Equipment Engineer I
Trex · Winchester, VA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 8 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Trex (industrial) in Winchester, VA. Maintain, and troubleshoot the material handling infrastructure, including delivery systems, vacuum loaders, blenders, and scrap grinders/shredders.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Extrusion, Tooling
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Virginia: typical posted base $85k–$135k.
Median of the low and high ends of 15 live postings that list pay, out of 47 manufacturing engineer openings in Virginia, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Virginia plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 46 other live manufacturing postings in Virginia.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $79k–$129k, from 13 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Tooling 47%
- New product launch 30%
- Lean 28%
- Automation 26%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Extrusion, 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 Trex
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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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- 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: Trex in Winchester
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Full description from TrexAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Key Responsibilities
- ◆Collaborate with vendors to source specialized tooling and equipment upgrades to maintain asset readiness.
- ◆Utilize maintenance work order data and machine logs to investigate root causes of mechanical failures, component wear, and structural breakdowns.
- ◆Drive projects to eliminate recurring equipment downtime and maximize overall machine uptime.
- ◆Lead the installation, commissioning, and optimization of hardware improvements for extrusion lines and ancillary systems.
- ◆Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) and train operators/technicians on equipment features, machine guarding, and LOTO safety protocols.
- ◆Collaborate with the Process Engineer to align machine capabilities with optimal process parameters (temperatures, speeds, pressures) to minimize mechanical stress and component wear.
- ◆Maintain and upgrade downstream ancillary equipment (including vacuum pumps, water chillers, and pullers) to ensure synchronized line speed.
- ◆Maintain, and troubleshoot the material handling infrastructure, including delivery systems, vacuum loaders, blenders, and scrap grinders/shredders.
- ◆Manage and optimize the critical manufacturing utilities required to keep the extrusion lines running efficiently.
- ◆Design and work with maintenance to execute predictive and preventive maintenance (PM) programs to minimize unplanned downtime.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- ✓0-3 Years of extrusion or relatable experience.
- ✓Basic understanding of extrusion process equipment
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The Equipment Engineer ensures the reliability, safety, and mechanical integrity of all extrusion production lines and downstream hardware. This role focuses on maximizing machine uptime through robust preventive maintenance schedules, troubleshooting complex mechanical and electrical failures, and leading capital expenditure (CapEx) hardware improvement projects.