
+Training and experience in Lean and Six Sigma.

Pay range for this opportunity is $99,875.00 - $129,250.00. This position is eligible for bonus participation.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

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Open until position is filled.

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