Client Overview: Our client is a growing U.S.-based manufacturing operation operating in a scale-up environment. The organization supports complex assembly and production activities and works closely with global partners across North America, Europe, and North Africa. This is not a large multinational structure; the culture favors hands-on contributors who embrace ambiguity, learn quickly, and help build systems from the ground up.

Job Title: Process Engineer (Junior–Early Career Preferred)

Mission: The Process Engineer is responsible for analyzing, mapping, and improving plant-wide manufacturing and logistics processes. This role will focus on cycle-time analysis, work balancing, staffing validation, and Lean-based problem solving to establish visibility, stability, and efficiency in a rapidly scaling production environment. The position is highly hands-on and requires frequent presence on the production floor to observe real-time conditions and validate data-driven improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct plant-wide process mapping across manufacturing, logistics, warehouse, and quality activities to establish current-state visibility.

• Perform cycle-time studies, work-balance evaluations, and takt analysis to quantify performance and justify staffing requirements by functional area.

• Identify and prioritize process optimization opportunities related to labor utilization, layout, material flow, bottlenecks, and throughput.

• Apply Lean and structured problem-solving tools (Yamazumi, 5 Whys, OEE, SPC, root-cause analysis) to support continuous improvement and quality investigations.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering preferred; Electrical Engineering considered if directly applicable. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply.

• 0–3 years of experience in manufacturing, assembly, logistics, or process-focused environments (internships, co-ops, or capstone projects acceptable).

• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing tools, time studies, work balancing, and basic Statistical Process Control.

• Comfort spending significant time on the production floor, collaborating with operators and supervisors to validate analysis and recommendations.

• Strong curiosity, adaptability, and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across cultures and international teams.

Other Information: This position is on-site in Senatobia, MS, operating on first shift (approximately 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m., Monday–Friday; rare weekends). Target base compensation is $60,000+, dependent on experience. Candidate must show proof of U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, or valid work authorization. No sponsorship will be offered for this role.