Manufacturing Engineer

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will play a crucial role in developing and reviewing manufacturing plans to meet customer specifications and design requirements. You will be responsible for ensuring that the manufacturing processes align with the company's high standards, particularly in regulated industries such as aerospace and power generation.

• Ensure that customer specifications, design requirements, and information from quotations are integrated into the manufacturing plan.
• Develop and review all routings (manufacturing plans) including decisions on multi-level routings, sequence of operations, and dimensional information.
• Establish time standards that serve as performance measurements for all manufacturing plans, ensuring they relate to selling prices or real times based on previous experience.
• Review all drawings for completeness and accuracy, addressing issues such as grind stock, reference dimensions, and metric to English conversions.
• Communicate with customers to resolve open issues and decide if prints should be redrawn or transformed into operation sheets.
• Review and sign off on all drawn prints and operation sheets, ensuring the information is complete and accurate.
• Ensure manufacturing plans are reviewed by Quality Planning before release to manufacturing.
• Review customer-generated engineering changes and initiate necessary changes to the manufacturing process.
• Verify and sign off on changes or corrections regarding routing changes, process drawing changes, and print references.
• Serve as a liaison between Materials, Manufacturing, Engineering, Tooling, and Programming, communicating pertinent information to relevant parties.
• Maintain a professional and personable relationship with vendors, customers, and employees, being responsive to their needs.

• Manufacturing engineering
• Manufacturing process
• Dimensional modeling
• Tooling & fixture design
• Aerospace and automotive manufacturing
• Standard operating procedures (SOP)
• Time studies
• Continuous improvement
• Machining

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• 5 years of experience in a heavy industrial fabrication/CNC environment
• Experience in regulated markets such as automotive, aerospace, or power generation
• Experience with CNC machines/lathes/mills manufacturing processes
• Design experience, preferably with NX or Mastercam
• US Citizenship
• Aerospace manufacturing/machining software experience (preferred)

This position is based in the Cincinnati, Ohio facility located in Springdale, OH. The facility employs 80 individuals, including 4 engineers. The role operates on a 1st shift schedule, requiring presence in the office five days a week from 7:00am to 5:00pm. The company is expanding and offers opportunities for growth, particularly in handling highly complex products used in highly regulated industries.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Cincinnati, OH.

The pay range for this position is $43.27 - $52.89/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Cincinnati,OH.

This position is anticipated to close on Jan 9, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $43 - $53