Help Build the Factory That Takes CRAFT to the Next Level ? Tecate, Baja California, Mexico ? New Factory | Full-Time | Primarily Production-Floor Based Do you look at a manufacturing process and immediately think, "There has to be a better way"?
CRAFT is a privately held, entrepreneurial, fast-growing refrigeration manufacturer serving the U.S. supermarket and restaurant market.
We combine manufacturing in Baja California, world-class engineering, advanced refrigeration design and testing, and close collaboration with major U.S. customers to create increasingly energy-efficient, reliable refrigeration systems with outstanding lifetime cost of ownership.
And we're building a new factory in Tecate.
We're looking for a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer who wants more than maintaining somebody else's processes.
We want you to help build better ones.
? YOUR MISSION Build and continuously improve the manufacturing processes that allow CRAFT to scale rapidly while improving: Safety • Quality • Productivity • Delivery • Operator Capability Your operating philosophy should be: Observe it.
Measure it.
Understand it.
Improve it.
Standardize it.
Teach it.
Verify it.
Sustain it.
That's the core mission of this position.
? WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY DO This is not an engineering job where most of your time is spent behind a desk.
You'll move between the engineering drawing, production data and the operator's presente workstation.
You'll: Conduct time and motion studies and establish reliable takt, cycle and labor standards.
Find bottlenecks and improve line balancing, layouts, workstations and material flow.
Use SMED to attack changeover time.
Create simple,



visual Standard Work and Work Instructions that operators can actually use.
Develop PFDs, PFMEAs and Control Plans for priority processes.
Apply Lean, 5S, Kanban, FIFO, visual management and Poka-Yoke where they make work better.
Use 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, Pareto and PDCA to eliminate root causes—not just contain problems.
Support pilot runs and turn new designs into stable, repeatable production processes.
Train operators and verify that standardized work is understood and sustained.
Work closely with Production, Quality, Product Engineering, Planning/Materials and Operations.
The objective isn't to implement Lean tools for the sake of Lean.
Make the work safer, simpler, faster, more repeatable and easier to do correctly.
? AND YES — WE WANT YOU TO USE AI We're building tomorrow's factory, not yesterday's.
You'll help us use AI practically to accelerate the creation, translation and continuous improvement of: Visual Work Instructions • SOPs • Training Materials • Engineering-to-Operator Documentation • Photo/Video Instructions • Knowledge Capture AI should make engineering faster and better—but technical accuracy remains essential.
Everything released to Production must be verified.
? WHAT WILL YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR YOUR FIRST YEAR?
We want measurable results, including:



≥95% of recurring processes with documented takt, cycle and labor standards.
≥30% reduction in priority changeover times using SMED.
≥95% of critical and recurring assembly processes supported by current visual Work Instructions/SOPs.
? WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
You probably have: Engineering degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electromechanical Engineering or related discipline.
3+ years of hands-on manufacturing engineering experience.
Real experience with time studies and cycle-time analysis.
Standard Work and visual Work Instruction development.
Line balancing and bottleneck analysis.
Practical Lean manufacturing.
Structured root-cause problem solving.
Strong Excel/data-analysis skills.
Strong Spanish and working English.
Most importantly: you enjoy spending substantial time on the production floor.
Experience in refrigeration/HVAC, appliance or electromechanical manufacturing, high-mix manufacturing, PFMEA, Control Plans, SMED, Poka-Yoke, NPI, SPC, ERP/MRP or AI-supported manufacturing is a major plus.
? CRAFT IS GROWING — AND WE WANT YOU TO GROW WITH US We want to help you become a stronger engineer and leader while CRAFT grows.
You'll have access to: ? Two Mentors To challenge you, share experience and accelerate your professional development.
? An Executive Coach To help strengthen your leadership, communication, personal effectiveness and ability to take on greater responsibility.
? Extensive Training Opportunities Including areas such as: Lean • Leadership • Teamwork • Problem Solving • Project Management • AI

📌 Manufacturing Engineer – Refrigeration Manufacturing (Baja California)
🏢 Craft
📍 Baja California