Lean Manufacturing Engineer

Job overview

The Lean Manufacturing Engineer role is onsite in College Station, TX. Compensation is not specified. The engineer supports continuous improvement across US Modules’ solar module manufacturing operations. The role exists to reduce waste and improve production efficiency, material flow, yield, and safe scalability. Working across production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and engineering, the engineer applies Lean methods to improve throughput and operational performance.

What you'll do

• Lead Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives
• analyze workflows to reduce cycle time, scrap, downtime, and non-value-added work
• facilitate Kaizen events
• develop and maintain operational KPIs
• optimize solar module production processes
• support line balancing, capacity analysis, and bottleneck reduction
• sustain visual factory systems and 5S
• conduct time studies
• assist with SOPs and work instructions
• train employees on Lean methods
• support equipment launches and process transfers
• collaborate with Quality to reduce defects
• align improvements with EHS standards.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

lean manufacturing engineer

continuous improvement

solar module production

kaizen

value stream mapping

5s

kpi reporting

college station tx

us modules

full-time

onsite manufacturing

no visa sponsorship

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field and 3+ years of Lean or continuous improvement experience. No visa sponsorship available. Occasional travel to suppliers or other manufacturing sites may be required.

About the employer

US Modules is hiring for this role. Industry: Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing. Sector: 33.