Manufacturing Engineer

Actalent • Costa Mesa, CA • Posted June 24, 2026

Position Overview

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer
Job Description
The Manufacturing Engineer plays a key role in optimizing production processes, layouts, and documentation to ensure efficient, reliable, and high-quality manufacturing. This role focuses on analyzing workflows, designing equipment and workspace layouts, developing work instructions and bills of materials, and supporting production teams through hands-on troubleshooting and continuous process improvement.
Responsibilities

+ Analyze and plan workforce utilization, space requirements, and workflow to improve manufacturing efficiency and throughput.

+ Design layouts for equipment and workspaces to maximize safety, productivity, and ease of operation.

+ Estimate production times, staffing requirements, and related costs to support informed management decisions.

+ Develop and maintain clear, accurate work instructions and manufacturing documentation for production teams.

+ Create, review,...