Department: Manufacturing / Operations / Quality

Location: Mexico - Linares

Description Responsible for the design, evaluation, and implementation of new processes, process improvements, or projects to support manufacturing processes. Serves as a subject matter expert for manufacturing processes and capital asset acquisition.

Key Responsibilities

- Provides cost estimates, capability estimates, and production recommendations for new products. Provides recommendations on where and how a product should be made using corporate resources.
- Oversees capital acquisition projects by sending RFPs, obtaining quotes, and serving as a liaison between the plant and vendors. Provides advanced technical support for equipment.
- Serves as a subject matter expert for assigned manufacturing processes. Provides high-level technical analysis.
- Develops concepts and designs new processes.
- Manages existing process improvement projects.
- Provides engineering support for existing manufacturing processes when needed.
- Provides qualifications for new/alternate vendors, components, and tooling.
- Validates process design via sampling procedures.
- Performs process cost analysis.
- Purchases major capital equipment and systems for both new processes implementation as well as current process maintenance.
- Participates in a cross-functional and cross-cultural team environment.
- Acts as a technical resource and a mentor for less experienced engineers.
- Performs other related duties as required or assigned.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Skills and Abilities

- Possesses engineering-level knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and their applications.
- Understands safety and environmental laws and regulations.
- Manages basic to large-level projects; demonstrates a track record of successful projects.




- Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Identifies the underlying principles, reasons, facts, or information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Understands arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Effectively communicates information and responds to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, the general public, and other employees of the organization.
- Maintains confidentiality and uses discretion with business information.
- Reads and understands documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Writes routine reports and correspondence.
- Utilizes common-sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
- Deals with problems involving several known variables in situations of routine nature.
- Plans the time, method, manner, and/or performance sequence of own work; may also occasionally assist in planning work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation.
- Frequently makes decisions of both minor and major importance, which may affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree.
- Completes some moderately repetitive tasks.
- Uses complex and noncomplex machines and equipment.

Education and Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field (required).
- Five to seven years of related experience (required).
- Master’s degree in a relevant field could substitute for years of experience.

Computer Skills

- Advanced: CAD software, complex analysis, project management, spreadsheet.
- Basic: Word processing/typing, presentation/PowerPoint.

📌 Sr. Advance Manufacturing Engineer (Linares)
🏢 Franklin Electric
📍 Linares