Weld Process Engineer
What You'll Be DoingOwn the Welding Process- Develop, implement, and improve welding processes across our manufacturing operations.
- Create welding procedures, standards, and documentation to ensure quality and consistency.
- Troubleshoot production welding challenges and drive lasting solutions.
- Evaluate and specify welding equipment, consumables, and technologies.
Drive Automation & Robotics- Program, optimize, and support robotic welding systems.
- Develop innovative automation solutions that improve productivity and quality.
- Create tooling and fixture concepts that enhance repeatability and efficiency.
- Explore new technologies that help keep McElroy at the forefront of manufacturing.
Lead Continuous Improvement- Identify opportunities to reduce cycle times, defects, waste, and operating costs.
- Champion Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Analyze production data and process performance to drive measurable results.
- Lead projects from concept through implementation.
Collaborate Across Teams- Partner with Engineering, Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Operations teams.
- Support new product development by ensuring designs are manufacturable and efficient.
- Work with vendors and suppliers to identify the best equipment and solutions.
- Mentor technicians, interns, and team members while helping build manufacturing expertise across the organization.
What Makes This Opportunity Exciting?At McElroy, engineers don't get stuck behind a desk.
You'll spend time in the plant, working directly with manufacturing teams, solving real-world challenges, testing new ideas, and improving the way products are built.
One week you may be developing a robotic welding solution. The next, you could be supporting a new product launch, designing fixtures, improving workflow layouts, or leading a project that significantly increases efficiency.
You'll have the opportunity to influence products, processes, and manufacturing technologies used by a company known for innovation and industry leadership.
What We're Looking For- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Metallurgy, Welding Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of manufacturing, process, or welding engineering experience.
- Strong understanding of welding processes, equipment, and consumables used in production environments.
- Experience programming and optimizing welding robots.
- Hands-on welding knowledge and the ability to work directly with manufacturing teams.
- CAD or solid modeling experience.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and project leadership abilities.
- Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively across departments.
Bonus Points If You Have- Experience in heavy manufacturing or metal fabrication.
- Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement experience.
- Six Sigma training or certification.
- Experience designing fixtures and manufacturing tooling.
- ERP/MRP system experience.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects.
- Knowledge of advanced automation and manufacturing technologies.
Safety-Sensitive Designation: Jobs which involve one or more tasks or duties that could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others are considered safety-sensitive. This position is safety-sensitive because, in addition to the essential functions listed above, it also involves performing one or more of the following essential tasks or duties:
- The handling, packaging, processing, storage, disposal or transport of hazardous material
- The operation of a motor vehicle, other vehicle, equipment, machinery or power tools
- Repairing, maintaining or monitoring the performance or operation of any equipment, machinery or manufacturing process, the malfunction or disruption of which could result in injury or property damage
- The operation, maintenance or oversight of critical services and infrastructure including, but not limited to, electric, gas, and water utilities, power generation or distribution.
- The extraction, compression, processing, manufacturing, handling, packaging, storage, disposal, treatment or transport of potentially volatile, flammable, combustible materials, elements, chemicals or any other highly regulated component.
