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Manufacturing Engineer II

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Location
Chetek, WI
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Manufacturing Engineer II will develop and improve assembly processes and support automation for quick connect couplings used in data-center cooling systems. The role works with production leaders and cross-functional teams to improve output and quality, troubleshoot process issues, and develop assembly cells. The employer offers paid vacation and holidays, health coverage, and opportunities for career growth.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Automation, requiredMachine Design, requiredAssembly Machine Design, requiredAssembly Cell Design, requiredCoaching, requiredMentoring, requiredCollaboration, requiredPLCs, requiredAllen Bradley, requiredLadder Logic, nice to haveError Proofing, requiredAutoCAD, requiredInventor, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Related, required

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

Our client is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer II to join their team in the Quick Coupling division. As someone who enjoys turning ideas into reliable, high-quality production, you’ll help design and improve assembly processes and automation that support the tubing systems used to cool data centers. This is a growth-focused role where you’ll collaborate closely with production leaders and cross-functional teams to increase output, reduce defects, and build mistake-proofing into the way work gets done.

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer II

Location: Chetek, WI 54728

Must be US Citizen or Green Card Holder

What's the Job?

  • Develop and improve state-of-the-art assembly processes and support automation initiatives for quick connect couplings.

  • Use semi-automated equipment to promote mistake proofing and build quality into assembly operations.

  • Partner with production teams and leaders to troubleshoot process issues, drive corrections, and update drawings with the design department.

  • Lead project management and process development for new assembly cell designs or changes, including statistical planning during assembly development.

What's Needed?

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related discipline.

  • Experience with automation and machine design (including assembly machine design and design of assembly cells).

  • Ability to coach/mentor and collaborate effectively across teams (including working with interns and production stakeholders).

  • Knowledge of PLCs / automation (Allen Bradley used; ladder logic knowledge preferred).

  • Experience with error/mistake proofing with the ability to build quality into machine designs; AutoCAD and Inventor experience (AutoCAD and Inventor experience required per role expectations).

What's in it for me?

  • Work with a solid, long-standing employer present on the market for over 100 years.

  • Career growth and opportunities with a culture of hiring from within.

  • Collaborative, empowered environment built on trust, respect, collaboration, and professional growth.

  • Open environment where your ideas are encouraged and valued.

  • Paid vacation and paid holidays, plus health coverage including health, dental, and vision insurance.

If this role sounds like the kind of work where you can make an immediate impact—improving reliability, supporting automation, and building mistake-proof assembly processes—click apply now. A recruiter will be in touch to discuss the opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,337 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Wisconsin median$76–116K/yr39 salary ranges
  • US median$40–48/hr315 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 114 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in Wisconsin and 5,337 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Wisconsin
Experience
Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (4,225 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,931 of the 5,337 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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