Manufacturing Engineer
Smiths Group · Elmwood Park, NJ
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Smiths Group (industrial) in Elmwood Park, NJ.
- They ask for
- 3+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Welding, Tooling
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in New Jersey: typical posted base $130k–$176k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 27 manufacturing engineer openings in New Jersey, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 26 other live manufacturing postings in New Jersey.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 10+)
Similar roles usually ask 10+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 85%
- Root cause 85%
- Team leadership 70%
- 5S 67%
- Time studies 67%
- Capacity planning 67%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Welding, 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 Smiths Group
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 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?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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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: Smiths Group in Elmwood Park
1 other open role at this site.
- Production Supervisor · Production · Supervisor
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qualifications
to ensure production staff is qualified to perform given tasks.
- ✓Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented team environment.
- ✓Ability to read, interpret, translate engineering drawings and customer specifications to drive compliance.
- ✓Excellent team player with a great attitude.
- ✓1-3 years of experience
- ✓Mechanical/Manufacturing/CI education helpful, but not required
- ✓CI, mistake proofing experience a plus.
- ✓Candidate should like working in shop floor environment with people
- ✓Trained in problem solving skills – 5 whys, fishbone diagram, six sigma, etc.
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Manufacturing Engineer is accountable for improving and maintaining first pass yield for specified parts and/or processes. This is accomplished by driving continuous improvement initiatives, process development/modification, documentation of standards/best practices, and equipment onboarding/troubleshooting. Candidate shall also support cross functional initiatives with Production, Quality and Purchasing departments to meet company goals and product quality standards.
- •Troubleshooting of quality issues throughout the production process: welding, brazing, nickel plating, cleaning, and borescope inspection. Additional processes: bending.
- •Use continuous improvement and lean techniques to increase production efficiency, eliminate waste, and drive cost savings opportunities.
- •Support production staff with specification/technical knowledge, inspection techniques, weld/braze consumables management and day-to-day trouble shooting efforts.
- •Documentation and standardization of processes via work instructions and operating instructions to increase efficiency, facilitate cross-training and enable proper equipment usage.
- •Equipment and tooling on-boarding into production process to support new product, process efficiency, ergonomics or safety. Basic troubleshooting, light-level repair and/or export of orbital weld machines, orbital weld heads, steam cleaning machines, tungsten grinders etc.
- •Effective communication with production employees, management staff and cross-functional team to ensure the alignment of efforts to meet company goals.
- •Conduct classes and trainings to support continuous improvements efforts and product quality i.e. Visual Inspection and Back-to-Basics courses.
- •Manage operator