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.

Our Company is proud to have a dynamic and inclusive workforce where employees are empowered to innovate, thrive and grow. We believe that each employee’s unique strengths contribute to the success of our organization. This belief extends to how we consider our job applicants. Your talents may align with this position or other opportunities within our organization. Apply today to start unlocking your career potential with Worthington Enterprises.

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Worthington Enterprises (NYSE: WOR) is a designer and manufacturer of market-leading brands that help improve everyday life by elevating spaces and experiences. The Company operates with two primary business units: Building Products and Consumer Products.

The Building Products segment includes cooking, heating, cooling and water solutions, architectural and acoustical grid ceilings and metal framing and accessories. The Consumer Products segment provides solutions for the tools, outdoor living and celebrations categories. Product brands within the Worthington Enterprises portfolio include Balloon Time®, Bernzomatic®, Coleman® (propane cylinders), CoMet®, Elgen, Garden Weasel®, General®, HALO™, Hawkeye™, Level5 Tools®, Mag Torch®, NEXI™, Pactool International®, PowerCore™, Ragasco®, Well-X-Trol® and XLite™, among others.

Founded in 1955 as Worthington Industries, Worthington Enterprises follows a people-first Philosophy with earning money for its shareholders as its first corporate goal. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Worthington Enterprises and its joint ventures employ approximately 6,000 people throughout North America and Europe.