Project Equipment Engineer
Honda · Lincoln, AL
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 6+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Honda (automotive) in Lincoln, AL.
- They ask for
- 6+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · relocation help
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Alabama: typical posted base $85k–$131k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 64 manufacturing engineer openings in Alabama, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Alabama plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 63 other live manufacturing postings in Alabama.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (6+ vs 4+)
Typical $77k–$121k, from 9 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 59%
- ✓ Root cause 50%
- FMEA 36%
- Machining 33%
- Welding 31%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 30%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- 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?
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- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: Honda in Lincoln
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Full description from HondaAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Accountabilities
- ◆Supervise the installation and modification of equipment, ensuring proper setup and testing prior to operational use.
- ◆Conduct virtual builds for VQ and carry out NMV equipment checks during the development of new models.
- ◆Lead diagnosis of VQ equipment issues, analyze root causes, and develop effective countermeasures.
- ◆Examine and interpret data to recognize patterns and enhance equipment performance.
- ◆Manage NM projects and associated design modifications to ensure equipment production capacity is sustained.
- ◆Communicate with colleagues, ESA's, management, and other departments to provide updates on equipment status, identify maintenance requirements, and resolve production issues.
- ◆Lead the identification and resolution of equipment malfunctions, conduct preventative maintenance, and supervise repair processes to minimize operational downtime.
- ◆Ensure that equipment complies with safety and company quality standards.
- ◆Manage equipment-related investment projects for VQ, including development, design, specification, and installation.
- ◆Assist the VQ EE Planner as needed.
- ◆Flexible shift schedule (2nd shift support as needed).
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
- ✓Four (4) year Engineer degree (ME or EE) or equivalent experience.
- ✓0-6 years of engineering experience based on education.
- ✓Has experience with identifying and solving Equipment issues/ CBU issues in a timely fashion.
- ✓Leadership skills.
- ✓Strong Analytical skills.
- ✓Vehicle Quality Equipment Knowledge.
- ✓Data analysis and countermeasure activity.
- ✓Prior CMMS System Experience.
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What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”
We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.
If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!
Job Purpose
Create new equipment or modify existing designs to improve efficiency, performance, and reliability, considering factors like, cost, materials, and manufacturing constraints.
Working Conditions
- •Office and production areas.
- •Must be able to travel unassisted both domestically and internationally as business needs dictates.
- •Able to support all shifts and operation including weekends and holidays.
What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?
Total Rewards
- •Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
- •Paid Overtime
- •Regional Bonus (when applicable)
- •Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
- •Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
- •Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- •401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
- •Relocation assistance (if eligible)
Career Growth
- •Advancement Opportunities
- •Career Mobility
- •Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
- •Training and Development programs
Additional Offerings
- •Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
- •Lifestyle Account
- •Childcare Reimbursement Account
- •Elder Care Support
- •Wellbeing Program
- •Community Service and Engagement Programs
- •Product Programs