Process Engineer
Morgan Advanced Materials · New Bedford, MA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Base pay
- $85k–$102k
- Degree
- Required
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Morgan Advanced Materials (industrial) in New Bedford, MA. Work closely with engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain teams to improve efficiency, reduce variation, solve technical challenges, and support new product introductions.
- They ask for
- degree required · Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Root cause, DMAIC, FMEA
- Base pay
- $85k–$102k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Massachusetts: typical posted base $105k–$140k. This one lists $85k–$102k.
Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 33 process engineer openings in Massachusetts, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 32 other live process postings in Massachusetts.
- Base pay
- About 24% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $105k–$140k, from 15 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 48%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 39%
- ✓ Lean 36%
- ✓ Six Sigma 24%
- SPC 24%
- ✓ New product launch 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, DMAIC, PPAP, APQP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Morgan Advanced Materials in New Bedford
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Full description from Morgan Advanced MaterialsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
If you enjoy solving manufacturing problems, improving processes, and seeing your work make a real difference, this could be worth a closer look.We manufacture advanced ceramic and composite components used in the medical and aerospace sectors. Their products help support life-changing medical devices and critical aerospace applications where quality, reliability, and precision aren't optional.
The Role
As a Process Engineer, you'll be responsible for developing, improving, and supporting manufacturing processes used to produce advanced ceramic components. You'll work closely with engineering, quality, operations, and supply chain teams to improve efficiency, reduce variation, solve technical challenges, and support new product introductions.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong analytical and statistical problem-solving skills. You'll spend time on the production floor using data and structured problem-solving methodologies to identify opportunities, determine root causes, implement corrective actions, and verify that improvements are effective.
What You'll Do
- ◆Develop, implement, and continuously improve safe, efficient, capable, and cost-effective manufacturing processes and equipment.
- ◆Support ceramic manufacturing operations, including raw material handling, mixing, molding, pressing, and high-temperature firing processes.
- ◆Analyze manufacturing and quality data to identify trends, sources of variation, scrap drivers, yield losses, and opportunities for process improvement.
- ◆Lead or support structured root cause investigations using data-driven problem-solving methodologies.
- ◆Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions and verify their effectiveness.
- ◆Conduct and interpret process capability studies, statistical analysis, and process performance evaluations.
- ◆Use statistical tools and software, including Minitab, to analyze process data and support engineering decisions.
- ◆Develop and maintain PFMEAs, control plans, process documentation, work instructions, routers, bills of materials, and other manufacturing documentation.
- ◆Support new product introduction activities, including process development, process validation, APQP, PPAP, and manufacturing launches.
- ◆Develop and execute process validation activities, including appropriate IQ, OQ, and PQ protocols and documentation.
- ◆Troubleshoot manufacturing and quality issues using structured problem-solving methods such as DMAIC, 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, and other appropriate methodologies.
- ◆Participate in engineering design reviews and cross-functional project teams.
- ◆Identify and lead continuous improvement projects based on measurable business or manufacturing opportunities.
- ◆Establish project objectives, analyze baseline data, implement improvements, and measure results to demonstrate project effectiveness.
- ◆Support quoting activities for labor, tooling, equipment, and manufacturing processes.
- ◆Assist with capital equipment evaluations, equipment justification, and capital expenditure requests.
- ◆Help train production teams on new processes, equipment, standard work, and process changes.
- ◆Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and other functions to implement sustainable process improvements.
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Overview
Morgan Advanced Materials is a world leader in advanced materials science and engineering of ceramics, carbon and composites. We operate in a series of well-defined markets where our applications expertise offers our customers a valuable differentiator, engineering high-specification materials, components and sub-assembly parts that solve their challenging technical problems.
The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges.
The business employs advanced materials science and applications expertise to produce parts that enhance reliability or improve the performance of its customers’ products. Much of what the global business unit makes is used in demanding, harsh or critical environments. Our Technical Ceramics business works in selected segments of the electronics, energy, healthcare, industrial, petrochemicals, security and transport markets, typically in close collaborative customer relationships.
Group Key Figures: Revenue £950m (2021), ~7,500 employees, manufacturing in 30+ countries, and customers in 100+ countries. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.
What You'll Bring
- •Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline.
- •Experience in a manufacturing engineering or process engineering environment, preferably with hands-on process improvement responsibilities.
- •Demonstrated experience using manufacturing and quality data to identify problems, determine root causes, and develop process improvements.
- •Demonstrated experience conducting or supporting process capability studies and statistical analysis.
- •Working knowledge of Minitab or a comparable statistical analysis tool, with practical experience using the software to analyze manufacturing/process data.
- •Experience with process validation, including familiarity with IQ, OQ, and PQ.
- •Experience with PFMEA, control plans, corrective action, and structured root cause analysis.
- •Understanding of ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 quality management systems, with practical experience working within a quality management system preferred.
- •Demonstrated knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, DMAIC, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
- •Experience leading or significantly contributing to continuous improvement projects with measurable results.
- •Exposure to manufacturing processes involving mixing, molding, pressing, ovens, kilns, or