Plant Manufacturing Engineer

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

About the position

At Doncasters we have an exciting opportunity for a Plant Manufacturing Engineer
to join our team in Long Beach, CA.

The Plant Manufacturing Engineer is a major contributor to the success of the
Manufacturing facility and is responsible for discovering opportunities to
improve productivity and implement sustainable solutions. This role requires an
individual with a strong “find it and fix it” mentality who is driven by a
desire to work with cross-functional teams to solve challenging problems and
implement modern solutions in a mature facility. This is a hybrid role and
requires a dynamic engineer who can serve as Manufacturing Engineer, Process
Engineer, and Continuous Improvement Engineer.

The salary range is between $100,000-$130,000 annually.

Why join us?
Did you know that every time you take a flight, drive somewhere, or switch on a
light, there’s a chance Doncasters played a part in making that happen?

As a leading international manufacturer of specialist superalloys and
high-performance alloy components, we provide critical solutions to some of the
world’s most demanding industries, including aerospace, Industrial Gas Turbines,
automotive, medical, and other specialist sectors.

With a heritage spanning nearly 250 years, we’ve built a global reputation for
technical excellence, innovation, and engineering that performs where it matters
most. Today, we operate across 20 sites worldwide, employing almost 3,000
professionals. This includes engineers and production teams to HR, marketing,
and other support functions, who are united by a shared sense of purpose.

At Doncasters, we believe in doing things the right way. That means acting with
integrity, delivering with commitment, and working as one team to achieve more,
together. Whether you're developing precision-engineered components, running
world-class manufacturing operations, or supporting our people and processes,
your role is part of something much bigger.

Join us and contribute to a legacy built on performance, precision, and the
values that drive us forward - excellence, commitment, teamwork, and integrity.

An interesting and varied field to work in
An environment where you can learn and grow through constant development
PTO
Competitive 401K
Competitive medical insurance

The Role:
The successful candidate will have experience utilizing CAD for facility
layouts, modeling existing systems with expected improvements, and working with
vendors / EPCs to integrate products / solutions. In addition, the ideal
candidate has demonstrated experience managing projects that deliver promised
results on time and on budget. In this role you will work with a ~$3M CapEx
budget and $1M turn-around budget to support improvements across the facility.
The Plant / Manufacturing Engineer will view the Operations team as their
customer to support production needs with a mindset of making overall operations
a little better every day!

Interested?
If you have any of the below skills, we would love to talk to you about your
next career move:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, manufacturing or process background preferred
Proven experience implementing solutions for a production facility (>5 years preferred)
Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams through indirect leadership
Must be available for irregular hours depending on project needs
Must be willing to travel up to 10% based on business need
Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
Extensive experience utilizing LEAN / Six Sigma to discover problems and implement solutions
Prefers hands-on work and does not hesitate to run toward problems
Knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and control systems
Proficiency in CAD software for facility layouts and tools for modeling process systems
Proficient in capital project management and budgeting processes
Experience with automation and modern PLC control systems
Degree in relevant engineering and experience working within a metallurgy environment; ideally within aerospace.
We are keen to hear from individuals who have knowledge of investment casting technology, processes and manufacturing methods, based upon 5 years minimum experience in the engineering, manufacture and/or application of investment castings.

Preferred experience with vacuum induction furnaces in the manufacturing of superalloys
Relevant certifications are a plus (e.g. Registered Engineer, PMP, Six Sigma, Lean)
Experience with world class manufacturing process, and methods, Lean, Kaizen, 6s, TMP (talent management program), and other advance manufacturing methodologies, tools and concepts would be a plus.