Manufacturing Engineer

About Johnson Controls 

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.  

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What you will do

Join Johnson Controls as a Manufacturing Engineer and help shape the future of fire suppression technology.

Based at our Marinette, WI facility, you'll play a key role in supporting and improving manufacturing operations for our Fire Suppression product line. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact by driving continuous improvement initiatives, solving complex production challenges, and helping bring innovative products from concept to production.

In this role, you'll develop and optimize manufacturing processes, design tooling and equipment, implement production controls, and lead equipment setup and training efforts. You'll also collaborate on new product introductions, ensuring efficient, high-quality manufacturing solutions that support business growth and operational excellence.

This position is onsite in Marinette, WI. Candidates should be within commuting distance or willing to relocate. A variety of relocation assistance packages are available.

How you will do it

• Reviews specifications and bid proposals and cost estimate requests to establish the feasibility of accepting orders. Determines manufacturability, investment requirements, product cost and delivery schedules.
• Develops processes, methods, tooling, and production controls for new products and programs; supervises their assembly and proofing.
• Supports production to resolve any manufacturing issues.
• Coordinates new product development and cost reduction activities.
• Manages capital equipment planning and procurement activities.
• Maintains, operates, and troubleshoots manufacturing support software.
• Plans, supervises and executes work measurement, and defines operations and operation balance to TAKT time.
• Plans, justifies and implements facility changes to produce the forecasted volume of product economically.
• Participates in and leads Kaizen events.
• Responsible for Labor Routings, Capacity Planning, TPM, and Cost Estimating.
• Responsible for Capital justification, CNC/Programming, Tool Design and Selection.
• Responsible for reporting work related injuries and near misses to supervision.
• Responsible for wearing all required PPE and following applicable safety/environmental rules.
• Responsible for correcting or reporting unsafe conditions observed within the plant.

What you will need
Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• 1+ years of progressive, hands on manufacturing engineering experience.
• Knowledge of formal problem solving methods along with experience with financial controls and product costing.
• Previous experience with new products and process introductions along with a working knowledge of lean manufacturing practices and procedures.
• In the absence of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, 6+ years experience is needed.

​SALARY RANGE: $75,000 - $90,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance.  This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at  https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us  #

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