Manufacturing Process Engineer II (Pumps)

Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States; onsite, not remote. The role may require travel to customer offices, production facilities, or industrial/construction job sites, and a valid driver’s license with a clean driving history is required for travel between facilities and client offices.

Company

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases provides cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers, process systems, services, and solutions for the LNG and industrial gases industry. Nikkiso Cryo supplies submerged motor liquefied gas pumps with design, production, and test facilities in the United States and Japan.

What you will do

• Review engineering drawings, bills of materials, tooling, assembly instructions, and inspection requirements before builds, coordinating resolution of missing or unclear information.
• Develop, maintain, and implement assembly procedures, work instructions, build travelers, checklists, and inspection records in the controlled document system.
• Define critical assembly steps, hold points, acceptance criteria, measurements, and signoffs with Design Engineering and Quality, securing required approvals.
• Provide shop-floor support during critical operations, investigate assembly findings, and coordinate authorized resolutions before affected work resumes.
• Train and coach assemblers on approved methods and drawing requirements while ensuring records remain complete and traceable to each pump.
• Work with Test Engineering on assembly readiness, improve tooling and assembly methods, and reduce recurring errors while following cleanliness and handling procedures for cryogenic and oxygen-service builds.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a technical qualification, or equivalent relevant experience; typically 3+ years of experience.
• Experience with pumps, mechanical seals, bearings, fits, clearances, and assembly practices, including the ability to interpret engineering drawings, tolerances, and bills of materials.
• Practical experience using dimensional inspection tools and documenting measurements and assembly.
• Ability to write clear technical instructions, maintain controlled records, train personnel, and own issues through resolution.
• Ability to work effectively across Engineering, Production, Quality, and Testing.
• Proficiency in SOLIDWORKS for creating models, assemblies, and drawings.
• Knowledge of drafting standards and GD&T, manufacturing methods, engineering drawing interpretation, BOM structure, and document control and revision practices.
• Strong understanding of test instrumentation and control, design and CAD drafting practices, and manufacturing capabilities and shortfalls.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving history; ability to meet the listed physical demands and work overtime, including weekends, nights, or holidays, when workload requires.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in an industrial manufacturing environment supporting LNG and industrial gas applications.
• Job-specific, safety awareness, and ongoing environmental health and safety training are provided and tracked.
• Required personal protective equipment is provided, including safety shoes, glasses, cryogenic gloves, aprons, hearing protection, hard hats, and other applicable PPE.
• Reasonable workplace accommodations are available in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace.