Fabrication Engineer

Title: Fabrication Engineer

Duration: 12-Month Contract to Direct Hire

Pay Rate: $50/hr - $60/hr

Work Location: Centerville, Iowa

Schedule: Onsite | Monday-Friday Standard Hours

Start Date: ASAP

Job Description

Our client is seeking a Fabrication Engineer to support growing manufacturing operations within a hands-on plant environment. This individual will support metal fabrication processes while troubleshooting equipment, production, and quality issues directly on the plant floor. The role will focus heavily on improving equipment utilization, reducing downtime, removing bottlenecks, and increasing production throughput. The Fabrication Engineer will partner with production, maintenance, quality, operations, and engineering teams to drive improvements across the facility.

Must Haves:

• Bachelor's in Engineering
• 8-10 years of experience in fabrication or manufacturing engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with metal fabrication
• Strong asset/equipment utilization experience (maximize machine/equipment usage, reduce downtime, remove bottlenecks, and increase throughput)
• Strong plant-floor troubleshooting experience with manufacturing, equipment, quality, or production issues
• Proven process improvement experience (improving cycle time, capacity, throughput, cost, efficiency)
• Ability to read/understand engineering drawings, GD&T, weld symbols, and manufacturing specifications

Day to Day:

• Work hands-on on the plant floor supporting metal fabrication processes.
• Troubleshoot issues with welding, cutting, forming, machining, assembly, tooling, and equipment.
• Identify ways to improve asset/equipment utilization, reduce downtime, and increase throughput.
• Drive process improvements around cycle time, capacity, quality, and efficiency.
• Partner with production, maintenance, quality, operations, and engineering teams to resolve fabrication and manufacturing issues.
• Review engineering drawings, GD&T, weld symbols, and manufacturing specifications as needed.