Engineer II, Manufacturing

Company: Badger Meter
Location: Racine
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Badger Meter - Where Every Drop Counts and So Do You At Badger Meter, we're more than a leading global water technology company - we're innovators with a mission: to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For over 120 years, our trusted solutions have enabled our customers to optimize the delivery and use of water, maximize revenue and reduce waste. Every employee at Badger Meter is an important part of our success. Here, your work doesn't just move a business forward - it shapes a more sustainable future. We are committed to building a workplace where we celebrate differences, empower voices, and encourage fresh ideas that drive innovation. When you join us, you'll find: Purpose-driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe. Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential. A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive. Be part of something bigger. At Badger Meter, your contributions will ripple far beyond the workplace - creating lasting change for people and the planet. What You Will Contribute: Who This Role is Great For: This role is an excellent fit for engineers who enjoy bringing structure to complex manufacturing environments. You will play a key role in creating standard work, process maps, and documentation from the ground up for assembly areas. If you take pride in transforming knowledge into clear, repeatable, and sustainable standard work, this role offers a highly visible opportunity to make lasting improvements. Join a team where your engineering curiosity and precision will make an immediate and measurable impact. In this Sustaining Manufacturing Engineer II role, you’ll be at the forefront of maintaining and advancing the accuracy of our water meter technology—leveraging test systems, statistical analysis, and metrology expertise to support production, drive improvements, and enable efficient, high?quality manufacturing. You’ll be a critical link between design intent and real?world performance on the manufacturing floor. The Sustaining Manufacturing Engineer II sustains and develops water meter accuracy by applying engineering fundamentals to test scenarios, troubleshooting and analyzing tolerances on design in support of Badger's Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost goals and objectives. This will be an onsite role at our Racine facility. Regular visits to our various manufacturing sites are required with domestic and international travel necessary one to two times per year. ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES: Lead the development of standard work, process maps, and Level III work instructions for assembly operations with limited or no existing documentation. Partner closely with manufacturing teams to capture current?state processes, identify improvement opportunities, and design clear, efficient, and repeatable workflows. Establish foundational process documentation that supports training, quality, audit readiness, and continuous improvement across assembly departments. Drive process improvement initiatives by turning observed floor practices into standardized, documented best practices. Support manufacturing operations by troubleshooting production issues and making necessary repairs in a timely manner. Assist with current product support issues, troubleshooting customer and production issues, and validation. Operate accuracy test stands and troubleshoot as required. Design and perform product and design verification tests. Lead large VA/VE or cost improvement projects using lean manufacturing tools and techniques. Initiate and implement engineering change requests. Ensure product integrity through the application of statistical process controls, high-quality process documentation, and sound engineering principles. Develop financial analysis and justification of new processes and equipment and initiate capital asset requests for such equipment. Research and integrate safe, reliable, and cost-effective equipment and processes that assure products are produced at established safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. Identify improvement opportunities and drive to implement effective solutions for these opportunities. Apply project management process and tools to accuracy tester-based projects to ensure projects meet cost and timing objectives. Contribute to all ISO audits conducted on the production floor and obtain all certifications as required Create Level III (specific work task) procedures and supporting process documents and work instructions for the production floor that support high-quality processes and capable equipment. Must be willing to work 50% of the time on the Manufacturing Floor, and 50% of the time at the desk. Support production floor on Weekends in areas of expertise if needed Willingness to travel 10%, domestic and international, sometimes on short (1-3 days) notice (typically 2-4 trips to Badger Meter’s Mexico Manufacturing site or other vendors) QUALIFICATIONS: 3 years of related experience Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field Demonstrated application of engineering statistics to drive decision making using common statistical software such as Minitab and Excel (Statistical Process Control, Design of Experiments, Gage R&R) Experience with engineering documentation (standard work maps) Ability to operate in a manufacturing environment PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Lean Six Sigma methodologies Background with automated manufacturing controls and computer systems preferred Working Conditions: Depending on the assigned department, must complete an audiogram test LI-Onsite SP123 Competitive Total Rewards at Badger Meter: Competitive Pay Annual Bonus Eligible for Annual Pay Increases Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage 15 days Paid Time Off 11 Paid Holidays Two Ways to Save for Retirement: Badger Meter contributes 25 cents for every dollar you contribute to the plan, up to 7% of your eligible compensation. In addition to the match, the company will also contribute 5% of your eligible compensation to your Defined Contribution account on an annual basis. Additional access to a certified financial planner to help ensure your money is working for you, at no cost! Employer Paid benefits including: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Group Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and more Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 Voluntary benefits including : Additional Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness coverage Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights regarding equal opportunity in employment by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster and the “EEO is the Law” poster supplement at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm Badger Meter complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local disability laws. This means that we will reasonably accommodate qualified employees with a disability if accommodation would allow them to perform the essential functions of their job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. Privacy Statement The Employee and Applicant Privacy Statement describes how we collect, use, share, retain, and safeguard applicant information. Please see the privacy statement on our website here .

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