Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

Provide technical leadership and operational excellence to manufacturing, ensuring safe execution while meeting engineering, quality, delivery, and cost objectives. Serve as a subject‑matter expert in welding, fabrication, and industrial processes, driving LEAN transformation at a Houston plant.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and operational excellence for manufacturing, ensuring safe execution while meeting engineering, quality, delivery, and cost targets.
• Serve as SME for structural welding, fabrication, and integrated production systems, partnering with design engineering to ensure manufacturability (DFM).
• Lead root‑cause analysis of production issues, review and approve ECO/ECR changes, and drive cost‑reduction and labor‑efficiency initiatives.
• Deploy LEAN principles (6S, Standard Work, Visual Management) to optimize value streams, facility layout, and material flow for high‑efficiency operations.
• Design and implement tooling, jigs, fixtures, and material‑handling solutions, collaborating with controls and engineering teams on system performance and upgrades.
• Create and maintain process documentation, routing, work instructions, and conduct time studies to sustain standard work across the plant.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial, manufacturing, welding engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience with welding and machining, plus at least 2 years using AutoCAD or SolidWorks.
• Proven experience applying LEAN principles, facility layout, material‑flow design, and process optimization.
• Ability to read complex engineering drawings, weld symbols, GD&T, WPS and PQR documents.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; basic PLC or automation logic knowledge is a plus.

Required skills

• AutoCAD and 3‑D modeling (SolidWorks)
• LEAN tools: Standard Work, 6S, Visual Management
• Facility layout and material‑flow design
• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, GD&T, WPS/PQR
• Microsoft Office suite
• Basic PLC programming / automation logic

What we offer

• Comprehensive health, wellness and mental‑health benefits
• Retirement savings plan and life/disability coverage
• Paid parental leave, paid time off and tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Competitive compensation package