Manufacturing Process Engineer

Manufacturing Process Engineer

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Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life. 3M supports and guides its employees with a global network of people, locations, technologies, and products.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• Lead and contribute to Continuous Improvement initiatives that deliver measurable, step‑change improvements in Safety, Quality, Customer Service, and Operational Efficiency.
• Monitor productivity and cost performance, and initiate improvement projects as needed.
• Provide daily production support within your assigned area.
• Understand key customer requirements and ensure processes consistently meet capability expectations.
• Apply technical expertise to support site and departmental needs, including special projects.
• Communicate project progress, implementation status, and cost impacts to plant management and supervision.
• Enhance your technical skill set by developing a strong network across the New Ulm plant and the broader 3M organization.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success, 3M requires at a minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further include:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Chemical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Prior experience working within a manufacturing or process engineering environment.
• Experience with Continuous Improvement methodologies.

Work location:

• On site New Ulm, MN

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic/international.

Relocation: May be authorized.

Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship for an employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, and technologies subjected to U.S. Export Control Laws.

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export‑controlled technology and services. To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates’ U.S. person status. The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information will result in the inability to consider your application further.

3M do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.