Marine Production Engineer – Boatbuilding

Description

Tideman Marine
Location:
Ocala, Florida
Schedule:
Monday–Thursday | Four 10-Hour Days | On-Site

Tideman Marine, a division of United Plastic Fabricating, designs and manufactures high-density polyethylene (HDPE) boats for military and commercial marine use. Based in Ocala, Florida, USA, Tideman Marine operates a cutting-edge facility dedicated to designing and constructing welded HDPE vessels and custom marine products.

Tideman Marine (TMMS) is seeking a Marine Production Engineer to provide hands‑on engineering support for the construction and outfitting of small commercial, military, patrol, workboat, and specialty vessels.

This is a hands‑on manufacturing engineering position supporting physical boat production on the shop floor.

The Marine Production Engineer serves as a key link between Engineering and Production. This position will spend significant time on the production floor
, working directly with production supervisors, leads, welders, assemblers, technicians, naval architects, and design engineers to identify and resolve technical issues encountered during vessel construction.

The ideal candidate is an engineer who is comfortable moving between an engineering drawing and the actual vessel being built — identifying why something is not fitting, functioning, or being manufactured as intended and helping develop a practical solution.

This position will also support engineering changes, QA/QC, root‑cause analysis, project schedules, testing, commissioning, and continuous improvement.

• Provide day-to-day,
  hands‑on engineering support on the production floor during the fabrication, assembly, outfitting, and testing of small boats.
• Troubleshoot structural, mechanical, electrical, fabrication, assembly, fit‑up, and installation issues encountered during vessel construction.
• Work directly with production supervisors, leads, welders, assemblers, technicians, and other production employees to identify practical solutions to technical problems.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, schematics, and production requirements to assist Production with interpretation and implementation.
• Evaluate production problems to determine whether they are related to design, drawings, materials, fabrication, assembly, installation, or manufacturing processes.
• Identify design‑related production challenges and provide clear feedback and recommended changes to Design Engineering and Naval Architecture.
• Assist with engineering changes and ensure approved changes are properly documented, communicated, and implemented in Production.
• Develop practical and manufacturable solutions while maintaining engineering, quality, safety, and customer requirements.
• Provide engineering support during hull fabrication, vessel assembly, systems installation, outfitting, testing, commissioning, and final inspection.
• Review project schedules and production progress to identify technical issues that could affect milestones or vessel delivery.
• Assist with Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC), including inspections, documentation, nonconforming conditions, corrective actions, and verification of completed work.
• Perform root‑cause analysis of recurring production, design, or quality issues and assist with implementing corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Naval Architecture, Design Engineering, Production, Quality, and Project Management throughout the vessel construction process.
• Recommend improvements to vessel designs, manufacturability, production processes, standard work, tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing methods.
• Maintain accurate engineering and technical documentation related to production issues, engineering changes, and corrective actions.
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