2026 Manufacturing Entry-level Jobs in Tennessee
People often express an interest in entry-level jobs in manufacturing without fully realizing the many fields and industries which these jobs encompass. Just to give you an understanding of how vast the manufacturing field is, you should know that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are currently more than 11,988 individuals working within the industry and there are twenty-one recognized subsectors of the manufacturing industry as a whole. It is vital that you have a fairly good idea of what jobs in manufacturing you are interested in before you start the job search. One manufacturing entry-level job that may interest you is food manufacturer. These professionals are responsible for working directly with agricultural suppliers and for turning animal products and vegetable products into the food we eat every day. This subsector includes bakers, production line supervisors and managers, batchmakers, packing operators, filling machine operators, slaughterers, and meatpackers. As you might expect, average salaries cover a wide range within the food manufacturing industry, but most professionals earn somewhere between $25,010 per year and $51,510 per year. If you’re not interested in working with food specifically, there are also manufacturing jobs in the beverage and tobacco industries. Positions available include drivers, sales personnel, industrial production managers, laborers, sales representatives, machine setters, and many more. Again, salary ranges are widely varied, with most employees earning between $28,650 per year and $100,690 per year. And, of course, there are many other subsectors of the industry to consider, including textile mills and apparel manufacturing, paper manufacturing, chemical manufacturing, and so many more.
Manufacturing Scheduler
Manufacturing Engineer
$150,000 per year
Manufacturing Supervisor - 2nd shift
Welder - Manufacturing - Base Salary to 26.00/hour - Gallatin, TN
CNC Manufacturing Engineer
Scheduling Operator (Manufacturing)
CAD Supervisor - Manufacturing Product Development - Base Salary to 105k/year - Lebanon, TN
$95,000 per year
Production Painter - Manufacturing - Base Salary to 32.00/hour - Gallatin, TN
Inspection Engineer I (Manufacturing)
Lean Engineer - Aerospace Manufacturing
Area Operations Manager - Food Manufacturing - Base Salary to 88k/year - Knoxville, TN
$88,000 per year
Quality Area Manager - Food Manufacturing - Base Salary to 100k/year - Knoxville, TN
$100,000 per year
Cobot Loader
Assistant Business Controller
Firearms Assembly Technician
Operations Team Member
Regional Sales Manager - Nashville
Industrial Engineer
Automation Technician
PLC Automation Programmer
Machine Operator
Production Manager - Die Casting
Mfg. Engineering Technician
Mechanical Design Engineer
Maintenance Technician
Sales Engineering Development Program
Maintenance Technician I (B Shift)
Project Manager MEP – Construction
Production line
General Laborer for Production and Material Handling
Weld Engineer
Material Handler (1st Shift)
Quality Assurance Inspector (1st Shift M-TH)
Welder Day Shift
Territory Sales Specialist
Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Training & Development Specialist
Cashier
Lead Paper Sheeter Operator
TRIW - Quality Inspector
Warehouse Worker/Forklift
Mechanical Utility Engineer I
Production Supervisor - Memphis
Stulz USA - Clean & Pack
QA/QC Technician
CNC Assistant/Aprentice
Senior Project Engineer
$120,000-$125,000 per year
Classroom Assistant
Commercial Business Development Representative
Mechanical Engineer (Uniformity)
Data Center Cable Management Technician
Chief Financial Officer-General Construction
Chief Financial Officer-General Construction
Furnace Superintendent
Equipment Sales Representative
Assembler - 2nd Shift
Assembler
Quality Tech - 2nd Shift
Plant Manager
Product Integrity Supervisor
$80,000 per year
















