Junior Project Engineer (Manufacturing)

Location: Onsite in Cork, Ireland

Company

hirify.global’s Outsourced Technical Services department provides engineering and project delivery support to clients across multiple industries.

What you will do

• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement projects in manufacturing operations.
• Identify process improvement opportunities through data analysis, observations, and stakeholder engagement.
• Participate in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, factory trials, process validation, and continuous improvement workshops.
• Track KPIs, project schedules, budgets, risks, deliverables, and progress documentation.
• Support root cause analysis and structured problem-solving using 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis, and DMAIC.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, quality, maintenance, operations, and supply chain teams to implement sustainable improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, such as Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Chemical, or Process Engineering.
• 2–4 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations, or project environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work onsite in Cork, Ireland.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on experience supporting major food and beverage manufacturing projects.
• Collaboration with cross-functional production, engineering, quality, maintenance, and operations teams.
• Long-term assignments and benefits are offered.
• Work includes safety, food safety, quality, productivity, cost, and sustainability improvement initiatives.