Manufacturing Process Engineer

Manufacturing Process Engineer Pella, IA Area | Employee-Owned Company | Excellent Benefits | Day Shift

Are you a manufacturing engineer who enjoys creating standardized processes, improving consistency, and helping operators succeed? Join PPI, a global leader in conveyor components, and play a key role in building enterprise-wide manufacturing standards that impact operations across multiple facilities.

This is an opportunity to join a growing, employee-owned company where your work will directly improve manufacturing performance, training effectiveness, and process consistency throughout the organization.

As a 100% employee-owned company, you’ll participate in PPI’s ESOP program and build long-term wealth as an employee-owner.

• World-class health benefits beginning the first of the month after hire
• Dental coverage at no additional cost
• Two weeks of vacation available upon hire
• Nine paid holidays plus two floating holidays
• Paid volunteer time
• 401(k) and additional retirement benefits

PPI continues to expand globally, creating opportunities for professional development and advancement.

Enjoy a flexible Monday-Friday daytime schedule that supports work-life balance.

Join a company that has been driving innovation and growth in the conveying industry for nearly 50 years.

As Manufacturing Process Engineer, you will serve as the enterprise owner of manufacturing standard work and documentation systems, helping ensure consistency, quality, safety, and efficiency across all PPI facilities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop, standardize, and maintain visual work instructions and manufacturing standard work
• Create clear operator instructions from engineering prints, routings, process flows, and manufacturing standards
• Establish and maintain documentation standards, revision control processes, and publishing workflows
• Partner with Manufacturing, Industrial, and Quality Engineers, supervisors, operators, and trainers to ensure best practices are documented and followed
• Support new product introductions and manufacturing process changes
• Conduct audits to verify process accuracy, effectiveness, and compliance
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that reduce variation and improve training effectiveness
• Support implementation of digital work instruction and connected-worker technologies

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (or technical degree in a related discipline)
• 3+ years of manufacturing, industrial, quality, or process engineering experience
• Experience developing work instructions, standard work, process documentation, or operator training materials
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and continuous improvement principles
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, routings, BOMs, and process documentation
• Strong technical writing and visual communication skills
• Experience with document control systems and revision management preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and manufacturing software systems
• Experience with CAD, photo-editing, or document-authoring software is a plus

This is more than a traditional manufacturing engineering role. You’ll help define how manufacturing knowledge is captured, standardized, and shared across a global organization—creating lasting improvements in safety, quality, training, and operational excellence.

Candidates must currently reside in the Pella, IA area or be willing to relocate. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

PPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.