# Manufacturing Engineer

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Cynthiana, KY
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $98,964 - $120,957
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

As a Manufacturing Engineer at 3M, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative people around the world and make an impact by:

- Identifying and implementing improvements that enhance safety, quality, service, and productivity

- Partnering with production and maintenance teams to troubleshoot equipment and reduce downtime

- Leading process and equipment improvement initiatives from concept through execution

- Developing capital project justifications and managing projects to successful completion

- Supporting daily manufacturing operations, including EHS activities, Management of Change (MOC), OEE analysis, and performance improvement efforts

- Investigating defects and process variation using root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods

- Leading Continuous Improvement projects and clearly communicating priorities, timelines, and progress

- Creating and maintaining process standards and operational documentation

- Providing engineering support for assigned manufacturing areas, including occasional nights and weekends as needed

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- A Bachelor's degree or higher in a science or engineering discipline

- Two years of experience in a manufacturing environment

Preferred qualifications include:

- Experience in a Manufacturing Engineer role, especially with process equipment

- Experience leading cross-functional projects from planning through execution

- Experience with capital planning, budget management, and project delivery

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Experience with Continuous Improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma methods

- Strong communication, organization, and interpersonal skills

- Data analysis experience with tools such as Excel, Minitab, and SQL

- Experience creating presentations in PowerPoint

- Knowledge of robotics, vision systems, and PLC programming

The expected compensation range for this position is $98,964 - $120,957 per year, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay. 3M offers a range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, health savings accounts, and retirement benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- science or engineering degree
- manufacturing experience
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- Manufacturing Engineer experience
- process equipment experience
- capital planning experience
- Continuous Improvement experience
- Lean or Six Sigma certification
- data analysis experience
- PowerPoint experience
- robotics knowledge
- vision systems knowledge
- PLC programming knowledge

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