Senior Industrial & Process Engineer

At McCLARIN, we manufacture composites essential to the world’s most innovative and efficient buses, trucks, trains, RVs, construction and farm equipment. These end-use channels enhance human experience to drive, ride, construct, farm and enjoy nature.

Through collaboration, we create both processes and products in any way, shape or form that contributes to a decarbonized and circular economy. McCLARIN scouts and adopts new ways to make the molding process more sustainable. We shape materials into high-quality and high-performance products. We form value through combined effort with our customers and stakeholders.

We are looking for a Senior Industrial & Process Engineer. You will serve in a key position driving operational excellence across our core molding disciplines: open fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP), reaction injection molding (RIM) clamping, and resin infusion systems.

You will lead high-impact process developments focused on safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC). This role heavily commands a strong mastery of motion-time studies, advanced tooling life cycles, and aggressive mold cycle-time reduction.

This position will offer a strong career growth track at a well-established manufacturing company. This position will be on-site in Wapato, WA.

• Mold Cycle Time & Process Optimization: Analyze, document, and refine manufacturing parameters to shorten cycle times for open FRP cure profiles, RIM clamp intervals, and resin infusion velocities without losing structural part integrity.
• Motion & Time Studies: Conduct rigorous labor and motion time studies (utilizing MTM/MOST or standard data frameworks) on manual layup, vacuum bagging, and demolding sequences to strip out non-value-added steps and set accurate production standards.
• Tooling Lifecycle Management: Oversee the complete lifecycle of composite and hard tooling assets—from engineering release and initial tryouts to preventative maintenance and mold preservation.
• SMED & Changeover Reductions: Champion Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) workshops to minimize changeover windows for complex RIM clamps and heavy infusion tools, significantly boosting tool rotation efficiency.
• New Product Development (NPD) Support: Partner with the customer during New Product Development via Process FMEA (PFMEA) and Design for Manufacture (DFM) actions to ensure seamless production launches.
• Lean & Culture Leadership: Actively drive continuous improvement initiatives (5S, Kaizen, Six Sigma) during daily factory floor SQDC huddles. Teach and mentor production personnel on updated process standards and work instructions.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Plastics/Tool Engineering or equivalent experience
• 5–10 years of direct manufacturing experience, specifically working within advanced composites or plastics processing (Open Mold, RIM, and Infusion required).

• Tooling Background: Strong technical background in mold construction, gelcoat/surface repairs, vacuum integrity troubleshooting, and mechanical or hydraulic clamp mechanisms.
• Technical Software: High proficiency in CAD systems (AutoCAD/Solid Works) for work-cell design and layout manipulation. Experience with resin flow or thermal simulation software is a major asset.
• Core
  
  Skills:
  
  Mastery of standard data time systems, root‑cause failure analysis (RCFA), print/drawing interpretation, and a robust understanding of polymer/resin behavior.

• Benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, Life and 401(k)
• A culture of Optimism, Respect, Transparency, Inclusion, Servant Leadership, Purposeful Engagement, Accountability, Mutual Benefit, and…