{"id":372074,"url":"https://alion.io/job/nidec-senior-manufacturing-engineer-firstsecond-shift","title":"Senior Manufacturing Engineer First/Second Shift","company":{"id":8724,"name":"Nidec","domain":"nidec.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/nidec","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":77,"open_postings":52,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.904,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":45,"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Mankato, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":85400,"max":128100,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":128100},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"FMEA","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-04T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-04","last_verified_at":"2026-11-05T02:46:47Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":62,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":62},"description":"We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality.\nAll for dreams. Dreams challenge and the Nidec-Group will continue to meet the challenge. For the world's and people's tomorrows; the world's first, the world's best technologies and products; we will continue our part in creating a better society.\nJob Summary\nNidec is the world's No.1 comprehensive motor manufacturer handling \"everything that spins and moves\", miniature to gigantic. Nidec is a global enterprise comprised of over 300 subsidiaries/affiliates. We are a leading manufacturer of commercial motors, industrial motors, appliance motors, and controls. Our product line features a full line of high efficiency motors for industrial applications in water treatment, mining, oil and gas, and power generation, and for commercial applications such as pool and spa, condensers, cooling towers and large refrigeration units.From keeping us comfortable in our homes to pumping clean water to making our cars more safe, electric motors are an indispensable part of our daily lives. At Nidec, our employees are on the forefront of developing new motor technologies. As we move deeper into the age of robotics, the impact of motors will only increase.\nWith over 140,000 employees stationed worldwide, Nidec continues to be a unique organization, and each location maintains its individual personality.\nWhether driving locomotives, powering offshore platforms or keeping the lights on after a storm, Nidec electric power generation products impact the world on a daily basis. With over 1,000 employees in the Americas, we are moving forward with technology to solve our customers’ electrical power needs for both prime and backup generation needs as the industry’s leading manufacturer.\nJob Description\nShift: 1st OR 2nd Shift\nDays of Work:\nMonday - Friday (First Shift)\nMonday - Thursday (Second Shift)\nWork Hours:\n8:00am to 5:00 pm (First Shift)\n2:00pm to 12:00am (Second Shift)\nWork Location: On-site (North Mankato, MN)\nStarting Salary: $85,400 to $128,100 Annually\nPay Frequency: Bi-Weekly\nAt Nidec, we prioritize our team’s well-being and success. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support you both personally and professionally. These are the great benefits we offer, with additional perks and programs available to enhance your overall experience with us.\nCompetitive Compensation: Attractive salary with additional bonus opportunities.\n\nHealth and Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and disability coverage, effective from your first day.\n\nRetirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a best-in-class company match of 100% on the employee’s first 6% with an additional 3% employer contribution to support your financial future.\n\nWork-Life Balance: Generous time off package, including PTO and holidays.\n\nEducation Assistance: Tuition reimbursement and continuous learning opportunities to support your professional growth.\n\nPosition Objective:\nDevelop and implement optimal, cost-effective manufacturing processes and methods in accordance with product specifications and quality standards. Recommend and implement improvements to production processes, methods, and controls. Coordinate manufacturing launch for new or revised products.\nEssential Duties/Responsibilities:\nSafety\nPeople, plant and property targeting zero lost days and zero incidences. This should be accomplished through the implementation of rigorous systems and adherence to these systems which transforms our culture to a safety driven organization which strives for continuous improvement.\n\nContinuous Improvement\nBy utilizing the knowledge and feedback of all associates we drive continuous improvement in our results regarding Safety, Quality, Cost, Training and Operational efficiency. This will be driven and sustained through an employee involvement/suggestion program.\n\nQuality\nImprove our internal and external quality results targeting zero defects in all our processes. This will extend to robust supplier development and selection ensuring that they are held to the same standard of zero defects.\n\nExceed Customer requirements/expectations-This will apply to Quality, Delivery, Flexibility and Speed of Implementation with respect to all customer interactions.\n\nPrepare and maintain detailed layouts of processes and related equipment.\n\nCoordinate the manufacturing launch of new/revised products including establishing goals, training teams and evaluating results.\n\nInterface with management, design engineering and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes.\n\nInterface with sales, planning, and design staff concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient production methods and quality results.\n\nDesign, develop and test and / or source and cost-justify various tools, machinery, and equipment for recommended manufacturing methods. This may include development of funding requests, scheduling project tasks and managing budget. Interface with vendors to determine product specifications and arrange for purchase of machinery and equipment according to specifications and quality standards.\n\nApply statistical methods and perform product / process analysis for cost reduction, quality improvement and improved efficiency. Provide leadership and team leading assistance in implementing Lean technologies such as set-up reduction, visual signal flow techniques, kan-ban and work sequencing tools, total productive maintenance, 5S and kaizen processes.\n\nRepresent manufacturing engineering cross-functional teams. Provide manufacturing support and lead FMEA activities related to process and design for key product introductions.\n\nManage multiple engineering projects from start-up to completion\n\nPerform other related duties as assigned\n\nTravel required to assist in product DFMA and/or product transfer between Reynosa MX, Lexington TN and Mankato facilities. May also require travel for training and other business needs.\n\nAssist in leading others in the manufacturing group.\n\nExperience/Skills:\n5+ years related manufacturing experience.\n\nLeader of Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing initiatives\n\nProficient in:\nCNC / Robotic machine programming\n\nComputers i.e. Microsoft Office\n\nCAD / Machine tooling and design\n\nProblem analysis and resolution\n\nHave knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and machining practices.\n\nQuality orientation and high attention to detail\n\nAbility to work with vendors, customers and employees\n\nMust be a sole US Citizen\n\nEducation:\nBS Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering\n\nMUST BE A SOLE US CITIZEN \nAdditional Job Details\nCHECK OUT OUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:Nidec Power | Careers\nEqual Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec\nNidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following website: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf\nWork Shift Schedule\nFirst Shift (United States of America)No Soliciting\nNidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8025,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Education assistance","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Motors, Drives & Motion Control"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-05T20:44:06Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 2","filings_12m":2,"filings_prev_12m":2,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":82500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":25,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.559,"p_room":0.44,"age_days":61,"expected_fill_days":45,"reasons":["conf:5","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":128100,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nidec-senior-manufacturing-engineer-firstsecond-shift","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nidec-senior-manufacturing-engineer-firstsecond-shift.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-05T04:13:27Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":5384,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-06T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":8724},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=8724"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnidec-senior-manufacturing-engineer-firstsecond-shift"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnidec-senior-manufacturing-engineer-firstsecond-shift"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnidec-senior-manufacturing-engineer-firstsecond-shift"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/nidec-senior-manufacturing-engineer-firstsecond-shift\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnidec-senior-manufacturing-engineer-firstsecond-shift"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":372074}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"nidec.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":372074},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}