
Engineering Tech - Plating Department
Hubbell · Lincoln, NH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 24 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Hubbell (industrial) in Lincoln, NH. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure.
- Tools it names
- GD&T, PLC, Automation, Time studies, Tooling
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in New Hampshire: typical posted base $133k–$226k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 14 manufacturing engineer openings in New Hampshire, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New Hampshire plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 13 other live manufacturing postings in New Hampshire.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 8+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 64%
- ✓ Tooling 64%
- Lean 43%
- Root cause 43%
- New product launch 36%
- SolidWorks 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from HubbellAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
and guidelines for replacement equipment and processes from outside vendors.
- ✓Work with machine operators and manufacturing engineering to provide continuous improvement support to optimize the production process.
Additional Duties
- ◆Support of Company Safety Initiatives including Lock-out/Tag-out/Clear & Try.
- ◆Work with engineering team on development of new products.
- ◆Performs all tasks in a manner that doesn’t impede production schedule.
What will help you thrive in this role?
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- ◆Ability to read and understand production prints and tolerancing conventions.
- ◆Excellent verbal communication skills. Good written communication skills.
- ◆Ability to check computer throughout the day for emails and internal workflow notifications.
- ◆Mechanical aptitude: must be able to work on and with machinery in a manner that is safe, systematic, and effective. Must be comfortable working safely with progressive die sets.
- ◆Leadership: must be comfortable implementing changes in an environment where change is difficult.
- ◆Ability to use Microsoft Excel for project tracking and documentation indexing.
- ◆Must be familiar with creating CAD models and drawings; experience in Autodesk Inventor preferred.
- ◆Ability to converse with toolmakers and skilled setup personnel to understand critical tooling information, and to convey this information using engineering drawing conventions.
- ◆Must be able to take repeatable measurements with digital vernier calipers, micrometers, and gage blocks.
- ◆Must take responsibility for project successes. Must have the persistence required to complete technical tasks. Must proactively continue to check for task completion if the task has been delegated to another party.
- ◆Must have thick skin. Must react to potentially challenging situations in a way that diminishes or resolves conflict rather than amplifying it.
- ◆Must have basic understanding of cold forming physics.
- ◆Must be able to maintain a clean and organized workbench while simultaneously dealing with articles that do not fit into categories.
- ◆Bonus Skills (valued but not required):
- ◆Understanding of fits and tolerances (press fit, slip fit, etc.)
- ◆Conversant knowledge of material compositions (D2, S7, 4140, etc.) and Rockwell Scale hardness for tooling applications.
- ◆Understanding of GD&T.
- ◆Ability to conduct bulk computations (macros) in Microsoft Excel.
- ◆Ability to make insightful recommendations for process improvements, and to develop an implementation plan for these recommendations.
- ◆Ability to perform basic electrical diagnosis with basic tools (test light, multimeter, etc.) and read electrical diagrams.
- ◆Experience with machine fixture and jig design.
- ◆General understanding of control systems and input/output logic as it relates to production machinery.
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams tha
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Job Overview
The Engineering Technician - Plating Department will work alongside chemical engineers, maintenance personnel, toolmakers, and plating tech personnel to implement engineering projects in the Plating Department.
A Day In The Life
Support implementation of machinery replacement project.
- •Develops hands-on competency in Burndy Lincoln’s patented tooling system for progressive metal forming. Gains the ability to perform die set-ups and machine set-ups, and to perform process monitoring and machine tuning.
- •Develops hands-on competency in a unique graphical user interface (GUI) timing chart to control servo-actuated Bihler NC machine.
- •Reads and interprets production drawings to gain knowledge of critical product dimensions. Develops understanding of how product dimensions relate to process parameters and tooling dimensions, and assists engineers in new tooling fabrication and implementation.
- •Works alongside manufacturing engineering and operators to troubleshoot problems that arise with the implementation of any of the above tasks.
Support automated manufacturing and assembly processes.
- •Work alongside manufacturing engineering to identify and reduce production bottlenecks associated with automated production sequences.
- •Provide PLC programming assistance to read, write and debug automated production issues.
- •Work Alongside manufacturing engineering to analyze, identify, design and implement new and/or replacement automation components to improve automated production output.
Support process improvements associated with production machinery and documentation.
- •Perform time studies to verify current production sequence documentation is accurate to the actual manufacturing processes.
- •Work alongside manufacturing engineering to analyze, identify and implement replacement machinery to improve throughput of various production processes.
- •Aid manufacturing engineering in defining
