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Process Engineering Specialist – Battery Pack Assembly

Sustainable Talent

Jeffersonville · USD 74,300-166,200 · 2+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 7, 2026

At a glance

Experience
2+ years experience
Workplace
Remote
Location
Jeffersonville
Salary
USD 74,300-166,200
Visa sponsorship
Visa sponsorship not offered

About Sustainable Talent

  • At Sustainable Talent, we build high-performing teams that match our clients' goals and values. We are partnering with a leading global automotive manufacturer to staff a brand-new battery pack assembly plant in Jeffersonville, Indiana. This is a rare chance to help build a greenfield operation from the ground up.
  • The Opportunity
  • As Engineering Specialist, Process, you will support manufacturing process engineering for a new battery pack assembly plant. Your focus will be continuous improvement in safety, quality and productivity. You will apply sound engineering principles and analytical techniques to set up and improve processes and products. You will also lead process audits, resolve assembly concerns, and drive variability reduction and Lean initiatives. You will help keep the plant compliant with plant, corporate, government and environmental standards, working with teams across a new and growing site.
  • The role starts remotely and moves onsite in Jeffersonville, Indiana. During construction, you may attend onsite meetings or work from a temporary onsite office.

About the role

  • The Process Engineering Specialist will support manufacturing process engineering for a new battery pack assembly plant in Jeffersonville, Indiana. This role focuses on continuous improvement in safety, quality, and productivity while helping to build a greenfield operation from the ground up.

Responsibilities

  • Support manufacturing process engineering for battery pack assembly
  • Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality and productivity by identifying throughput constraints and leading root-cause improvements
  • Apply engineering principles and analytical techniques to set up and improve processes and products
  • Build action plans to investigate and prioritize quality concerns and verify corrective actions
  • Lead process audits to maintain process discipline in line with plant operating standards
  • Conduct ergonomic job evaluations and implement corrective actions
  • Analyze root causes of battery pack inventory discrepancies and implement fixes
  • Develop process and instruction sheets that support quality methods
  • Deliver capable processes and tools for battery pack assembly operations
  • Ensure compliance with plant, corporate, government and environmental standards, including ISO 14001

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • 2+ years of related experience
  • Ability and willingness to work off-shift schedules

Preferred qualifications

  • Master's degree in Engineering
  • 3–5 years of battery pack assembly experience
  • Experience with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma
  • Proficiency with Lean tools (5S, Kanban, Poka-Yoke, Value Stream Mapping)
  • Experience with DMAIC and DMADV (DFSS) project methods
  • Familiarity with TQM and Kaizen
  • Experience with FMEA, PPAP, and Design of Experiments (DOE)
  • Proficiency in 8D and 5-Why problem solving

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package

Workplace

  • Role starts remotely and moves onsite in Jeffersonville, Indiana
  • During construction, may attend onsite meetings or work from a temporary onsite office

Skills

  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Six Sigma
  • 5S
  • Kanban
  • Poka-Yoke
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • DMAIC
  • DMADV
  • TQM
  • Kaizen
  • FMEA
  • PPAP
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  • DOE
  • 8D
  • 5-Why

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Process Engineering Specialist – Battery Pack Assembly

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