Manufacturing Engineering Manager- Weld & Fabrication

Manufacturing Engineering Manager
- Weld & Fabrication

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Description

We’re seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Weld & Fabrication to lead Manufacturing Engineers and improve welding and fabrication processes across the organization, beginning with our Cincinnati locations.

This hands‑on leader will establish consistent engineering practices, onboarding, training, documentation, standard work, and performance metrics that improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and capacity. The ideal candidate has strong stainless‑steel welding and fabrication experience and a proven ability to develop both people and processes.

• Serve as the network subject‑matter expert for machining, orbital welding, fabrication, and manual/TIG welding processes.
• Lead, coach, and evaluate Manufacturing Engineers while setting priorities and aligning work with production goals.
• Develop 30-, 60-, and 90‑day onboarding plans, competency matrices, training, development plans, and succession readiness.
• Standardize engineering processes and documentation, including layouts, routings, work instructions, tooling, fixtures, risk reviews, and change control.
• Audit compliance, address process gaps, and track defects to identify improvement and retraining needs.

• Develop and improve stainless‑steel cutting, forming, fitting, tacking, welding, finishing, inspection, and material‑flow processes.
• Design and validate tooling, fixtures, equipment settings, work cells, labor standards, and error‑proofing solutions.
• Support new product introductions, equipment installations, process transfers, capacity expansion, and production launches.
• Ensure new or revised processes include approved documentation, training, ownership, and employee understanding.
• Maintain shared engineering standards and promote knowledge transfer across sites, shifts, and teams.
• Lead root‑cause analysis, corrective actions, Lean manufacturing, 5S, standard work, and visual management.

• Track project delivery, training readiness, process capability, safety, quality, scrap, rework, throughput, cycle time, downtime, labor efficiency, and capacity.
• Define project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, and success measures.
• Evaluate equipment, automation, tooling, and capital requests and coordinate installation, validation, and operational handoff.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, EHS, Maintenance, Training, and site leadership to ensure solutions are safe, practical, measurable, and sustainable.
• Communicate project status, performance trends, technical risks, and resource needs to leadership.
• Travel to company locations to coach engineers, support launches, resolve production issues, and implement consistent standards.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations, welding requirements, customer specifications, and quality‑system controls.

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, or Welding Engineering or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 7+ years of progressive manufacturing engineering experience involving welding and/or metal fabrication.
• 3+ years of direct leadership experience, including onboarding, coaching, performance management, and employee development.
• Experience creating…