Process Engineer Leader

Position Summary

The Process Engineer Leader is responsible for developing, improving, and supporting manufacturing processes to ensure quality, delivery, and cost targets are met. This role provides technical leadership on the shop floor, drives continuous improvement initiatives, and supports new product introductions (NPI) from concept through full-scale production.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize manufacturing processes, workflows, and layouts for quality, efficiency, and ergonomics.

• Create and maintain process documentation (work instructions, standard operating procedures, control plans).

• Define and optimize process parameters, cycle times, and takt times to meet production targets.

• Lead process planning and readiness for new product launches, including tooling, equipment, and documentation.

• Support prototype builds and pilot runs; collect and analyze data to validate process capability.

• Identify and execute cost-reduction projects while maintaining or improving quality and delivery.

• Specify, justify, and implement new equipment, fixtures, and tooling to support production requirements.

• Ensure processes comply with applicable standards, regulations, and customer requirements.

• Support internal and external audits; lead process-related corrective and preventive actions.

• Serve as a technical mentor to manufacturing engineers, technicians, and operators.

• Lead and participate in cross-functional project teams and report progress to management.

• Provide training on new processes, equipment, and standards.

• Use data-driven methods to prioritize improvement opportunities and justify capital expenditures.

• Prepare technical reports, project charters, and presentations for stakeholders and leadership.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.

• Five + years of related experience.

• Experience in project or team leadership with desire for future leadership responsibilities.

• Detailed knowledge of manufacturing processes and related process controls along with materials.

• Ability to work independent of direct supervision.

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment with demonstrated strong leadership of team members.

• Ability to effectively communicate with leadership and team members.

• Demonstrated effort toward self-improvement by gaining new knowledge/skills and accepting new assignments.

• Demonstrated ability to assume increasing responsibility.

• Ability to read, understand, and follow written and/or verbal procedures, processes, and instructions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a related Engineering field or business.

• Experience with Situational Leadership.

• Strong emotional intelligence.

• Experience with leading High Performance Teams or formal/informal leadership responsibilities.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex process improvements.

• Hands-on experience with automated equipment, fixtures, testing, and tooling design is highly desirable.

Conditions of Employment

This position is subject to meeting U.S. export compliance and/or U.S. Government contracting citizenship eligibility requirements.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

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Drug-Free Workplace
In accordance with Parker's policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.