Manufacturing Engineer

Howmet Aerospace is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to strengthen plant performance through practical process standardization, continuous improvement, and automation. This onsite role in Berea, OH centers on safety and quality-focused best practices, data-driven decision-making, and measurable optimization across key manufacturing areas.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain standard work for critical shop floor processes, systems, and related activities
• Drive continuous improvement efforts, including running small-scale Kaizen events
• Develop relevant performance data and present it to management and supervisors to support improvement actions
• Identify, communicate, and support adoption of best practices that reinforce both safety and quality
• Design and develop automation solutions for manufacturing processes
• Partner with operations to set goals and measure key indicators across safety, quality, cost, and delivery
• Support optimization efforts covering waste elimination, quality improvements, operating system controls, material flow, footprint development, and efficiency gains
• Facilitate project identification and tracking to verify and measure improvements over time

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Aerospace engineering
• Minimum 2 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment (internships can be included)
• Knowledge of PLC and Ladder logic
• Equivalent hands-on applicable experience will also be considered in lieu of a degree

Tools and technologies you’ll use

• PLC, Ladder logic
• Microsoft Office Suite products, Visio
• ERP systems
• Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping