Manufacturing Engineer
Cincinnati, OH | Metal Fabrication | Monday–Thursday | Day Shift
Compensation: $70,000 – $80,000
Employment: Full-Time / Direct Hire
About the Opportunity
A well-established metal fabrication operation in the Cincinnati area is adding a Manufacturing Engineer to their team. This is a 100% on-site role embedded in a fast-moving job shop environment where you'll own the process from drawing to production floor. The company runs laser cutting, turret punch, and press brake operations and serves a diverse customer base requiring precision fabrication and tight turnaround.
What You'll Do
- Analyze customer drawings and job specifications to develop and document effective manufacturing processes
- Build process routers and Bills of Materials for a wide variety of sheet metal components and assemblies
- Develop cost and time estimates across diverse part types and project scopes
- Modify and create engineering drawings that define cutting, bending, and forming sequences for sheet metal production
- Program and prepare files for laser cutters, turret punches, and press brakes
- Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts, production bottlenecks, and missing engineering information
- Interface directly with customers, suppliers, and shop floor personnel to confirm requirements and communicate engineering solutions
- Evaluate engineering change requests and revise internal documentation and programs upon approval
- Design fixtures appropriate for job shop production environments
- Support weld robot programming activities where applicable
What You'll Need
- 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing engineering role, preferably within a job shop or contract fabrication environment
- Proficiency in SolidWorks (3D CAD) — required
- Solid understanding of sheet metal fabrication processes including laser cutting, turret punching, and press brake forming
- Experience with fixture design in a job shop setting — strongly preferred
- Ability to develop accurate cost estimates across varied part types and production runs
- Strong cross-functional communication skills — you'll work directly with customers, sales, vendors, and production
- Weld robot programming experience is a plus
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered
- Must be able to commit to 100% on-site presence — no remote or hybrid option
Why This Role
Four-day workweek (Monday–Thursday, 10-hour days), competitive compensation up to $80K, and a direct path to broader engineering ownership in a company that does real, complex fabrication work — not assembly line repetition.