Fabrication Project Engineer - AutoCAD & Lean Manufacturing

TRS Staffing Solutions; Chestertown (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TRS Staffing Solutions seeks a Fabrication Project Engineer to join our client in Chestertown, Maryland. You will manage projects from quotation through delivery, develop AutoCAD drawings, and coordinate across design, estimating, production, and operations to meet customer needs.

Responsibilities include cost estimates, material takeoffs, prioritizing projects, and producing shop drawings. Apply lean principles, track costs, and ensure on-time delivery of precast forms and related products.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in steel fabrication, manufacturing, or construction in design, engineering, estimating, or project management.
• Ability to read and interpret fabrication drawings, weld symbols, and structural/shop details.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD for producing fabrication and shop drawings.
• Ability to work from limited or ambiguous job plans and make sound design and cost decisions independently.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing and design principles.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel for building and managing estimating tools.
• Strong project-management, scheduling, and prioritization skills across competing internal and external demands.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across shop, plant, and office teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare cost estimates and material takeoffs from drawings and specs.
• Manage fabrication shop projects from quoting and detailing to delivery.
• Track estimated-versus-actual fabrication cost and refine designs and estimates.
• Prioritize and balance competing projects across internal plant needs, sellable product work, and customer delivery dates.
• Coordinate with Plant Management, Production Scheduling, and Sales to keep projects on schedule and report progress to operations leadership.
• Produce fabrication and shop drawings in AutoCAD for precast forms, formwork, and various fabricated products.
• Interpret job plans that contain limited, incomplete or inaccurate information, resolve gaps and make sound design decisions to produce fabrication-ready details.
• Detail weldments, connections, and hardware, applying weld symbols and structural/shop conventions.
• Develop and maintain standard fabrication details and CAD detail libraries for recurring products and forms.
• Support dimensional and quality review of designs and fabricated products before they ship with precast orders.
• Determine the most cost-effective way to fabricate each item while meeting the customer’s needs and quality requirements.
• Design and detail fabricated products sold with precast—ladders, trash racks, bolt and lifting plates, and future product lines.
• Assist in the design and detailing of precast concrete formwork, including the build, modification, and repair of existing forms.
• Translate product and form designs into fabrication-ready AutoCAD details.
• Schedule form work against plant production timelines so new or modified forms are available when needed.
• Track form-fabrication labor and material cost against budget.
• Manage and document maintenance and repairs of existing forms and plant equipment.
• Assist the industrial maintenance team with in-plant projects as needed.

Skills

Reading drawings

Project management

Lean manufacturing

Communication

Scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Titan ERP

CNC fabrication equipment

Job description

TRS Staffing Solutions seeks a Fabrication Project Engineer to join our client in Chestertown, Maryland. You will manage projects from quotation through delivery, develop AutoCAD drawings, and coordinate across design, estimating, production, and operations to meet customer needs.

Responsibilities include cost estimates, material takeoffs, prioritizing projects, and producing shop drawings. Apply lean principles, track costs, and ensure on-time delivery of precast forms and related products.