Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title
Manufacturing Engineer

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The person hired for the position of Manufacturing Engineer will support the manufacturing operations within the Prairie du Chien, WI site.  The person hired for this position will have responsibility to develop and refine critical manufacturing processes for optimal safety, quality, and efficiency.  This position requires an individual with strong leadership skills, who is a good decision maker with the ability to collect facts and facilitate good business decisions.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Actively support safety improvement
• Leading continuous improvement projects impacting safety, cycle time, uptime, yield, service, cost and inventory
• Providing technical support to production and plant engineering resources to improve stability and reliability metrics
• Defining, scoping, supporting and implementing capital investments
• Driving customer focus through prompt compliant resolution and corrective action
• Collaborating with local and division technical teams on division/value stream level projects focused on improving manufacturing operations

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline (completed and verified prior to start)
• Two (2) years of previous technical manufacturing experience with demonstrated strength in engineering/technical skills in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Five (5) years of previous technical manufacturing experience with demonstrated strength in engineering/technical skills in a private, public, government or military environment
• Training and experience in Lean Six Sigma/Lean/Continuous Improvement manufacturing methodologies, statistics, SPC, DOE
• Green Belt / Black Belt certification
• Excellent team building, interpersonal, communication, both verbal and written, prioritization, organizational and computer skills
• Self-motivated with strong analytical, problem solving and project leadership skills

Work location:

• Prairie du Chien, WI

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $98,413 - $120,282, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 08/28/2025 To 0