Senior Production Engineer, Mechanical Nights
Redwood MaterialsMcCarran, Nevada
Full Time
Posted October 16, 2025
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Job Description
The Production Engineer, Mechanical at Redwood Materials is responsible for troubleshooting, maintaining, and improving equipment and processes in the battery recycling line to ensure efficient and reliable operations, supporting continuous improvement and safety initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and resolve process and equipment issues on the production line
- Provide technical support for abnormal and non-routine operations
- Monitor line health and analyze process data to optimize performance and quality
- Implement new data collection technologies to improve production tracking
- Create and update process work instructions and standard operating procedures
- Train production teams on new processes and equipment
- Organize and oversee plant testing and product trials
- Identify and lead continuous improvement projects
- Lead and support incident investigations
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
- 3 to 7 years of experience in an industrial plant operations environment.
- Experience with industrial scale processes and equipment, including automation.
- Strong organizational and project management skills; previous project management experience is preferred.
- Ability to troubleshoot and solve process and equipment issues as they arise, collaborating with operations and maintenance teams.
- Ability to provide technical support for abnormal and non-routine operation.
- Ability to monitor line health and analyze process data to improve production line performance and quality.
- Experience in creating and modifying process work instructions and standard operating procedures.
- Experience in organizing and monitoring plant testing and product trials.
- Ability to identify and execute continuous improvement projects.
- Physical ability to perform essential job functions in compliance with ADA, FMLA, and other relevant regulations, including meeting both qualitative and quantitative productivity standards.
- Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance in line with ADA, FMLA, and applicable standards.
- Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE), including safety gloves, helmets, and eyewear, or additional PPE when required.
- Ability to talk, listen, and speak clearly on the telephone.
- Ability to use a full-face respirator and powered air purifying respirator (PAPR).
- Willingness to work in conditions involving hazardous waste and hazardous materials with appropriate PPE.
- Comfortable working outdoors around equipment and exposure to loud noise, extreme heat or cold, dust, fumes, or hazardous chemicals.
- Availability to work night shifts, including B shift (6:00 pm – 6:00 am, Sunday Tuesday and every other Wednesday) with 10% shift differential, and D shift (6:00 pm – 6:00 am, Thursday Saturday and every other Wednesday) with 15% shift differential.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation will be commensurate with experience
Night shifts available
Shift differentials: 10% for B Shift, 15% for D Shift
Full-time position
Work environment includes working around hazardous waste and materials with appropriate PPE
Exposure to loud noise, extreme heat or cold, dust, fumes, or hazardous chemicals
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