Production Engineering Specialist

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we'll give you what you need to make it happen. It won't always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you'll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position reports to:
Production Engineering Manager

In this role, you'll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact. In this role, you will have the opportunity to optimize the Production organization's assembly methods, processes, and equipment to minimize labor hours in accordance with business strategies related to quality, efficiency, costs, and safety. Each day, you will ensure appropriate production methods, cycle time, equipment performance, and materials/components in support of production targets.

You will also showcase your expertise by defining the working phase sequence of a new production process to achieve the targeted product cost and equipment investment budget. This role drives operational excellence by applying Lean Manufacturing principles, leading continuous improvement initiatives, and ensuring processes meet safety, quality, and productivity standards. The Process Engineer partners closely with production, quality, design engineering, and supply chain to support efficient, safe, and repeatable operations.

The work model for the role is:
Onsite (#Li-Onsite) in Mebane, NC.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Identify, evaluate, and implement process improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, quality, and cost efficiency, ensuring projects meet defined scope, timelines, quality standards, and budget requirements.

• Approve and validate process and equipment designs developed internally or by external partners, leading testing activities, establishing approval criteria, selecting external providers, and performing final acceptance testing.

• Provide production start‑up and operational support by defining action plans, leading Lean and Six Sigma initiatives (5S, Kaizen, value stream mapping, DMAIC), and training maintenance and production teams to ensure stable, efficient operations.

• Monitor and optimize process performance using KPIs, root cause analysis, SPC, and corrective actions, while championing a culture of continuous improvement across the production floor.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's degree (preferred in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related field). Lean Certification (SME Bronze/Silver) and/or Six Sigma Green Belt strongly preferred.

• Minimum 2 years of hands‑on experience applying Lean principles including Kaizen, 5S, value stream mapping, waste elimination, and leading continuous improvement initiatives that measurably reduce defects, cycle time, and/or cost. Proficient with Six Sigma tools such as DMAIC, root cause analysis, SPC, and statistical methods.

• Strong experience developing, optimizing, and validating manufacturing processes, workflows, factory layouts, and production lines. Skilled in standard work creation, work instructions, time studies, line balancing, PFMEA, control plans, process capability studies, and process validation.

• Ability to create and interpret engineering drawings, BOMs, routings, and technical specifications, with hands‑on exposure to electromechanical assembly, wiring, metal fabrication, and/or panel building. Working knowledge of UL, IEC, ANSI, and ISO 9001 quality and safety standards applicable to switch gear or similar manufacturing environments is preferred.

• Proven ability to work effectively with production, quality, design engineering, supply chain, and safety teams. Experienced in training operators and technicians on new processes, standard work, and continuous improvement initiatives to drive adoption and sustain results.

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affidant Action Employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex, marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

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