Description

Why Join CBC USA?

At CBC USA, we’re not just filling positions, we’re building the future of ammunition manufacturing in the United States.

This is a rare opportunity to join a company at the ground level, where your work will help shape our operations, culture, and long-term success. Backed by one of the world’s largest ammunition manufacturers, CBC USA offers the stability of a global leader with the excitement and opportunity of building something from the ground up. We’re investing in world-class technology, modern manufacturing, and exceptional talent to create a facility that sets the standard for safety, quality, and performance.

We’re looking for builders who are energized by solving complex challenges, taking ownership, and creating something meaningful. Whether you’re designing manufacturing processes, leading teams, implementing new technology, or supporting the business behind the scenes, your work won’t simply maintain an existing operation—you’ll help create it.

Build the future. Build your career. Build it at CBC USA.

Position Overview

The Process Engineer is responsible for developing, validating, documenting, supporting, and continuously improving manufacturing processes involving cold heading, transfer presses, mechanical presses, tooling, and related production equipment. This role provides hands-on engineering support to maintain safe, efficient, reliable, and repeatable production operations.

The ideal candidate will have a mechanical or manufacturing engineering background, hands-on experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, and a strong understanding of lean manufacturing principles. The position works cross-functionally to resolve production issues, optimize equipment and tooling performance, improve process capability, and maintain operating standards.

Key Responsibilities

Process Engineering and Production Support

• Support the ongoing qualification, modification, and performance improvement of manufacturing equipment.

• Partner with equipment manufacturers, contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure machinery operates according to design requirements and production standards.

• Develop, validate, maintain, and improve manufacturing processes for cold heading, transfer presses, mechanical presses, tooling, and related operations.

• Establish machine parameters, operating standards, work sequences, cycle times, and process controls.

• Lead production trials and capability studies to confirm equipment and processes meet safety, quality, throughput, and reliability requirements.

• Troubleshoot equipment and process issues and implement sustainable corrective actions that support stable production.

• Identify and address production risks, bottlenecks, process constraints, and opportunities to improve capacity.

• Support ongoing operational needs, including spare-parts planning, tooling requirements, preventive maintenance, and operator training.

Tooling and Manufacturing Support

• Provide technical support for tooling selection, setup, maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

• Work closely with production, maintenance, quality, and equipment suppliers to resolve tooling and equipment-related issues.

• Analyze tool wear, equipment performance, material flow, downtime, scrap, and process variation.

• Recommend tooling, equipment, or process modifications to improve safety, quality, productivity, and equipment reliability.

• Assist in developing tooling standards, changeover procedures, and tool-life management practices.

• Support root-cause investigations involving equipment failures, tooling problems, quality defects, and production interruptions.

Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement

• Apply lean manufacturing principles to equipment layout, workflow, material movement, changeovers, and production processes.

• Lead or support continuous improvement initiatives using tools such as 5S, standard work, value-stream mapping, SMED, mistake-proofing, visual management, and root-cause analysis.

• Develop methods to reduce cycle time, scrap, rework, downtime, and unnecessary material handling.

• Establish meaningful process metrics and use production data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

• Help create a culture of operational discipline, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.

• Participate in kaizen events and cross-functional improvement projects.

Process Documentation and Training

• Develop and maintain process flow diagrams, standard work, work instructions, setup sheets, control plans, equipment specifications, and other technical documentation.

• Ensure process documentation accurately reflects validated operating requirements and is maintained as processes change.

• Train operators, technicians, and maintenance personnel on equipment, tooling, processes, and operating standards.

• Help establish formal change-management practices for modifications to equipment, tooling, materials, or production methods.

• Ensure lessons learned from production experience and process improvements are incorporated into operating procedures and training materials.

Safety and Quality

• Incorporate employee safety, ergonomics, machine guarding, and hazard reduction into equipment and process design.

• Participate in equipment and process risk assessments and ensure identified controls are maintained throughout production.

• Partner with EHS to support compliance with machine safety, lockout/tagout, industrial hygiene, and other applicable requirements.

• Work with Quality to establish process controls, inspection points, acceptance criteria, and corrective actions.

• Ensure manufacturing processes consistently meet applicable product specifications and quality standards.

Requirements

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a closely related technical field.

• Three or more years of experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, equipment engineering, or a similar role within an industrial manufacturing environment.

• Working knowledge of mechanical presses, transfer presses, cold-forming or cold-heading processes, tooling, dies, or comparable high-volume metal-forming equipment.

• Experience supporting equipment qualification, process validation, troubleshooting, and production optimization.

• Practical knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot mechanical and manufacturing process problems.

• Experience developing standard work, process documentation, work instructions, and technical procedures.

• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, equipment specifications, process data, and technical documentation.

• Strong analytical, project-management, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively across engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, EHS, and external equipment suppliers.

Preferred

• Experience with metal forming, stamping, ammunition manufacturing, automotive components, fasteners, or another precision manufacturing operation.

• Knowledge of press setup, die design, tool-life management, process capability, and statistical process control.

• Experience with PFMEA, control plans, design of experiments, capability analysis, and structured root-cause analysis.

• Lean or Six Sigma certification.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Work will be performed in both office and active manufacturing environments.

• Regular presence on the production floor will be required to support production, troubleshooting, equipment qualification, and process validation.

• Must be able to work safely around operating machinery, presses, tooling, noise, and other industrial conditions.

• May occasionally be required to lift or move items weighing up to 40 pounds.

• Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment.

• Flexibility to work extended or nonstandard hours may be required to address critical production, equipment, or process issues.

• Travel of approximately 5-15% is required and may include domestic and international travel, including training or technical support at CBC operations outside the United States.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the position. The employee may be required to perform other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

• Short Term & Long Term Disability

• Training & Development