** Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location

Swedesboro, NJ

Wage

$90,000 – $120,000/yr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on November 8, 2026

Job Description

Overview

DwyerOmega is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to enhance manufacturing quality, cost, reliability, and flow at their Swedesboro, NJ facility. The role involves collaborating with various teams to improve processes and lead equipment and process improvement projects.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Value Stream teams to identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
  • Develop, test, source, and cost-justify tooling, machinery, equipment, and manufacturing methods.
  • Support new product development by aligning manufacturing plans with design requirements.
  • Develop and improve welding schedules, production flow, assembly methods, machining processes, and production equipment.
  • Lead capital equipment projects from concept through implementation.
  • Perform failure analysis, identify root causes, and recommend changes to designs, tolerances, equipment, or processing methods.
  • Evaluate equipment requirements and prepare cost analyses and proposals.
  • Coordinate pre-production activities, including sample evaluation, design qualification, and prototype production.
  • Create detailed drawings, work instructions, process documentation, and engineering procedures.
  • Support Lean manufacturing initiatives and the development of best practices.
  • Assist technicians and maintenance with troubleshooting, machine building, equipment assembly, and process improvements.
  • Communicate project status, risks, and recommendations clearly to employees at all levels.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
  • 7+ years of relevant manufacturing engineering experience, training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Experience with solid modeling and engineering design software such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD.
  • Strong understanding of engineering materials and their properties.
  • Manufacturing experience with assembly, machining, fabrication, welding, or related processes.
  • Experience supporting new product development, prototype builds, or production launches.
  • Ability to troubleshoot equipment and manufacturing processes in a hands-on production environment.
  • Experience with root cause analysis, failure analysis, and corrective actions.
  • Strong project management, analytical, and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to evaluate costs, benefits, risks, and return on investment when recommending improvements.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to listen carefully, ask effective questions, and work collaboratively with engineers, technicians, maintenance, production, and leadership.

Additional Information

  • Location: Swedesboro, NJ

How this job compares in Swedesboro, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $50/hr, this posting sits about 58% above the $32/hr median for manufacturing welder jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $27–$42/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Swedesboro, NJ

Swedesboro, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 183 other active welding openings from 127 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Swedesboro, or widen the search to New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (7), Lockheed Martin (7), and DC Fabricators (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Moorestown at $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. ** Senior Manufacturing Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.