About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Engineering — Medical Device Manufacturing.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

This is an onsite, entry-level Continuous Improvement Engineer role supporting manufacturing optimization and operational excellence in a medical device manufacturing environment. You will work closely with operations leadership and production teams to identify, recommend, and help implement process improvements.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives and KPIs focused on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Analyze manufacturing processes, material flow, labor utilization, capacity, and performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Conduct root-cause analysis, develop recommendations, and assist with implementation of corrective actions.
• Facilitate Lean activities including 5S, visual management, standard work, and Kaizen events.
• Help build and maintain performance dashboards, process documentation, and change-management artifacts to drive site-to-site consistency.
• Support facility layout optimization, material flow improvements, and other design changes that increase safety and operational efficiency.
• Regularly engage on the production floor and partner with cross-functional teams to test and scale improvements.

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Who You Are / Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering discipline preferred.
• 0–2 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, industrial engineering, or continuous improvement (entry-level candidates encouraged).
• Understand Lean Manufacturing, structured problem-solving methodologies, and data-driven decision making.
• Self-motivated, quick learner with strong communication, collaboration, and analytical abilities.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, production-floor environment.

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Required Skills

All required skills below are necessary for consideration.

• Complex Query Writing
• Web Applications, APIs
• Reporting platform experience

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Preferred Skills

Nice-to-have skills that will strengthen your candidacy.

• Relational Databases
• Power Platform applications (Strong advantage)
• Data visualization (Strong advantage)

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Location & Schedule

• Worksite: Onsite in Wayzata, MN (local candidates or those willing to relocate are preferred).
• Employment type: Full-time.
• Experience level: Entry-level (0–2 years).
• Estimated salary (source): $77,789 per year — estimated (visible for candidate transparency).

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

If you have questions about how your data is used, please contact us directly.