Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
• Contributing to a brighter, safer, more sustainable future.

It's all possible with a role at Videojet, a Veralto company. Videojet is a world leader in the product identification market, providing in-line printing, coding and marking products, consumables, and software solutions. Videojet's technologies play a critical role in ensuring the safety and authenticity of products sold across the globe in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial marketplaces.

As part of the Videojet team and the broader Veralto network, you'll work with products that make an everyday impact on the world around you—and along the way, you'll have opportunities to make your mark on our business and your career with ongoing opportunities to deepen your skillset and pursue your ambitions.

Learn about our leading portfolio of innovative products here!

We offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Permissive Paid Time Off
• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits
• 401(k)

The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, safety, and performance of manufacturing equipment and facilities while leading capital investment initiatives that support the site's long-term operational strategy. This role will establish and sustain a world-class preventative maintenance program, manage capital projects from concept through implementation, and provide direct leadership to the site's maintenance function.

Working cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, EHS, and Supply Chain, this individual will drive equipment uptime, improve manufacturing capability, and foster a culture of proactive maintenance and continuous improvement.

This position is part of the Operations Team located in Elk Grove, IL and will be on-site.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Design, implement, and continuously improve a best-in-class preventative and predictive maintenance program that maximizes equipment reliability and minimizes unplanned downtime.
• Lead the planning, budgeting, execution, and commissioning of capital investment projects supporting manufacturing growth, automation, infrastructure, and facility improvements.
• Provide direct leadership, coaching, and development for the site's Maintenance Technician while establishing clear priorities, standard work, and accountability.
• Develop equipment maintenance strategies, spare parts management, asset documentation, and equipment lifecycle plans.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on equipment uptime, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), safety, quality, and cost reduction.
• Partner with Operations to identify process bottlenecks and implement engineering solutions that improve productivity and manufacturing efficiency.
• Develop equipment standards, maintenance procedures, work instructions, and engineering documentation.
• Support troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment and lead root cause investigations for recurring equipment failures.
• Collaborate with EHS to ensure manufacturing equipment and facility projects meet all safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and implement automation, new technologies, and process improvements that enhance manufacturing capability and reduce operating costs.
• Manage relationships with equipment vendors, contractors, and external engineering resources.
• Support facility maintenance activities including utilities, infrastructure, and building systems as required.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline required.
• Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing engineering, production engineering, maintenance engineering, reliability engineering, or industrial engineering experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
• Proven experience leading capital investment projects from concept through installation and commissioning.
• Experience leading maintenance personnel or technical teams with a focus on coaching and accountability.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing equipment, mechanical systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical controls, and industrial automation.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in packaging, filling, chemical processing, or high-mix manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting manufacturing infrastructure and facility systems.
• Experience with CMMS systems and maintenance planning practices.
• Experience implementing automation or Industry 4.0 technologies.
• Familiarity with OSHA, NFPA, and…