Manufacturing Engineer

This role serves as a key liaison between Product Development and Operations, ensuring new product designs are feasible, cost-effective, and scalable within current and future manufacturing capacity.

The role collaborates cross‑functionally with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance, and reports to the Plant Engineering Manager.

Compensation range will vary depending on level of experience. $70,000-$105,000

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily shop floor presence supporting ASME production lines; actively engage with supervisors, leads, and operators to resolve real‑time technical issues.
• Troubleshoot process, tooling, equipment, and quality issues at the cell level; lead root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Serve as the technical escalation point for complex production problems affecting safety, quality, or throughput.
• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with applicable ASME Section VIII / IX, customer, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Quality to support:
  • Weld procedures (WPS/PQR/WPQR)
  • Product tolerance control
  • Hydro, pneumatic, and functional testing requirements
• Collaborate with Product Engineering during ECO processes to ensure designs are manufacturable, scalable, and cost‑effective.
• Drive continuous improvement in:
  • Safety performance
  • First‑pass yield
  • Scrap and rework reduction
  • Labor and cycle time
• Specify, justify, and support implementation of manufacturing equipment, fixtures, tooling, and automation.
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), run‑offs, and equipment commissioning.
• Work closely with Maintenance to ensure equipment capability, uptime, and safe operation.
• Partner with Operations and Quality to support certification, qualification, and skills development (e.g., welding, testing, specialty processes).

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, or Welding Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 3-7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, preferably in:
  • ASME pressure vessels
  • Fabricated or welded products
  • Engineered‑to‑order environments
• Strong knowledge of shop floor manufacturing operations, welding, forming, assembly and/or pressure testing processes.
• Structured problem solving, clear communication, collaborative leadership, and the ability to influence cross‑functional teams.
• Experience supporting audits, inspections, or regulatory compliance.
• Background in Lean manufacturing and structured problem solving.
• Demonstrated success working cross‑functionally with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering.