Manufacturing Engineer
Marmon Holdings · Glasgow, DE
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 8+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Marmon Holdings (industrial) in Glasgow, DE. It supports ongoing operations through process monitoring, troubleshooting, continuous improvement initiatives, capital project scoping, and collaboration with Quality, Maintenance, and vendors to improve safety, yield, and overall performance.
- They ask for
- 8+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Automation, Tooling, SolidWorks, AutoCAD
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $99k–$143k.
Median of the low and high ends of 530 live postings that list pay, out of 1625 manufacturing engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 7 other live manufacturing postings in Delaware.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (8+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 50%
- Six Sigma 50%
- Root cause 50%
- Welding 38%
- Union environment 38%
- Value stream mapping 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from Marmon HoldingsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Duties
- ◆Work with product development to introduce new products, processes, equipment and systems. Ensure that all equipment and production standards are capable and repeatable for manufacturing to launch.
- ◆Design and integrate new tooling, systems and equipment into production lines.
- ◆Maintain department specifications and SOP’s as changes and improvements are made.
- ◆Maintain existing tooling and procedures and make recommendations regarding repairs and upgrades.
- ◆Monitor processes to include data collection, analysis, and generate required reports and corresponding action plans to address identified issues.
- ◆Troubleshoot products, process or equipment issues.
- ◆Provide operator assistance and training.
- ◆Coordinate with outside contractors regarding equipment issues.
- ◆Provide Engineering support for lean manufacturing programs/events, maintenance, cell layouts, ideas generated from our Continuous Improvement Program, etc.
- ◆Develop and implement yearly continuous improvement activities that result in improved KPI’s – i.e. safer environment, first pass yield, reduced cost, etc.
- ◆Provide software support for all equipment.
- ◆Make recommendations on part design for manufacturability and recommend improvements in design or part replacement.
- ◆Support Quality Assurance in the dispositioning of Process Change Notices, Non-Conformance Reports, and Vendor Action or Non-Conformance Notifications. Some vendor contact may be required.
- ◆Support Research and Development in the design and development of new or newly configured products.
- ◆Scope large projects and generates Authority for Expenditure (AFE’s) for capital expenditures as needed.
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor of Science in an Engineering Discipline or five years of relevant experience.
- ✓Experience in implementation of Lean manufacturing principles.
- ✓Filter manufacturing experience (particularly meltblown filtration) is strongly preferred
- ✓Working knowledge of Autocad and Solidworks.
- ✓Understanding of current process controls software.
- ✓Ability to work in a team environment.
- ✓Self-motivated.
- ✓Strong communication skills.
- ✓Efficient knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- ✓Extremely organized and effective at time management.
- ✓Displays mechanical and electrical aptitude for equipment operation and troubleshooting
- ✓Ability to work extended hours as business needs dictate.
- ✓Able to work well with others.
- ✓Safety conscious.
- ✓Quality conscious.
- ✓Experience with automation implementation is a plus.
- ✓Strong project management skills.
Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law .
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The Manufacturing Engineer partners with Product Development and R&D to launch new products and integrate tooling, equipment, and systems into production, ensuring processes are capable, repeatable, and optimized for manufacturability. It supports ongoing operations through process monitoring, troubleshooting, continuous improvement initiatives, capital project scoping, and collaboration with Quality, Maintenance, and vendors to improve safety, yield, and overall performance