Manufacturing Engineer

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

Explore life at Fortune Brands here.

We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our Manufacturing Engineering team and provide day-to-day technical ownership within our production operations.

This role is designed as an area-based, embedded engineering position, working directly alongside production employees, leads, and supervisors to ensure safe, efficient, and repeatable operations. While this position will initially support our Pick / Pack operations, all Embedded Manufacturing Engineers are cross‑trained and expected to rotate between production areas as they become seasoned.

This is not a desk‑based or project‑only role — it is a hands‑on position focused on daily execution, process stability, and continuous improvement.

• Provide real-time engineering support to production teams to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and labor targets are met
• Respond quickly to process disruptions, flow issues, material constraints, and quality concerns
• Support shift startups, staffing changes, and daily production priorities

• Own and maintain standard work, labor standards, and visual controls for assigned areas
• Improve process flow, ergonomics, layout, and material presentation
• Identify and eliminate waste, variation, and rework

• Partner with QA to reduce errors, defects, and customer escapes
• Implement mistake‑proofing, visual management, and verification methods
• Support root‑cause analysis and corrective actions

• Lead CI efforts within assigned departments, including 6S and visual management
• Drive small, fast improvements with operators and leads
• Support larger improvement initiatives under the guidance of the Senior Manufacturing Engineer

• Work closely with Production Supervisors and Leads on daily execution
• Partner with Maintenance on equipment reliability and uptime improvements
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, EHSS, Facilities, and QA as needed

• Stable, predictable production flow in assigned areas
• Improved throughput, labor efficiency, and schedule adherence
• Reduced errors, scrap, and rework
• Clear, usable standard work and visual controls
• Strong trust and partnership with production teams

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3–7 years of experience in manufacturing, production engineering, or operations support
• Hands‑on experience in high‑volume or fulfillment‑style operations preferred
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement tools
• Comfortable working directly on the production floor in a fast‑paced environment
• Bilingual Spanish preferred

• Strong practical problem‑solving skills
• Ownership mindset with a bias toward action
• Able to balance daily production support with longer‑term improvements
• Collaborative and effective without formal authority
• Interested in learning multiple production environments over time