Plant Manufacturing Engineer

About the Role The Plant Manufacturing Engineer will join our Benson, MN facility to provide technical leadership and process ownership for industrial paint and coating operations. The role emphasizes quality, safety, cost management, and continuous improvement to support CNH Industrial's manufacturing excellence. What You'll Do

• Lead paint-related root cause analysis, quality improvement initiatives, and work with engineering to process new and revised parts.
• Lead continuous improvement, kaizens, and projects received through employee suggestions.
• Maintain all testing and compliance of coating intensities to meet customer and internal requirements.
• Manage chemical and material vendors and compliance.
• Validate paint and metal treating process changes.
• Develop standard work instructions and training for operators.
• Process engineering change orders and define labor standards.
• Develop 5-year Capex improvement plan and carry out managing the projects to completion.
• Monitor metal pretreatment and shot blast system.
• Define masking requirements and work with vendors to develop masking solutions.
• Define and maintain a detailed preventive maintenance schedule that pertains to paint, and ensure all PM processes and assignments are followed through.
• Resolve technical problems and recommend production improvements.
• Lead in the specification training and documentation of paint processes in support of quality and first yield goals.
• Manage all calibrated tools in accordance with ISO standards.
• Update and control MSDS and manage through the 3E system.
• Define new and revised hanging methods to increase productivity.
• Work to reduce In System Damage. What We're Looking For
• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in industrial paint, coating, or surface finishing operations.
• Working knowledge of powder coating systems, including application, curing, transfer efficiency.