Manufacturing Engineer - New Graduate Opportunity

The Role:

Our site in Reno, NV is seeking an entry-level Manufacturing Engineer to join our engineering team. This role will provide direct production support during a mid-shift/night-shift schedule, expected to be approximately 12:00 PM–8:30 PM, with focus on supporting manufacturing operations, resolving day-to-day process and equipment issues, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strong development opportunity for an early-career engineer who wants hands-on manufacturing exposure and the ability to grow into a broader role supporting larger capital projects, capacity expansion, and site growth initiatives.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide hands-on production support during night-shift operations, including machine maintenance, process troubleshooting, quality attainment, and safety prioritization.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing scrap, improving throughput, increasing equipment uptime, improving ergonomics, and maintaining master data.

• Partner with production supervisors, operators, maintenance, quality, and engineering team members to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and stabilize manufacturing processes.

• Support process documentation through SOP and control plan updates. 

• Support equipment/process improvements from problem definition through implementation.

• Assist with data collection activities to support process changes, new equipment, or new product introduction. 

• Promote safe work practices and ensure all work is completed with appropriate consideration for EHS, quality, compliance, and operational risk.

What We Seek:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering preferred; Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related engineering

• 1 – 3 years of engineering experience preferred. Capable to learn standard procedures, apply engineering fundamentals, solve routine to moderately complex problems, and work with guidance while building independence.

• Ability and willingness to work a mid-shift/night-shift schedule, approximately 12:00 PM–8:30 PM.

• Strong hands-on problem-solving mindset with interest in manufacturing operations, production support, process improvement, and equipment reliability.

• Ability to communicate clearly with operators, technicians, supervisors, engineers, and cross-functional partners.

• Basic understanding of engineering analysis, data review, root cause evaluation, and structured problem solving.

• Demonstrated ownership, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a production environment.

Outstanding Candidates Will Have:

• Internship, co-op, undergraduate project, or early-career experience in a manufacturing, chemical processing, semiconductor, cleanroom, high-purity, or regulated production environment.

• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, 5S, waste reduction, or other continuous improvement methods.

• Very strong usage of Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of JMP/Minitab, SolidWorks, or similar tools.

• Exposure to root cause tools such as 5 Why, fishbone diagrams, Pareto analysis, or basic statistical process control.

• Interest in developing project-management capability, including scope definition, timeline tracking, vendor coordination, installation support, and post-implementation verification.