Location
Farmington, Connecticut, United States
Posted
June 25, 2026
Job Description
The Production Cost Engineer is responsible for analyzing, benchmarking, and improving manufacturing costs across multiple production lines. This role acts as a key interface between production, engineering, controlling, and global lead plants to ensure cost transparency, identify cost drivers, and execute cost-reduction initiatives. The position supports both day-to-day cost monitoring and long-term cost strategy, including localization and process improvement projects.
Cost Analysis, Benchmarking & Target Setting
- Review and analyze monthly group production cost reports; identify cost variances, root causes, and corrective actions.
- Perform benchmark analyses of assembly hours and fabrication costs against lead plants.
- Define cost and time deltas vs. lead plants and develop project-based action plans to close gaps.
- Define and maintain cost-per-hour targets for fabrication p...