Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Worcester, MA
Salary: $80,000 - $100,000
Hours of Work: Monday - Friday, Core Business Hours
Industry: Industrial Products Manufacturer
Job Position Summary:
The Manufacturing / Cost Engineer will prepare accurate cost estimates for new product quotes and maintain standard costs for existing products. This role involves analyzing materials, labor, tooling, and equipment data to support reliable cost forecasting. Working closely with cross-functional teams to help optimize costs, improve efficiency, and support strategic decisions across both new and existing product lines.
Duties and responsibilities as a Manufacturing Engineer:
- Prepare and maintain accurate cost data using standardized methodologies.
- Identify cost risks and uncertainties to strengthen costing models.
- Develop cost estimates for processes and tooling; recommend improvements.
- Track actual vs. estimated costs and report variances.
- Identify cost-reduction opportunities through detailed analysis.
- Monitor cost trends and support variance reporting.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, and Project Management to meet cost objectives.
- Analyze technical documents and vendor quotes to create detailed estimates.
- Mitigate project risks with cost impact analysis.
- Support cost-optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Improve production efficiency through process evaluation and redesign.
- Lead process-improvement projects using Lean methodologies.
- Use data and statistical tools to analyze production performance and forecast trends.
Skills and experience required as a Manufacturing Engineer:
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
- 5–7 years of related experience in cost engineering, estimating, or manufacturing operations.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
How To Apply
- Contact: Sam Wild
- 215-999-6430 or sam@axionrecruitment.com
- Job reference number: 2560
- If you would like to find out more, simply click apply.
This role is commutable from the following locations; East Millbury, West Tatnuck, Union Hill, Leicester, Grafton Hill and many more
Similar job titles suitable for this role will include; Process Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Production Engineer, Manufacturing Process Engineer, Continuous Improvement Engineer, Quality Engineer, Automation Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Cost Engineer, Value Engineer, Manufacturing Cost Analyst.
Must have the legal right to live and work in the US. Please note, our client is unable to offer sponsorship or Visa support for this role.
Due to the sheer volume of applications, we will only contact successful applications. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please deem your application as unsuccessful.
Axion Recruitment is acting as the recruitment agency for this role, it is a direct hire position. Job Ref 2560