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Company Overview:
Rogers Machinery, founded in 1949, specializes in industrial compressed air systems, blowers, vacuum pumps, and positive displacement pumps. We have 8 branches in the Northwest with full sales, service, and parts capability as well as locations in San Jose, CA, Atlanta, GA, Houston, TX, and Southern California. Our production facilities are in Portland, OR and Centralia, WA. Visit our web site for more information at www.rogers-machinery.com.
Rogers Core Values: Commitment to our Customers; Honesty; Safety; Commitment to our Employees and the Communities we serve.
Benefits: Full medical, dental, vision & life coverage; profit sharing & 401k; career training & growth support; counseling, life coaching, financial planning, personal & professional support; tuition reimbursement; paid vacation and sick leave; referral program; flexible spending account; legal aid; voluntary additional benefits (accident, hospital, etc.)
Career Website: rogers-machinery.com/pages/careers
Job Summary:
The Manufacturing Engineer is a hands-on production support role focused on helping the shop build equipment safely, efficiently, and consistently. This position works directly on the production floor with machinists, assemblers, technicians, engineers, and Quality Control to solve build issues, improve tooling and fixtures, reduce rework, and make processes easier to follow. The role turns engineering requirements into practical shop-floor methods, work instructions, and repeatable build processes for compressor and equipment manufacturing operations.
Essential Job Duties:

• Work closely with machinists, assemblers, technicians, engineers, and Quality Control to identify and resolve production issues as they occur on the shop floor.
• Review product designs, drawings, and BOMs to make sure parts and assemblies can be built efficiently with available equipment, tooling, and shop capabilities.
• Develop practical build methods, assembly sequences, fixtures, tooling, and shop layouts that improve safety, quality, flow, and productivity.
• Troubleshoot production bottlenecks, fit-up problems, equipment concerns, quality defects, and rework issues to keep jobs moving through production.
• Create and maintain clear work instructions, standard procedures, checklists, and testing methods that employees can easily use at the work center.
• Support new product introduction and product changes by turning engineering intent into buildable, repeatable shop-floor processes.

Additional Job Duties:

• Spend regular time on the production floor observing work, asking questions, validating processes, and helping remove obstacles for employees.
• Train employees on new or revised processes, fixtures, tools, inspection points, and work instructions.
• Partner with Quality Control to investigate nonconformances, warranty returns, and rework, then help implement practical corrective actions.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Production and Operations.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in machining, fabrication, assembly, equipment build, maintenance, or a technician role, with demonstrated growth into process improvement or engineering support responsibilities.
• Able to read and interpret drawings, BOMs, work orders, and basic tolerances, with practical knowledge of GD&T preferred.
• Comfortable using shop tools and measurement equipment such as calipers, micrometers, indicators, and basic CMM tools.
• Strong practical problem-solving skills with the ability to work through production issues directly with shop employees.
• Experience creating or updating work instructions, procedures, fixtures, tooling, BOMs, or mechanical designs.

Preferred Skills:

• Two-year technical degree, completed apprenticeship, or equivalent field experience preferred. A four-year engineering degree is a plus but not required.
• Background in fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, equipment repair, or production support.
• Experience with rotating equipment such as compressors, pumps, motors, remanufacturing/rebuild work, or capital equipment builds.
• Familiarity with Lean, 5S, root cause analysis, or other continuous improvement methods used in a production environment.

Physical Demands:

• Frequent walking and standing on the production floor, with occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and comply with all safety policies.
• Periodic travel of less than 5% to other facilities for meetings and coordination.

Job Type:

• Full-time

Benefits:

• Health Insurance (medical and behavioral health)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account(s)
• Life Insurance
• Profit Share
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) and Roth Plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Program
• Professional Development Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Mental Health Therapy and Coaching
• Legal Aid/ID Shield
• Financial Advisors
• Pet Insurance
• Ancillary Benefits such as: Critical Illness, Accident, Voluntary Life Plans, Short and Long Term Disability Plans etc.

Pay Range:

• $35 - $46/hour

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: On-site
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