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Manufacturing and Process Engineering Lead

PPG Industries, Inc
United States, Alabama, Huntsville
Mar 21, 2026

As an Engineering Lead, you will cover all areas of Safety, Quality, Manufacturing Performance Improvement, World Class Manufacturing, Process and Capital Improvement, and Personal Growth. You will report to the Plant Production Engineering Manager. This is a fully onsite position, first-shift role with off shift responsibilities and oversight as needed.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead an engineering team and assist operations in achieving all objectives including safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

  • Responsible for driving improvement and maximizing productivity among the products and processes associated with one or more work areas.

  • Serve as a technical resource for production team in the work area, and with operators to eliminate barriers to production.

  • Priorities include improve product quality and manufacturability, increasing process capacity, improving process safety, reducing variation within product and process, reducing cycle times and setup times, and adopting new technologies to modernize manufacturing processes

  • Track and analyze relevant production metrics within work cell, to identify opportunities for improvement and track progress.

  • Collaborate with quality team, design engineering team, new product development team, safety team, analytical lab, operators, and other manufacturing engineers on a regular basis to resolve problems, improve manufacturing processes, and improve safety of the work environment.

Qualifications

  • Only US Citizens, Green card holders, political asylees, or refugees are eligible to apply.

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering required, with preference for Mechanical or Manufacturing disciplines

  • 3+ years of leadership or management experience

  • 5+ years of engineering experience

  • Success with process improvement and lean reductions

  • Lean manufacturing / Six Sigma principles knowledge

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

At PPG we use AI in the hiring process to make the process more efficient. AI tools do not make hiring decisions. You can learn more by going to https://careers.ppg.com/us/en/candidate-resources.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need an adjustment due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday. Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

Los rangos salariales y beneficios de PPG pueden variar segun la ubicacion, lo que nos permite compensar a los empleados de manera competitiva en diferentes mercados geograficos. PPG considera varios factores al tomar decisiones sobre compensacion, que incluyen entre otros, conjuntos de habilidades, experiencia y capacitacion, calificaciones y educacion, licencias y certificaciones, y otras necesidades de la organizacion. Tambien pueden aplicarse otros incentivos.

Nuestros programas de beneficios para empleados estan disenados para apoyar la salud y el bienestar de nuestros empleados. La cobertura y los beneficios del seguro se ajustaran a los terminos y condiciones de los planes aplicables y de los documentos rectores asociados al plan.

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