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Manufacturing Production Control Specialist

Location

Waterloo, IA

Wage

$60,000 – $75,000/yr

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Posted on May 11, 2026

Job Description

Overview

The Manufacturing Process Specialist role in Waterloo, Iowa involves assisting and coordinating production control processes to enhance manufacturing operations, focusing on metal parts production.

Responsibilities

  • Review and determine the production process necessary to produce metal parts.
  • Establish routings, methods, layouts, tools, costs, methods documentation, and labor estimates for revisions to current operations and/or new parts.
  • Work with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Purchasing to assess Process Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and document to completion.
  • Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Identify opportunities on new and existing products and implement changes to improve products or reduce costs.
  • Perform general administrative duties as needed to meet administrative support needs.
  • Make and update process documentation to facilitate manufacturing.
  • Write and implement work instructions for complex processes/parts.
  • Update standard routings and manufacturing best practices for overall accuracy.
  • Maintain and improve workflows such as ECOs and shop paperwork.
  • Collaborate with engineering to create/update better manufacturability of manufactured parts.

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