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.
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.
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, or Welding Engineering (or equivalent experience)
- 3-7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience
- Experience with ASME pressure vessels (fabrication and compliance)
- Knowledge of ASME Section VIII and ASME Section IX requirements
- Experience with welding procedures and qualifications (WPS / PQR / WPQR)
- Experience with hydrostatic, pneumatic, and functional pressure testing
- Strong knowledge of shop floor manufacturing operations including welding, forming, assembly, and pressure testing processes
- Structured problem solving and leading root-cause analysis/corrective actions
- Background in Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
- Experience supporting audits, inspections, or regulatory compliance
- Experience specifying, justifying, and supporting implementation of manufacturing equipment, fixtures, tooling, automation, and supporting FAT/run-offs
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering and communicate effectively
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What We Do
Worthington Enterprises (NYSE: WOR) is a designer and manufacturer of market-leading brands that improve everyday life by elevating spaces and experiences. The Company operates with two primary business segments: 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®, Garden Weasel®, General®, HALO™, Hawkeye™, Level5 Tools®, Mag Torch®, NEXI™, Pactool International®, PowerCore™, Ragasco®, Well-X-Trol® and XLite™, among others. The Company also serves the growing global hydrogen ecosystem via a joint venture focused on on-board fueling systems and gas containment solutions. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Worthington Enterprises and its joint ventures employ approximately 6,000 people throughout North America and Europe. Founded in 1955 as Worthington Industries, Worthington Enterprises follows a people-first Philosophy with earning money for its shareholders as its first corporate goal. Worthington Enterprises achieves this outcome by empowering its employees to innovate, thrive and grow with leading brands in attractive markets that improve everyday life. The Company engages deeply with local communities where it has operations through volunteer efforts and The Worthington Companies Foundation, participates actively in workforce development programs and reports annually on its corporate citizenship and sustainability efforts. For more information, visit worthingtonenterprises.com.
