Mitylite Jobs in Usa

At MityLite, we design and manufacture high-quality, durable furniture solutions for hospitality, event, and commercial spaces. Our products are trusted worldwide for their strength, style, and versatility—helping customers create exceptional experiences every day.

Due to growth, we’re expanding our team and looking for a Manufacturing Engineer who thrives on solving complex problems and driving efficiency. This role is critical to ensuring our operations scale smoothly while maintaining the exceptional quality our customers expect.

If you’re passionate about optimizing processes, boosting equipment uptime, and leading projects that make a measurable impact, this is your opportunity to join a company where your work truly matters.

Key Responsibilities:

Own the Process: Map, measure, and optimize workflows end-to-end; eliminate bottlenecks, reduce cycle times, and lock in repeatable quality.

Prioritize, Then Make It Better: Rapidly troubleshoot mechanical, pneumatic, and controls systems failures; lead DMAIC activities such as 5-Why / 8D root-cause investigations and implement poke-yoke permanent fixes that stick.

Equipment Uptime Obsession: Perform PM and Capex optimization, spare-parts strategy, and rapid changeover designs; keep OEE and Production capacity trending north.

Project Execution: Scope, budget, and deliver capital projects—such as new fixtures, line optimization layouts, automation cells—on time and under budget.

Data-Driven Decisions: Pull real-time data from Equipment, ERP, and time studies; build Business cases that indicate valuer and priority and trigger action.

Standard Work Creation: Write crystal-clear work instructions, SOP’s, and control plans; train operators and technicians until the process runs itself.

Cross-Functional Muscle: Partner with maintenance techs, operators, quality engineers, and product design to ship perfect product every day.

Plastic Manufacturing Support: Evaluate status of tools in injection molding and plastic extrusion, design and evaluate plastic components using SolidWorks, act as point of technical contact to plastics, mold making and extension suppliers.

Qualifications:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent.
• 2+ years supporting production equipment and processes in a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on wrench-turner: experience rebuilding gearboxes, aligned conveyors, and programmed basic PLC logic. Looking for a mix of hands on and theoretical experience.
• Mastery of structured problem-solving (5 Whys, Fishbone, Pareto, FMEA).
• Fluent in SolidWorks for fixture design and layout; ERP/MES experience (Nav or SAP, Plex, Epicor, etc.).
• Proven ability to lead operators and techs through change via documentation, training, without hand-holding.

Preferred Skills:

• Automation integration (robots, vision systems, collaborative cells).
• Value-stream mapping and simulation (FlexSim, Arena, or even Excel-based).
• Welding, machining, or assembly fixture design from scratch.
• Six Sigma (DMAIC) Green Belt or higher.

If you live for the sound of a line hitting record throughput because *you* made it happen, let’s talk.

If you're interested in joining a team environment with a family atmosphere, come see us today! Making it safe for our employees is #1 at Mity. Come see how You Matter here!

MityLite Inc., A leader in the production of durable tables and chairs, is looking for a Production Team Lead.

The candidate will have a minimum of 3 years leadership experience in a similar role with a working knowledge of manufacturing processes.

Working hours: 5am- 3:30pm or 6am - 4:30pm Mon- Thur. with some Friday OT possible

Benefits Include:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401K Plan with company 4% match
• Paid Time Off (40 hours year one - 80 hours year two)
• Sick Pay
• Holiday (80 hours per year)
• Referral Bonus Program (Up to $200 per referral - NO CAP!)

*Some benefits begin at 60 days dependent on policy statement

This position is responsible for a variety of technical and leadership assignments related to the operations of a production assembly area. This individual will take on the role of the Team Lead and will have authority to instruct the team members in the work processes.

The primary responsibilities of the Team Lead include but are not limited to the following:

• Facilities a positive and safe work environment for all team members in line with MITY policy
• Monitors and participates in the production of the given area.
• Uses hour by hour board and Standard Work Instructions to insure a dependable, repeatable assembly process.
• Works closely with other department personnel and leadership to ensure orders are being ran in the same sequence
• Performs Training and uses Standardized Work Instruction to ensure proper training of new personnel.
• Ensures that product is built correctly in accordance with the BOM for each specific style and checks that the quality of the items are within company requirements and meet all quality standards.
• Support our culture of MIT+Y in large decisions, but also in every day interactions (M-Make it Safe, I – Improve Each Day, T- Trust is Key, Y – You Matter)
• Develops direct reports in training as well as holding them accountable for all company policies
• Follows packaging and labeling standards for each item produced.
• Has a working knowledge of NAV for inventory accuracy, department transfers and reporting.
• Ensures that the work areas, machines, and equipment are operating safely and are clean and orderly.
• Provides technical feedback to engineers and VSL on process and tooling problems.
• Reports output, scrap, and issues to VSL by a daily report.
• Performs other related duties and tasks as required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Educational Development (GED) preferred
• Previous Manufacturing experience
• Knowledge of Standard Works, Takt / Cycle Time and Standard In Process Stock.
• Previous Lead or supervisory experience preferred.

Physical/Environmental Demands

• Frequent standing/ walking (80%)
• Routinely, lifting, bending, stooping, and kneeling
• Occasional lifting (over 50lbs)
• Frequent lifting (up to 50lbs)
• Occasional sitting.

Mity-Lite is an EEO/AA employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Job seekers will receive consideration without regard to disability or protected veteran status.