Manufacturing Engineer (Product Support)

American Chillers and Cooling Tower Systems; West Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401k with 4% match

On-site in Columbia, SC

Job summary

American Chillers in Columbia, SC designs and manufactures industrial chillers and cooling systems for demanding applications, from data centers to medical equipment. The Manufacturing Engineer (Product Support) is the technical backbone after manufacture, handling field questions, spare parts sales, and documentation that ships with every unit.

You'll work hands-on with start-up, troubleshooting, warranty questions, and the ERP process (BOMs, routings, work centers).

Qualifications

• Engineering foundation in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing engineering or equivalent hands-on technical experience.
• Strong CAD, spreadsheets, and ERP software skills; quick to pick up ERP systems.
• Ability to read assembly drawings, P&IDs, and electrical schematics; understand how electrical and mechanical fit together.
• Customer-facing confidence; able to guide technicians and communicate technical info clearly.
• Drive and ownership for a broad role; proactive problem-solving and learning.
• On-site in the Columbia, SC area (not a remote role).

Responsibilities

• Support customers and field technicians through start-up, troubleshooting, and warranty questions.
• Own replacement- and spare-parts sales and associated documentation.
• Produce and manage OM manuals, electrical schematics, drawings shipped with every unit.
• Support manufacturing processes in the ERP system (BOMs, routings, work centers, work instructions).

Skills

Engineering foundation

CAD proficiency

ERP/MRP experience

Electrical schematics literacy

Customer-facing communication

Ownership drive

Education

Engineering degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing

Tools

SOLIDWORKS / CAD tools

Odoo ERP

Spreadsheets (Excel)

Job description

About American Chillers

American Chillers designs and manufactures industrial process chillers and cooling systems for growing range of demanding applications — pool & spa, industrial processes, breweries, medical systems (MRI/LINAC), battery energy storage (BESS), data centers, and more. We build custom, engineered-to-order equipment, which means an engineer here works across the business — not one repetitive corner of an assembly line.

About The Role

We're hiring a Manufacturing Engineer (Product Support) to be the technical backbone behind our chillers once they leave the floor — the person our customers and field techs call when they need help, who owns replacement parts sales, and who keeps the documentation and manufacturing process behind every unit sharp.

This is a broad, hands‑on role, not a narrow seat. You'll support customers and field techs through start‑up, troubleshooting, and warranty questions; own replacement‑and spare‑parts sales; produce the documentation that ships with every unit (O&M manuals, electrical schematics, drawings); and support the manufacturing process in our Odoo ERP (BOMs, routings, work centers, work instructions), working with production to keep the build clean and well‑documented.

If you like being the person who knows how the machine goes together and why it's acting up in the field, this is the job.

This is a great fit for an early‑career engineer. You don't need years of experience — you need an engineering foundation, strong computer and technical skills, and the drive to learn our product inside and out. You'll be mentored by the engineering & technical team and grow into the go‑to technical resource for our customers and our floor.

Requirements

• An engineering foundation — a degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering (or a related technical field), or equivalent hands‑on technical experience.
• Strong computer and software skills — comfortable in CAD, spreadsheets, and business software, and quick to pick up an ERP system. You're the person who's good with the computer, not fighting it.
• Mechanical and electrical literacy — you can read assembly drawings, P&IDs, and **electrical schematics**, and you understand how a machine's electrical and mechanical sides fit together (or have a strong drive to learn).
• Customer‑facing confidence — willing to pick up the phone, talk a technician through a problem, and be a calm, clear technical voice on the other end.
• Drive and ownership — this is a wide role with a lot of surface area. We need someone who attacks it and wants to grow, not someone who waits for a work order.
• On‑site in the Columbia, SC area (this is not a remote role).

Preferred / a Plus

• Internship, co‑op, or early work experience in manufacturing, HVAC/R, or industrial equipment.
• HVAC/R or refrigeration exposure — refrigeration circuits, compressors, condensers, evaporators, brazing, charging, controls. A real advantage, but we'll teach the chiller side.
• Experience with an ERP/MRP system (Odoo, SAP, Epicor, NetSuite, Fishbowl, Infor, or similar) — BOM and routings especially. We'll teach our ERP system.
• Familiarity with CAD (SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Inventor) and/or electrical schematic tools.
• Any technical documentation, customer‑support, or parts/aftermarket experience.

We're hiring for aptitude and drive, not a long résumé

If you have the engineering fundamentals, the computer skills, and the hunger to own a broad role and grow into it, we want to hear from you — we'll teach you our product.

Benefits

• Real ownership - The ERP process, the documentation, and the parts business are yours — with a direct line to ownership and no committee to get through.
• Breadth - Process, floor layout, ERP, documentation, customer support, parts revenue — you touch the whole business, not one slice of it.
• Interesting product and markets - Custom industrial chillers going into BESS, medical imaging, data centers, and process cooling.
• Growth‑stage upside - We're growing fast. Get in now and grow with it.
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Retirement plan (401k) with 4% matching contribution
• On‑site team in Columbia, SC