Senior Equipment Engineer

Contract: Weirton, West Virginia, US

Salary Range: 50.00 - 60.00 | Per Hour

Job Code: 372319

End Date: 2026-11-12

Days Left: 27 days, 14 hours left

Title: Senior Equipment Engineer, Operations
Duration: 6 months Contract to hire
Location: Weirton, WV
Pay Range: $50 - $60/Hr
 
Role Description:
  • We’re looking for a Senior Equipment Engineer to join our Operations Engineering team.
  • In this role, you will use your deep familiarity with a variety of manufacturing equipment to lead the ramp up of production while maintaining quality.
  • From assisting in commissioning to developing maintenance strategies, you will be responsible for optimizing and owning first-of-its-kind equipment.
 
What You’ll Do:
  • Own the performance, reliability, and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment.
  • Define and implement OEE and equipment performance metrics to identify loss drivers and prioritize improvement work.
  • Translate production data and downtime trends into clear problem statements, project scopes, and execution plans.
  • Lead equipment-focused improvement projects, including mechanical, tooling, fixturing, and station layout changes.
  • Create and maintain CAD designs and drawings to develop hardware solutions that address reliability, ergonomics, quality, and throughput issues. (knowledge of CAD is must have)
  • Respond to production events with a root-cause, system-level mindset, coordinating mechanical, electrical, and controls actions to restore and improve performance.
  • Support installation, commissioning, and ramp of new equipment, including active participation in design reviews, FATs, and SATs from an equipment owner perspective.
  • Optimize equipment parameters and station configuration in collaboration with production and quality teams.
  • Provide hands-on floor support in a high-volume manufacturing environment and establish standards to reduce repeat issues.
 
What You’ll Bring:
  • 7+ years of applicable experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. (5+ years is okay. need Senior level, someone who can identify the issue)
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing equipment, such as furnaces, web or powder handling equipment, mixers, resistance welders, and laminators (furnaces and interact wit robot- two active projects)
  • Demonstrated experience in equipment engineering within a production or manufacturing environment, including system ownership.
  • Strong hands-on troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose mechanical, electrical, and system-level issues under production pressure.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across equipment, controls, manufacturing, quality, and operations to drive execution and results.


Benefits:
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable)

Job Requirement
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing equipment such as furnaces/ web or powder handling equipment/ mixers/ resistance welders and laminators
Reach Out to a Recruiter
  • Recruiter
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Sidharth Sethi
  • sidharth.sethi@collabera.com
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