Manufacturing Engineer, Factory Construction

The Manufacturing Engineer, Factory Construction is embedded in the field, driving construction execution with the rigor and ownership mindset of a manufacturing engineer — systematic, schedule-obsessed, and focused on outcomes. This role sits at the intersection of construction management and factory development, ensuring what gets built matches what production actually needs.

This role requires a dynamic player who is constantly finding ways to make forward progress through uncertainty and take calculated risks. Ultimately, this role is partnering closely with engineering to intake requirements and translating them to a built reality – on schedule and in budget.

- Field Execution & Contractor Oversight: Serve as the day-to-day owner's representative on active construction sites. Hold GCs and subcontractors accountable to schedule, quality, and sequencing. Identify and resolve issues before they escalate.

- Schedule & Problem Solving: Own near-term lookahead planning and critical path awareness. Apply first-principles thinking to recover lost time and protect delivery milestones.

- Requirements Partnership: Intake facility requirements by engineering, often driven by machine selection and operational flow. Drive engineering requirements or provide clear signal when they are blocking progress or pushing schedule. Push back on requirements that are driving unnecessary cost, complexity, or time to the construction project.

- Change Management & Documentation: Manage RFIs, submittals, pay applications, and change orders. Proficient in Procore for change order and drawing management, and Bluebeam for markups and document control.

- Design Feedback: Participate in design reviews for current and future phases. Translate field conditions into constructability and sequencing feedback before they become costly problems.

- Commissioning & Turnover: Sequence inspections, testing, and commissioning to avoid downstream delays. Support documentation and turnover packages for regulated manufacturing environments.

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or relevant STEM field — or 4+ years of hands-on field experience in lieu of degree.

- 2–4 years in construction management, capital project execution, manufacturing facilities development or equivalent project management experience.

- Direct field ownership of projects with GC or subcontractor oversight.

- Experience in regulated or high-consequence industries (nuclear, energy, aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing).

- Background bridging construction execution and manufacturing operations.

- Familiarity with Lean construction or pull planning methodologies.

- Exposure to design-for-construction or design-for-operations efforts.

For this role, the target salary range is $120,000 - $185,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).