Production Engineering Specialist

ABB•Mebane, NC

13d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (preferred in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related field).
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.
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.

Nice To Haves

Lean Certification (SME Bronze/Silver) and/or Six Sigma Green Belt strongly preferred.
Working knowledge of UL, IEC, ANSI, and ISO 9001 quality and safety standards applicable to switchgear or similar manufacturing environments is preferred.

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.

Benefits

Health, Life & Disability Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus Vision benefit
Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
Employee Assistance Program Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
Retirement 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.