Manufacturing Engineer
Overhead Door · Lewistown, PA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Overhead Door (industrial) in Lewistown, PA. Knowledge/experience with equipment justification, assembly, consumer product manufacturing, and vendor relations preferred.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required · Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Black Belt, Machining, Time studies, Tooling
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Pennsylvania: typical posted base $79k–$120k.
Median of the low and high ends of 24 live postings that list pay, out of 60 manufacturing engineer openings in Pennsylvania, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Pennsylvania plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 59 other live manufacturing postings in Pennsylvania.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $79k–$120k, from 24 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 57%
- ✓ Tooling 50%
- Root cause 38%
- ✓ Six Sigma 32%
- Automation 32%
- New product launch 27%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Black Belt, AutoCAD, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Overhead Door
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
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?
- The posting mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Overhead Door in Lewistown
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Full description from Overhead DoorAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Education
- ✓Degreed (ME or related field)
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The Position
- •Provide technical assistance to all manufacturing departments regarding the quality and/or performance of machinery, tooling, fixture, gages, etc.
- •Serve as liaison between Production and Engineering departments by developing engineering change notices and process specifications pertaining to manufacturing processes and material specifications.
- •Responsible for analyzing, evaluating, and establishing the plant and workstation layouts to insure the most efficient operating conditions.
- •Develops and maintains work measurement analysis based on MYM, Most, Time Study, or Ease.
- •Recommends and justifies the most efficient use of existing production equipment. Provides new equipment justification based on labor and material savings.
- •Responsible for the manufacturing process of new and existing products, including: ergonomic assessment, productivity improvements, manufacturability, and cost improvements. Specify and recommend new equipment, processes and tooling both during the engineering cycle and post design stages of implementation.
- •Travel by airplane and/or drive rental or company automobile to all company facilities, vendor, or seminars and expositions.
- •Perform any assembly operation including material handling and machining operation in order to establish accurate costing standards and to train and instruct hourly associates.
- •Assist incoming inspection in the disposition of rejected materials.
- •Monitor and make recommendations regarding improvements on equipment, machinery, processes, etc.
- •Operate a personal computer to compile incentive standards, record storage and project evaluation.
- •Perform other related duties as required.
Qualificaitons
- •4-10 years of experience.
- •Project Leadership experience.
- •Lean manufacturing training and experience – Certified Six Sigma black belt preferred.
- •Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.
- •Knowledge/experience with equipment justification, assembly, consumer product manufacturing, and vendor relations preferred.
- •Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- •Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- •Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- •Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.