Area Equipment Engineer
Qnity Electronics · Newark, DE
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Qnity Electronics (chemicals) in Newark, DE.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred · Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Black Belt, OEE, Root cause, Minitab, Welding
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 $98k–$143k.
Median of the low and high ends of 502 live postings that list pay, out of 1495 manufacturing engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 1494 other live manufacturing postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $96k–$136k, from 466 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 51%
- ✓ Root cause 42%
- Lean 42%
- New product launch 41%
- Automation 32%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Black Belt, OEE, Minitab, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Qnity Electronics
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- 3
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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?
- The posting mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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This plant: Qnity Electronics in Newark
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Full description from Qnity ElectronicsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Serves as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.
- ◆Provides technical expertise to Unit personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating whether equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.
- ◆Leads/participates in downtime related RCIs
- ◆For equipment that is critical for the process ensures that work requests include engineering input on repair details such as clearances, tolerances, materials of construction, welding procedures, etc. and if necessary provide onsite/offsite technical support for deviations from this data.
- ◆Ensures troubleshooting guides are created as appropriate and kept up to date.
- ◆Provides maintainability input to capital project process
- ◆Support PSM elements as applicable
- ◆During development of turnaround, provides input on development of work orders particularly on critical equipment requiring engineering review or input.
- ◆Reliability reviewer on minor capital projects
- ◆Leads unit level OEE programs and participates in OEE reviews.
- ◆Provides deeper level understanding of MTBF (mean time between failure) and improvement plan.
- ◆Works cross functionally to support continuous improvement efforts.
Require
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering preferred.
- ✓Minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience (manufacturing, reliability, engineering, etc.)
- ✓The ability to solve problems and prioritize and execute multiple tasks simultaneously is needed.
- ✓Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work closely with operations, maintenance, and other functional groups.
- ✓Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead through influence; able to take a "hands-on" approach with operators, technicians, and engineers to drive change and get results.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification preferred.
- ✓Statistical Analysis (JMP, Minitab)
- ✓Strategic thinking
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