Job DescriptionThe Manufacturing Engineer is a shop-floor-first engineering role focused on executing safe, capable, and compliant manufacturing processes for ASME pressure vessels and engineered products. This role supports a high-mix, welded tank fabrication environment with a focus on supporting daily production, resolving constraints, improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost, and leading capital and continuous improvement projects from concept through execution.
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. $85,000-$139,000
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).
Desired Experience- 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.
