Manufacturing Engineer

The 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. 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.