
Process Engineer III
Bowling Green, KYFull-time$90–115K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Process Engineer III drives operational improvements by developing and implementing process optimization initiatives, standardizing procedures, applying statistical methodologies, and leading cross-functional project teams to enhance manufacturing performance. The role supports plant and site-level improvements, audits, contractor management, and troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment and control systems. It is on-site in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with a day shift and possible off-shift coverage and 5% travel.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
4 years
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's Degree
Compensation
$90,185.94 - $115,069.75 / yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
The Process Engineer III is responsible for driving operational improvements through the development and implementation of process optimization initiatives. This includes standardizing procedures, applying statistical methodologies, and leading cross-functional project teams to enhance manufacturing performance.
Additional Information:
Shift: 7:00 am - 4:30 pm
COS Site and need for off shift hour coverage may be required.
5% Travel
This position is also eligible for bonus based on performance and subject to the terms of the Company's applicable plans.
Job duties include contact with other employees and access to confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.
Identify improvement opportunities in existing manufacturing operations, justify procedural changes or process modifications, and establish operating procedures for the plant to attain lower manufacturing costs, increased productivity, and reduced cycle times
Design, run, test, and upgrade systems and assess processes
Develop routines and innovative solutions to improve production rates and quality of output
Create and maintain process documentation, training materials, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Optimize processes to attain lower manufacturing costs, increased productivity, and reduced cycle times
Lead tactical site-level projects and contribute to regional and divisional projects
Identify, communicate, and overcome obstacles that may prohibit meeting production requirements
Lead and improve process procedures by partnering with operating employees in various departments to collect, analyze, and implement results via training or capital expenditure recommendations
Review and understand and apply safety standards and/or regulations to processes and projects
Prepare and support site audits
Manage multiple contractors and present successful projects
Demonstrate ability to learn and troubleshoot complex manufacturing equipment and control systems
Minimum Requirements:
Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future
Must have a bachelor's degree or higher or at least four (4) years of work experience in engineering
Must have at least two (2) years of work experience in a manufacturing and/or distribution facility or in an operations environment
Must have at least three (3) years of work experience in engineering function
Must have completed formal training in and/or have at least one (1) year of work experience applying continuous improvement tools such as Six Sigma, 5-S, Lean Manufacturing, Transactional Lean, etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
Have a bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering
Have at least four (4) years of work experience in engineering function
Have Six Sigma Certification (Green Belt, Black Belt, etc.)
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Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
2627906
How this job compares
Set against the 3,230 open Process Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–115K/yr
- US median$95–143K/yr1,665 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is 14% below the US median midpoint ($119K) — in the middle half of Process Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 47 open Process Engineer jobs in Kentucky and 3,230 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Corning Incorporated4 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Process Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (2,557 postings).
- Education
- 1,983 of the 3,230 open Process Engineer jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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