Senior Manufacturing Project Engineer

Location: Onsite in Brook Park, United States of America. Travel approximately 30–50% throughout North America, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with occasional evening or weekend work during critical installations, shutdowns, commissioning, or startup activities.

Salary: $134,000–$168,000 annually

Company

hirify.global develops and operates industrial and manufacturing solutions, including facilities and production systems for electrical conducting bar products.

What you will do

• Develop detailed 2D/3D CAD facility layouts covering equipment, work cells, utilities, material handling, operator access, maintenance clearances, safety zones, and future expansion.
• Design end-to-end work-cell flow for incoming materials, processing, handling, inspection, and finished-part transfer.
• Specify, procure, install, commission, and troubleshoot manufacturing equipment, tooling, automation, utilities, and infrastructure.
• Prepare technical scopes, equipment specifications, bid packages, and RFQs; support supplier evaluation and technical selection.
• Coordinate equipment manufacturers, integrators, electrical and mechanical contractors, installation contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Manage capital projects through planning, procurement, installation, commissioning, startup, handover, and production ramp-up while controlling scope, schedule, budget, risk, change, quality, and safety.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• 8+ years of relevant manufacturing, equipment, facilities, automation, or capital project engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience developing manufacturing facility and work-cell layouts using CAD software such as AutoCAD or equivalent.
• Experience specifying, procuring, installing, and commissioning manufacturing equipment and tooling, including coordination of technical and construction contractors.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing equipment, tooling, fabrication processes, utilities, material handling, equipment-to-facility interfaces, and machine and workplace safety.
• Ability and willingness to work onsite in Brook Park and travel 30–50% throughout North America.

Nice to have

• Experience with greenfield manufacturing facility startups, major expansions, or replication of established manufacturing concepts across multiple sites.
• Busbar, electrical distribution, copper or aluminum fabrication, metal forming, machining, punching, bending, or cutting experience.
• Experience with automation, robotics, conveyors, automated material handling, equipment safety reviews, or machine guarding.
• PMP or comparable project management certification.
• Familiarity with OSHA, NFPA, electrical, machine safety, and facility requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety-first engineering culture with risk reduction integrated into design and project execution.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, disability coverage, and voluntary wellness programs.
• 401(k) or RRSP programs with company match.
• Paid vacation and holidays, plus tuition reimbursement.

Hiring process

• Second-round candidates deliver a 20–30 minute technical presentation followed by approximately 15–20 minutes of questions and answers.
• The presentation covers a previous greenfield facility startup or significant expansion, including the candidate’s personal engineering responsibilities, safety-by-design decisions, CAD and layout work, automation, contractor coordination, project management, commissioning, and results.