Manufacturing Process Engineer
Honda · East Liberty, OH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 6+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Honda (automotive) in East Liberty, OH. To develop balanced processes across manufacturing areas.
- They ask for
- 6+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, 5S, Root cause, Assembly lines
- 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
Process Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $90k–$115k.
Median of the low and high ends of 8 live postings that list pay, out of 40 process engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 39 other live process postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (6+ vs 4+)
Typical $90k–$115k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 60%
- ✓ Root cause 43%
- Six Sigma 38%
- Team leadership 30%
- Tooling 30%
- SPC 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Assembly lines, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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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?
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This plant: Honda in East Liberty
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Manufacturing Process Engineer at Honda in other locations
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Full description from HondaAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Accountabilities
- ◆Use M.O.S.T. To develop balanced processes across manufacturing areas. Work to achieve high process efficiency. Apply lean manufacturing techniques. Design processes that are simple and achieve SQCDM targets.
- ◆Identify opportunities to reduce waste within the process and improve efficiency. Apply 5S work methods, workstation design, and set best practices for production.
- ◆Audit big data to ensure accurate information across all operation standards. Mobilize Excel formulas and VBA coding to optimize tasks.
- ◆Support New Model events. Forecast design impact to department. Incorporate change points into process design. Identify concerns and countermeasures before mass production.
- ◆Perform time estimates for assembly line work, equipment loads and develop operation standards.
- ◆Conduct studies to determine the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow and recommends methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel
- ◆Regularly lead meetings with other Honda functional groups to develop and launch improvement themes (quality, safety, delivery, production, purchasing, packaging, or logistics)
- ◆Collect feedback from the production floor and address their concerns.
- ◆Evaluate and implement ergonomic countermeasures to prevent associate injury.
- ◆Develop plans and schedules for projects. Set timelines and detailed activities. Hold meetings with cross functional engineering groups to ensure completeness.
- ◆Project support for all items impacting assembly department’s associate process.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (e.g., Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or similar); or 6 years relevant experience required
- ✓0-6 years’ experience based on education
- ✓Knowledge of: Process Data Development and Analysis (PDDA); process engineering (MOST); parts numbers, BOM, and applications; Assembly (AF) quality control systems and specification; Assembly (AF) techniques and processes; New model project development; quality control systems and workflows; Assembly (AF) department layout and equipment.
- ✓Skill in: Analytical problem solving and decision making; communicating change to others, root cause analysis, collaboration with others, and self-driven.
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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
Serve as a Process Engineer responsible for assembly process development and determining the sequence of assembly for new spec parts based upon existing process/parts lay out/process standard time (ST) and/or the maintenance and optimization of established process.
Working Conditions
- •Shift schedule is primarily a first shift position but at times require supporting additional shifts/hours
- •Position could require some travel to other HDMA locations or supplier locations
- •Position could require daily overtime or Saturday overtime
- •Position could require DPC coverage to the production floor
- •50% Fast-paced high-energy manufacturing environment, 50% office environmen
Visa sponsorship issues
- •This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.
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
- •Free Drinks Onsite